Incident #1000553
Platina, Shasta Cty, California
Jul 1971
Account
Bill O'Neill and Dave Green walking from upper to lower campsite at Basin Gulch, heard footfalls, shined flashlight up sidehill and saw a sasquatch standing under a tree. Luminous red eyes, short hair everywhere but around cheeks and eyes. Froze for a few seconds, then ran. Later found 16" tracks in forest litter. (ie track-sized impressions, not identifiable footprints)
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 21 1971
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1971
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- 3 a.m. to dawn
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Shasta Cty
- Nearest Town
- Platina
- Direction from Town
- West
- Distance from Town
- 4
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 25
- Latitude
- 402107
- Longitude
- 1225750
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- tree
- Near or/at
- camp
- Shot Hit
- No
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- campsite
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- Northeast
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Cover
- moderate
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly new
- Tree type
- mixed
- General
- some large
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- low
- Unnatural
- cleared
- General undergrowth
- scattered
- Species
- oak, fir
Weather and light
- Heat
- cold
- Lighting
- flashlight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Bill O'Neill report
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- 1971
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1971
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected red
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- on face
- Hair Length
- short
- Movement
- staying still
- Reaction
- watched
- Describe Unsual
- Footprints only depressions in forest litter
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- sasq. hunting, walking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Action on sighting
- fled
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 16 to 20