Incident #1001445
Burney, Shasta Cty, California
1980
Account
B.A. Almo was camping in Burney Falls State Park, and walking up a road to a smaller waterfall when a biped thinner than the one she had seen earlier that summer near Gridley (1001444) but still over 7 feet, crossed the road in three steps and jumped up "cliffs 15 feet high" She ran, and it followed up on the cliff for a minute then headed off away from the road.
When
- Year
- 1980
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Shasta Cty
- Nearest Town
- Burney
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 10
- Population of Town
- 500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 27
- Latitude
- 4100--
- Longitude
- 12140--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- high bank
- Super Human Action
- Jummped up cliff 15 feet high
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- No
- Related incident id
- 1001445
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- road
- Slope
- steep
- Nearby Water
- creek
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Bobbie Short, from B.A. Almo
- Source Type
- internet
- Source Date
- DEC O2 1998
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- DEC 1998
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- medium
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- crossed road, went up slope, travelled parallel
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Reaction
- ignored
- Additional Movement
- turned, walked away
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Female
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- horseback
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- fled
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 16 to 20
- Other report by this witness
- 4