Incident #1001455
Bear Valley, Alpine Cty, California
Sep 1993
Account
Two couples in car stopped near Highland Lakes in Carson-Iceberg Wilderness saw on 'Mount Lava' (not on map) about 1000 feet above them a dark figure walking around on the steep mountainside, no vegetation to interfere. It went southwest, climbing with huge strides on the shale slope without effort. After 200 yards it stood with one foot on a rock, hand on hip, then went another 50 yards, stopped and looked down, apparently noticed them, turned and walked over the ridge. In sight 12-15 minutes. Estimated 10 to 12 feet. Massive chest, no neck, long arms swinging, a lot of daylight between the legs. Colour grey brown.
When
- Observation Date
- SEP 11 1993
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1993
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
- Duration
- 6 to 10 minutes
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Alpine Cty
- Nearest Town
- Bear Valley
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 15
- Population of Town
- 200
- Elevation/Altitude
- 97
- Latitude
- 3829--
- Longitude
- 11945--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- hillside
- Near or/at
- ridge
- Super Human Action
- Climbed around mountain too quickly and easily for human
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- No
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Slope
- steep
- Substratum
- broken rock
- Cover
- none
- General
- none
Weather and light
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Clarity
- clear
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- North American Science Institute publication
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JAN 15 1998
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- FEB 1999
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 10 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- slightly stooped
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Torso Front
- wide
- Torso Side
- wide
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- crossed view field, stopped still, watched observer
- Speed
- fast
- Walking Stride
- long
- Walking Speed
- slow
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Reaction
- avoided
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- One witness said that when she first saw the creature it seemed to be looking under a rock.
- Additional Movement
- went up slope, disappeared
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Interviewer
- Bigfoot Research Project
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- over half mile
- Least vertical distance
- 500 or more
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 4
- Age
- 21 to 30