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Aug 1964
Red Bluff, Trinity Cty, California
Camping in North Yolla Bolly Wilderness area, saw some 12" to 14" tracks in Cedar Basin on the Southwest side of the North Yolla Bolly Mountains about a quarter mile west of the Tehama County line.
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May 1970
Platina, Shasta Cty, California
Archie Buckley, Delmas Buckley and Jim Whalen in a tent at Basin Gulch campground near Harrison Gulch Ranger Station, heard heavy footfalls in the night. Next morning Whalen found footprints in an adjacent campsite 50 yards away. Twenty-seven prints found,…
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Jun 1970
Platina, Trinity Cty, California
Archie Buckley, sasquatch hunting, found 33 tracks in two stretches on the trail through Stuart Gap to the Yolla Bolly Wilderness Area, about a quarter mile from Stuart Gap campground. Jim McClarin saw them later. No detail in the forest…
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Jun 1970
Platina, Trinity Cty, California
Archie Buckley, sasquatch hunting, awake in vehicle with meat and fish baits set out in campground, listened to footfalls considered to be bipedal, then switched on flashlight and held it on a tall, dark, erect creature about 100 feet away.…
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Jul 1969
Wildwood, Trinity Cty, California
Eldon Brackett, out looking for sasquatch tracks, saw an erect, very heavy, 7 1/2 foot, dark red brown creature run away through the brush. Found about 150 five-toed tracks in forest litter.
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Oct 1973
Hayfork, Trinity Cty, California
Marron Grissom and Ron McLeod were sitting at campfire in a small clearing after walking 10 miles up Little Barker Creek when they heard a rustling on the hill nearby. They turned on their flashlights and saw two creatures standing…
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Date unknown
Willow Creek, Humboldt, California
Man phoned to say that while camping between Willow Creed and Burnt Ranch on the far side of the Trinity River he saw a 9-foot hairy creature which made a noise. They abandoned camp and drove away.
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1869
Newman, Stanislaus Cty, California
Anonymous writer said he was camped while hunting about 20 miles south of Grayson, and had noticed several times that something was disturbing his fire. Searching he found in damp sand about 300 yards off the print of a barefoot…
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Sep 1870
Newman, Stanislaus Cty, California
Story says that F.J. Hildreth and Samuel De Groot, of Washington Corners (now Irvington, part of Fremont, Cal.) found humanlike footprints with larger toes while hunting on Orestimba Creek, and later saw what they were sure was gorillas. Not enough…
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1930's
Willow Creek, Humboldt, California
Al Hodgson told Jim McClarin that Alan (Bud) Pettigrew, his brother-in-law, saw a "gorilla" on Hwy. 299 at Redwood Creek during the 1930's. Not enough information for creature entry.
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1934
Weaverville, Trinity Cty, California
Dave Zebo climbed on skis to spend the night in a forestry lookout on Weaver Bally Mountain. Two miles past the tree line he encountered bipedal tracks sinking deep into the hard snow, and going in a straight line over…
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1947
Dunsmuir, Siskiyou Cty, California
Melvin Gunsaullus and his late wife were driving North on Hwy. 99, "winding around the rocks" South of Mount Shasta, proceeding very slowly, and stopped because of what he thought was a post right beside the road, which might warn…
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1947
Eureka, Humboldt, California
Big tracks were seen in dust of the Pacific Gas and Electric powerline right of way under construction between Eureka and Cottonwood. A photo of a track, 15 inches long and about 6 inches wide is owned by Paul Droscher,…
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1950
Truckee, Nevada Cty, California
Then aged 19, returning to Reno from fishing trip, with fiance, a large hairy beast crossed the road in front of their car, forcing them to slam on the brakes. Got a good look in the headlights. Arms swung freely.…
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1951
Bieber, Lassen Cty, California
Mrs. Darlene Rea, then in high school, driving with her mother and another woman from MacArthur, Calif., to Bieber, at night when a "man" crossed the road in front of them in two steps. Letter was prompted by Sanderson article…
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Oct 1953
Novato, Marin Cty, California
Phil Snow and Ray Rhodes were duck hunting in the marshland and tidal flats between Highway 101 and San Francisco Bay, walking on wooden catwalks raised about 3 feet over the marsh to provide access to power lines etc. Rhodes…
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Jul 1954
Mammoth Lakes, Mona Cty, California
Phillis Lord working as hostess at guest lodge at Mammoth, in a car with seven other young people driving Mammoth Road towards Highway 395, creature ran on road from South and stood staring in the headlights three or four car…
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1953
Fort Bragg, Mendocino Cty, California
Earl McConnell wrote that his nephew had hung a deer 8 feet in the air, and later saw a creature 8 feet tall tearing at it. He shot over its head and it threw a log at him, then ran.…
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1955
Garberville, Humboldt, California
Jim Turner said he and others, including his uncle, were fleeing a forest fire that they had been fighting when they came over a ridge and saw a creature 8 to 9 feet tall standing there. He passed within 30…
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Jun 1956
Weed, Siskiyou Cty, California
Writer (he she?) stopped for a rest about 3 a.m. driving from Weed to Macdoel, and while sitting on the fender heard someone walking down the middle of the road, so got in the car and turned on the lights.…
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Oct 1958
Orleans, Del Norte Cty, California
One of the original 1958 Bluff Creek reports, and one of the first sightings. Ray Kerr and Leslie Breazeale were about 1 1/2 miles below Louse Camp, driving back to camp on Sunday evening, when an erect, hair-covered, apelike creature,…
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Aug 1956
Weed, Siskiyou Cty, California
Mrs. Jack Pomray says "they" saw what appeared to be a bear run across the road on two legs taking big steps.
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about 1958
Fort Bragg, Mendocino Cty, California
Note from Jim McClarin quotes John Hoffman, Manilla, saying that there were several Bigfoot sightings at Fort Bragg in 1958 or later, and that one looked in a window.
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Aug 1958
Orleans, Humboldt Cty, California
One of first Bluff Creek sightings. Henry Lawrence Omeg was widely reported to have heard something outside the door of a cabin he was staying in at Bee Creek, opened it and confronted Bigfoot (standard description presumed) He gave Bigfoot…
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Sep 1958
Orleans, Del Norte Cty, California
Typical "Bigfoot" tracks found in dirt of road under construction up Bluff creek several times up to last week of September, with a normal stride of 50 inches. Betty Allen said tracks were seen four times in six weeks.