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Sasquatch Sightings

4,068 incidents

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  1. 1980 Gridley, Yuba Cty, California

    B.A. Almo (presumed female) and Kim (identified female) riding horses in walnut orchard near the Feather River South of Oroville, encountered a biped covered with black hair, as tall as a person on a horse, very powerfully built. About 25…

    #1001444 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  2. 1980 Burney, Shasta Cty, California

    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…

    #1001445 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  3. Feb 1986 Big Bear Lake, San Bernadino Cty, California

    Five boys playing in falling snow at night by the forest near Big Bear Lake on the North slope of the San Gabriel Mountains suddenly noticed a 7-foot, very heavy, dark creature standing in the middle of the road watching…

    #1001446 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  4. about 1990 Susanville, Lassen Ctyk, California

    Returning to hunting camp at Bridge Creek after trip to Susanville with father-in-law, turned off Hwy 44 on Pittville Road and about a mile from the creek saw a creature walking away and looking back at him over his left…

    #1001448 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  5. Aug 1995 Crescent City, Del Norte Cty, California

    Driving South on Hwy 101 very early in the morning, not far from Crescent City, saw a beach with black sand and parked in parking lot. Suddenly a 6.5 to 7-foot creature appeared right in front of car, and locked…

    #1001449 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  6. Sep 1995 Big Pine, Inyo Cty, California

    Trail biking on Swamp Lake 4x4 route in Sierra National Forest near Dinkey Lakes Wilderness Area, Cevin Quitoriano and one of his friends and two bear huners saw in deep silty powder in the trail beautifully clear footprints 1r to…

    #1001450 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  7. 1996 Weitchpec, Humboldt Cty, California

    Trinie Inong and her cousin Elizabeth were walking along the Klamath River near the mouth of Pecwan Creek when they saw a 9-foot sasquatch with hunched shoulders walking along 80 to 100 feet away. It stopped and looked at them.…

    #1001451 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  8. Jun 1998 Chester, Plumas Cty, California

    #1001452 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  9. Aug 1998 Three Rivers, Tulare Cty, California

    #1001453 one, no description Creature description

  10. Nov 1992 Meyers, El Dorado Cty, California

    Rita Stevans had just gone to bed when the motion-triggered lights went on and she smelled a strong, rotten-egg-type smell. She looked out the bedroom window and saw a 6-foot, creature covered with brown hair walking up the bed of…

    #1001454 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  11. Sep 1993 Bear Valley, Alpine Cty, California

    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…

    #1001455 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  12. Jul 1996 Dunsmuir, Siskiyou Cty, California

    Carmelo Pannucci and his wife were sleeping without a tent about 75 feet from Castle Lake, in a strip of pine trees. They both woke up hearing crunching steps in the pine needles, sat up and a saw only 15…

    #1001456 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  13. Dec 1998 Smith River, Del Norte Cty, California

    On Lake Earl Drive approaching Hwy 101 a half mile South of Smith River, saw a humanlike figure in the top part of a snow-covered clearcut on a mountainside. It appeared to be 7 or 8 feet tall, reddish brown,…

    #1001458 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  14. Mar 1996 Lewiston, Trinity Cty, California

    Returning from town to a park service campsite at the base of Lewiston River dam about 10 p.m., Steven and Heller James found their tent knocked over and zipped open and their possessions scattered. Packing up to leave, Heller saw…

    #1001492 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  15. Jul 1968 Independence, Fresno Cty, California

    Informant was about 100 yards from camp when he noticed a small creature looking at his backpack. Watched it about two minutes, then it stood up and began to walk away on its hind legs, smoothly, swinging its arms. At…

    #1001493 one small Creature description

  16. Oct 1993 Big Bear Lake, San Bernadino Cty, California

    Brian Butler was sleeping in his van at Barton Flats campground when he heard something walking outside and then the van was shaken violently. He yelled and the shaking stopped. He then shined a flashlight outside and saw an upright…

    #1001495 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  17. Jul 1975 Big Bear Lake, San Bernardino Cty, California

    #1001496 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  18. Feb 1994 Spring Garden, Plumas Cty, California

    Mary and Jerry Cain were driving West on Hwy 70 / 89 near Lee Summit, 10 miles East of Quincy, when a large fur-covered animal crossed the highway in front of them and strolled up a steep bank and into…

    #1001497 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  19. late 1980's Old Station, Lassen Cty, California

    Smokejumper and two others camping overnight at extinguished small fire, he heard rustling in brush, shined headlamp and saw two yellow eyes about 50 feet away and 8 feet off the ground, dark shape below. Threw a stick, it turned…

    #1001520 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  20. Jan 1991 Hoopa, Humboldt Cty, California

    Mushroom hunter from Hawkins' Bar saw 15 tracks, 16" long, about four miles from Horse Linto Campground, while out for a casual walk. They were not there on his way out, but were there when he was on his way…

    #1001521 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  21. Sep 1991 Happy Camp, Del Norte Cty, California

    Informant, an Air Force pilot taking training at Castle A.F.B., Merced, CA, on a backpacking weekend with another pilot, camped on a feeder stream of the Klamath River in Klamath National Forest. About 2 to 3 a.m. the friend heard…

    #1001522 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  22. Oct 1992 Napa, Napa Cty, California

    Mike Pimental and his girlfriend, Candy, driving on Hwy 128 near Lake Berryessa saw a large, hairy creature walk from the side of the road to the center, where it stopped. Hestopped too, about 20 yards away, high beams on…

    #1001523 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  23. Jun 1999 Weitchpec, Humboldt Cty, California

    M.S. describes finding a 3-toed footprint and a 13 1\2 inch footprint at Fish Lake, and photographing and casting both. He then heard a lot of heavy footfalls and branch breakings outside his tent that night, but saw nothing. There…

    #1001525 one, no description Footprints

  24. Aug 1999 Meyers Flat, Humboldt Cty, California

    Hiking the Grasshopper Trail in Humboldt Redwoods State Park between 3 and 4 p.m., son stopped to tie shoe, Tony Palumbo looking around at thick redwood area above saw 150 to 200 feet away a creature with a humanlike torso…

    #1001526 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  25. May 1999 Hayfork, Trinity Cty, California

    Bob Everett said a 25-year old Hayfork woman, a volunteer fireman, told of seeing an 8-foot sasquatch trying to catch fish in the Ewing Reservoir.

    #1001527 one large, sex unknown Creature description