Bigfoot · Myers Flat, California · 1965
CA-1965ID case-885282018aFirst-hand accountAdded to map Oct 7, 2026
- Creature
- Bigfoot
- When
- Jul 1965to the month
- Where
- Myers Flat, Californiato approximate level
- Reports
- 2 documents2 independent
The account
Five teenagers camping near Myers Flat reported a hairy creature circling their cabin, poking at the boards, and reaching the door before one witness fired a rifle.
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Details
- Creature
- Bigfoot
- Where
- Myers Flat, Humboldt County, California, 95554, United States
mapped to approximate level · from the report's own words - When
- Jul 1965
- Account
- First-hand (the witness telling it)
- Backed by
- 2 independent sources
- Added to map
- Oct 7, 2026
- Case id
- case-885282018a
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Source trail (2)
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- Teens have unusual experience near Myers Flat
BFRO · 2003-09-26
Earliest found, not necessarily the original. - A July 1965 Bigfoot report near Myers Flat in Humboldt County, California, describes a frightening cabin encounter involving five teenagers.
TikTok · 2026-10-15
Further reading
- Sasquatch: The Apes Among Us, John Green (1978)
Newspaper-publisher's file of Pacific Northwest reports.
Borrow on Internet Archive - Sasquatch, Don Hunter with Rene Dahinden (1975)
Casebook from a long-time field investigator.
Borrow on Internet Archive - On the Track of Bigfoot, Marian T. Place (1974)
1970s account of reports and searches.
Borrow on Internet Archive - Bigfoot! The True Story of Apes in America, Loren Coleman (2003)
Coleman's history and case survey.
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