Bigfoot reports in California
625 cases, best-documented first. Page 5 of 7.
We map claims, not creatures. A case is what some source says someone saw or heard, with the link to that source. It is not proof that anything was there, and a retelling counts once, not as a second sighting.
Bigfoot · Kern County, California · 2007
Witness and his son heard a high-pitched scream resembling a woman hollering while visiting a gold mine site near Ridgecrest.
Bigfoot · Trinidad, California · 2013
Witness reports seeing a tall, black, hairless humanoid with long arms crossing the road while driving on Patricks Point Road.
Bigfoot · Woodfords, California · 2002
Witness reports hearing a low-to-high pitch scream and smelling a terrible smell near their tent at Lost Lakes.
Bigfoot · Butte County, California
Witness reports hearing loud shrill whistles, chirps, and low guttural grunts from three creatures communicating above and below the house.
Bigfoot · Trinity County, California · 1997
Witness reports hearing a scary echoing howl in the mountains of northern California around 1:00 a.m., which led them to suspect Bigfoot.
Bigfoot · Yreka, California
Witness reports seeing an upright, gorilla-like figure with a burnt sienna and grey coat running up a steep mountain slope at high speed.
Bigfoot · West Point, California · 2004
Witness's wife and kids heard a loud whistle from the woods that sounded nothing like any birds.
Bigfoot · Shasta Lake, California · 2003
Witness reports hearing heavy footsteps and breaking branches in the woods near their campsite, concluding the entity was walking on two feet.
Bigfoot · Bluff Creek, California · 1999
Witness reports hearing low resonant yelling turning into high-pitched screams while playing solitaire at home in the mountains.
Bigfoot · Inyo County, California · 1970
Witness reports hearing a large unseen animal growling and breaking branches high in trees while moving quickly up a hillside near Deadman's Creek.
Bigfoot · Huntington Lake, California · 2001
Witnesses report finding large footprints and hair samples in a meadow within the Ansel Adams Wilderness.
Bigfoot · Yuba City, California · 1965
Witness reports seeing a huge monkey-like ape with human features swinging from a cottonwood tree on a levee.
Bigfoot · Markleeville, California · 2000
Witness reports finding large, five-toed humanoid footprints in mud and sand while mountain biking, along with a smaller track.
Bigfoot · Blue Lake, California · 1999
Witness reports seeing two tall, hair-covered humanoid figures with flat faces and large round eyes standing still by the river in Humboldt County.
Bigfoot · Mariposa County, California · 1990s
The narrator and a friend observed a giant, bipedal figure hopping across large boulders in Yosemite National Park.
Bigfoot · Placer County, California · 1998
Witness reports hearing a strange, deep howling sound from the ridge near their campsite multiple times during the night.
Bigfoot · Mariposa County, California
Witness reports seeing a massive, 8-foot tall bipedal creature with intelligent eyes and an injured gait near a creek bed in Yosemite National Park.
Bigfoot · Cleveland National Forest, California
Witness reports that while walking up a road in Blackar Canyon, little pebbles landed at their feet and they threw a rock back into the brush which stopped the activity.
Bigfoot · Ojai, California · 1950
Witness reports seeing three Big Foots getting a drink near Sespy River in 1950.
Bigfoot · Shasta County, California · 1992
Witness reports hearing very frightening screams similar to bigfoot recordings while sitting on a curb in a subdivision.
Bigfoot · Arroyo Seco, California · 1995
Witness and partner report chasing a creature with a turtle-shaped head and long tail that moved at a very fast pace away from them.
Bigfoot · Shasta Lake, California · 1979
Witness reports hearing something following him on a hike and later seeing it retreat from his campsite after he yelled and shone lights.
Bigfoot · Shasta Lake, California · 1990s
Witness reports seeing a huge hairy creature at Lake Shasta checking for fish in the water and walking up a steep hill.
Bigfoot · Shaver Lake, California · 2026
Witness reports seeing an 8ft bigfoot standing still in a clearing near Shaver Lake, CA.
Bigfoot · Leggett, California · 1978
Witness reports hearing knocking and huffing noises from a large animal while hiking with family in Mendocino County, leading them to believe it was Bigfoot.
Bigfoot · Amador County, California · 2010
Witness reports seeing a hairy, glowing-eyed humanoid creature while driving with a friend near the Mokelumne River.
Bigfoot · Nevada County, California
Witness reports seeing a long strand of hair and hearing grunting noises from a creature in the woods near Mount Chasta.
Bigfoot · Klamath, California · 2001
Witness reports hearing two extremely deep howling/moaning sounds calling back and forth across the river at night.
Bigfoot · Lassen Volcanic National Park, California · 1982
Witness reports seeing a large, dark-complexioned figure with an hourglass figure and broad shoulders walking away on a logging road, followed by hearing powerful yelps and growls the next morning.
Bigfoot · Southern Humboldt Community Park, California
Witness reports seeing a dark, humanoid figure with a jet-black head and grayish skin around the eyes pacing their truck in the woods before stopping to stare at them from the base of an oak tree.
Bigfoot · Shasta County, California
Witness reports hearing a loud thump and heavy bi-pedal footsteps near their campsite at night, which they attribute to Sasquatch.
Bigfoot · Whitethorn, California · 2019
Witness reports hearing distinct, loud vocalizations resembling a scream and a response call in a remote wooded area.
Bigfoot · Idyllwild, California · 2004
Witness reports hearing a loud whooping call and seeing a large tree snapped off at the base near their campsite.
Bigfoot · Alturas, California · 2001
Witness reports hearing a strange, eerie howl late at night near their home in Alturas that frightened their dog.
Bigfoot · Plumas County, California · 2022
Witness reports hearing something walk between his trailer and his son's tent, triggering a fishing line trap that broke.
Bigfoot · Calaveras County, California · 1977
Witness reports seeing a large silhouette and hearing screams and footsteps, believing the creature to be Big Foot.
Bigfoot · Strawberry, California · 1978
Witness reports seeing a conical-shaped head with deep set eyes peering from behind a tree while walking in the woods.
Bigfoot · Nevada City, California · 2002
Witness reports a neighbor's chicken coop was raided by an unknown thief capable of bending and compressing wire.
Bigfoot · Trinity County, California · 2001
Witness reports finding large footprints with moisture and visible digits in the Salmon Riverbed.
Bigfoot · Mendocino County, California · 1976
Witness reports that an elderly hunter claimed to have seen bigfoot in a wooded gully while deer hunting.
Bigfoot · Siskiyou County, California · 1982
Witness reports seeing a big, hairy, extremely tall man resembling the Bigfoot from 'Harry and the Hendersons' while walking on Highway 96 near Somes Bar.
Bigfoot · Alpine County, California
Witness reports seeing an unseen creature pick up an ice chest through a tent screen.
Bigfoot · Mammoth Lakes, California · 2001
Witness reports hearing a howl they recognized as bigfoot while camping in Mammoth Lakes with their brother.
Bigfoot · Hesperia, California · 2003
Witness reports finding a dead goose with puncture wounds and missing insides, along with large four-toed footprints and a path of smashed weeds, attributing the damage to a creature previously seen…
Bigfoot · Humboldt County, California · 2001
Witness reports seeing Bigfoot tracks leading from Onion Lake into the forest while working for Six Rivers National Forest.
Bigfoot · Meyers, California · 1983
Witness reports seeing a huge, bi-pedal creature with a smooth gait on a hillside near Highway 50 in the early evening of 1983 or 1984.
Bigfoot · Tuolumne County, California · 1993
Witness reports seeing a fast-moving, upright, dark-haired creature running through a ravine near Sonora Pass while camping with four friends.
Bigfoot · Humboldt County, California · 1999
Witness reports seeing a creature with a human-like torso scratching its back against a redwood stump while hiking with their son.
Bigfoot · Meyers, California · 2003
Witness reports that his wife saw a large animal walking on two legs like a monkey crossing the road near Meyers.
Bigfoot · Hyampom, California · 1985
Witness reports seeing a large bipedal creature shaking a pine tree at night and later finding large tracks in the sand that they believed were not from a bear or human.
Bigfoot · El Dorado County, California · 2000
Witness reports seeing a big hairy creature with yellow eyes walking away in the Sierra Nevada while hiking.
Bigfoot · Strawberry, California · 1997
Witness reports seeing a black figure with two yellow eyes watching her intently from behind bushes in a meadow while hunting.
Bigfoot · Inyo County, California · 1972
Witness reports seeing a large, hairy, bipedal creature with a bare rear end in a meadow near Barney Lake.
Bigfoot · Phillips, California · 2007
Witness reports seeing a tall, dark, uniformly colored figure with narrow shoulders peering from behind a stump before it retreated uphill.
Bigfoot · Weitchpec, California · 2000
Witness reports hearing intense 'whistle', 'whoop', and 'screech' sounds near their campsite at Fish Lake, which they initially attributed to a fox but later associated with Bigfoot after consulting…
Bigfoot · Middletown, California · 2002
Witness reports finding large footprints and a pile of fresh acorns in a depression, followed by an unexplained strong odor and the sound of a boulder rolling from an unexpected direction while…
Bigfoot · Mammoth Lakes, California · 2005
Witness reports seeing a huge, ape-like figure watching them and their dogs from the forest near Lake Mary.
Bigfoot · Strawberry, California · 1999
Witness reports hearing a large, heavy, two-legged creature walking and splashing across a creek near their campsite around midnight.
Bigfoot · Mammoth Lakes, California · 2008
Witness reports seeing a large figure with an extended-arm stride walking through a field near Mammoth at 2:30 AM.
Bigfoot · Bear Valley, California · 1982
Witness reports being followed by an unseen entity that threw rocks and later knocked down a tree near camp.
Bigfoot · Lakehead, California · 1970
Witness reports seeing two tall, dark, hairy upright creatures standing under a food bag at her family's campsite near Lake Shasta.
Bigfoot · Yucaipa, California · 2008
Witness reports hearing an awful sound and footsteps in their backyard on August 14, 2008, and later seeing a tall, hairy humanoid creature resembling a 'Choobacka' from Star Wars.
Bigfoot · Shasta County, California · 2024
Witness reports seeing an 8-10ft tall bipedal beast resembling Bigfoot near their campsite while flyfishing in northern California.
Bigfoot · Strawberry, California · 2007
Witness reports seeing a 9 or 10 foot tall hairy humanoid with red eyes crossing the road near Beardsley Lake.
Bigfoot · Orick, California · 1969
Witness and his father observed large footprints in a creek bed that the father claimed were from a big bear.
Bigfoot · Willow Creek, California · 2020
Witnesses report hearing guttural growls, screaming, and howling voices from unseen beings surrounding their car at a campground in Willow Creek.
Bigfoot · Mendocino County, California · 1963
Witness reports seeing a huge, brown, hairy sasquatch standing at the edge of the tree line watching children play at a campground in 1963.
Bigfoot · Big Pine / Tovowahamatü, California · 1980
Witness reports hearing large footsteps and feeling the presence of a big, angry creature near their tent in the Sierra Nevada mountains at night.
Bigfoot · Huntington Lake, California · 2001
Witness reports seeing a large, hairy, ape-like figure with dark eyes and muscular shoulders sitting under a pine tree after hearing loud noises and seeing deer react to it.
Bigfoot · Eureka, California · 1957
Witness reports that three children encountered a large creature in the woods near Eureka, California, which followed them from across the road before disappearing.
Bigfoot · Klamath, California · 2003
Witness reports seeing a tall, human-like creature on the side of the road that leaped into the darkness.
Bigfoot · Placerville, California · 2000
Witnesses report hearing loud screams and roars from unknown creatures near their camp in Desolation Wilderness, later identifying them as Bigfoot after comparing sounds to a Discovery Channel video.
Bigfoot · Pope Valley, California
Witness reports seeing a 7-foot tall hairy creature walking upright on the crest in front of the house, which then ran away.
Bigfoot · Santa Cruz Mountains, California · 2004
Witness reports seeing a large pile of redwood bark that turned out to be a hunched creature hiding behind a fence.
Bigfoot · Marble Mountains, California · 2010
Witness reports hearing a prolonged vocalization, hard wood knocks, and a high-pitched scream from the hillside while stopped in a turnout.
Bigfoot · California
Witness reports seeing a large, hairy humanoid with an opposable thumb and flat forehead while camping in California.
Bigfoot · California · 1980s
Witness reports hearing a 'whooping' sound in the mountains that he later realized was identical to the Bigfoot vocalizations heard on Survivor Man.
Bigfoot · California
Witness reports a Sasquatch approached his truck in California, leading to a ten-day tracking experience where he cast tracks and exchanged gifts with the creature.
Bigfoot · California
Witness reports seeing bigfoots in Southern California that were less hairy, shorter, and had a sandalwood or cardboard box color.
Bigfoot · California · 1990s
Witness reports seeing a hairy, rusty-red creature with a deep vocal warning while camping in the hills of California during the 1990s.
Bigfoot · Marble Mountains, California
Witness reports seeing willows shake violently and hearing a large creature run off, which they believe was not a bear or cow.
Bigfoot · Santa Cruz Mountains, California · 2004
Witness and wife report seeing a dark face with deep inset eyes and shaggy head behind a tree and hearing bipedal footsteps.
Bigfoot · Marble Mountains, California
Witness reports finding very large footprints and signs of urination on a river bank after smelling something bad, concluding it was likely a female creature.
Bigfoot · Santa Cruz Mountains, California · 2004
Witness reports hearing a loud screaming roar and dog barks mimicked by the creature while watching TV on their porch.
Bigfoot · Fort Jones, California · 2001
Witness reports that his friend XXX filmed a tall creature on a ridge near a hut in the Marble Mountains.
Bigfoot · Oroville, California
Friend's cousin and uncle encountered something throwing giant boulders in the ponds of the Rock Piles.
Bigfoot · Del Norte County, California · 1995
A television production crew from Los Angeles reports videotaping a bigfoot crossing a forest road near Crescent City.
Bigfoot · Bluff Creek, California · 1967
The Patterson-Gimlin [name] claims multiple bigfoot were shot during the famous film.
Bigfoot · Fort Bragg, California · 1985
Witness reports hearing a creature make loud crashing sounds and a low-frequency moo followed by a high-pitch scream in the forest near Noyo Harbor.
Bigfoot · Cold Springs, California · 1963
Witnesses report a grotesque 10-foot-tall man and repeated shrieking noises in Tuolumne County brushlands near Cold Springs.
Bigfoot · Willow Creek, California · 2020
The narrator's husband reports being loudly screamed at by a large male human while working on his quad in the woods.
Bigfoot · Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, California
Two female hikers at Henry Cowell State Park reported seeing a small juvenile Bigfoot eating an apple and mocking them before disappearing into the forest.
Bigfoot · Pinecrest Peak, California · 1964
Giants were sighted as far south as Pinecrest, California, where the Terror of Tuolumne was reported last year.
Bigfoot · Mount Shasta, California
Witness reports a man vanished while hiking on Mount Shasta, with theories suggesting he went through a vortex or into the earth.
Bigfoot · Placerville, California · 2003
The narrator reports that their parents and brother heard strange sounds late at night near Sly Park last summer.
Bigfoot · Mount Shasta, California
The speaker reports a Bigfoot encounter in 2006 or 2007 while hiking with an employee at Mount Shasta.
Bigfoot · Norco, California · 1970s
Witness's father reports that someone saw a Sasquatch in the orange groves while he worked for Sunkist.
Bigfoot · El Dorado County, California · 2005
Witness reports finding a large, deep print in beach gravel at Lake Tahoe with compressed stones, suggesting a heavy creature.
Bigfoot · Quincy, California · 1995
Witness reports that [name] saw an eight-foot fur-covered creature watching him and smelled a strange odor.
Bigfoot · Marble Mountain Wilderness, California
The witness's father reported seeing a large creature with blunt teeth near a woodshed in the Marble Mountain Wilderness area.