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Bigfoot reports in California

717 cases, best-documented first. Page 8 of 8.

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.

  1. Bigfoot · Trinity Alps Wilderness, California · 2004

    Trinity Alps Wilderness, California1 independent source

    Witness reports that a hunter and others heard a scream in the Trinity Alps Wilderness on a Friday night around 9-10 p.m.

  2. Bigfoot · California · 2000s

    California1 independent source

    Witness reports that she and her best friend Kathy Strain observed two red glowing eyes in a pocket of scrub brush during a BFRO expedition.

  3. Bigfoot · California · 2021

    California1 independent source

    Witness's oldest adult son and his friends report experiences including a rock being thrown at him.

  4. Bigfoot · California

    California1 independent source

    A witness reports that a Britton boy claimed to see a big hairy guy carrying a wild hog over his shoulder while logging.

  5. Bigfoot · Sierra Nevada, California

    Sierra Nevada, California1 independent source

    A witness hiking in the Sierra Nevada mountains observed a female Sasquatch behind a bush and was then confronted by an angry male Sasquatch.

  6. Bigfoot · California · 1967

    California1 independent source

    A close-range photograph of a sasquatch is claimed to have been taken in California and sent to Roger Patterson.

  7. Bigfoot · California · 1990s

    California1 independent source

    A park guide confirmed that all staff members in the area have seen similar unexplained creatures.

  8. Bigfoot · California · 2021

    California1 independent source

    A woman returning home late at night near the local dump thought she saw something, and another driver also turned around.

  9. Bigfoot · California

    California1 independent source

    Another person reportedly saw a Bigfoot cross the road near Sugar Pine State Park.

  10. Bigfoot · California

    California1 independent source

    A witness reports that their father, uncle, and nephew heard a sound on Big Bend Ranch that did not come from a bear, cow, wild or pig.

  11. Bigfoot · California · 1997

    California1 independent source

    A friend of [name] reports seeing a large upright, dark colored bipedal figure standing in a lake on El Capitan mountain in 1997 before it ran away.

  12. Bigfoot · California · 2014

    California1 independent source

    The narrator reports that a person named [name] was certain he had encountered bigfoot near Hoopa in 2014.

  13. Bigfoot · California · 1891

    California1 independent source

    A gorilla-like creature was seen in the hills near Sacramento, California, described as tall, traveling on all fours, and having shaggy covering.

  14. Bigfoot · Sierra Nevada, California

    Sierra Nevada, California1 independent source

    The narrator's uncle reports seeing large, hairy, primitive people living in the mountains who walk on all fours and stand up to look at him.

  15. Bigfoot · California · 1960s

    California1 independent source

    An air policeman reports seeing a seven-foot-tall beast with blue eyes glowing from the ground in his truck before it darted closer.

  16. Bigfoot · California

    California1 independent source

    Witness reports a second-hand story of a tall figure over seven feet tall spooking horses near Jackass Meadow.

  17. Bigfoot · California

    California1 independent source

    Witness reports a friend's father and his companions experienced a vehicle shaking, an awful smell, and a frightened dog in the mountains, concluding it was likely a Bigfoot encounter.