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.

Bigfoot · Trinity Alps Wilderness, California · 2004
Witness reports that a hunter and others heard a scream in the Trinity Alps Wilderness on a Friday night around 9-10 p.m.

Bigfoot · California · 2000s
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.

Bigfoot · California · 2021
Witness's oldest adult son and his friends report experiences including a rock being thrown at him.

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

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

Bigfoot · California · 1967
A close-range photograph of a sasquatch is claimed to have been taken in California and sent to Roger Patterson.

Bigfoot · California · 1990s
A park guide confirmed that all staff members in the area have seen similar unexplained creatures.

Bigfoot · California · 2021
A woman returning home late at night near the local dump thought she saw something, and another driver also turned around.

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

Bigfoot · California
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.

Bigfoot · California · 1997
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.

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

Bigfoot · California · 1891
A gorilla-like creature was seen in the hills near Sacramento, California, described as tall, traveling on all fours, and having shaggy covering.

Bigfoot · Sierra Nevada, California
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.

Bigfoot · California · 1960s
An air policeman reports seeing a seven-foot-tall beast with blue eyes glowing from the ground in his truck before it darted closer.

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

Bigfoot · California
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.