Other / Unknown reports in California
31 cases, best-documented first. Page 1 of 1.
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.
Other / Unknown · Orange County, California · 2025
Witness reports seeing a knee-high, void-like black creature with stick legs and shoe-shaped feet running across the road while driving in Oconee County, South Carolina.
Other / Unknown · Mount Shasta, California · 2012
Witness heard footsteps stopping inches from their tent and later found a large, freshly dug pit in the woods where the creature was seen.
Other / Unknown · Mariposa County, California · 2022
The narrator and another hiker observed a bright white, solid object resembling large pant legs or a child in a towel on a cliffside in Yosemite, which the narrator identified as matching…
Other / Unknown · Susanville, California · 2023
The narrator and their mother report seeing a huge creature with long stilt-like legs and an elongated neck while driving near Susanville.
Other / Unknown · Mount Shasta, California · 2012
Witness and companions heard a horrifying sound described as an amplified snake hiss coming out of a coyote while observing the creature.
Other / Unknown · Sierra County, California
The narrator reports seeing an owl shift into a much larger creature that landed on the road and jumped over a fence.
Other / Unknown · Giant Sequoia National Monument, California · 2004
Witness reports sitting in a parking lot near Grant Grove with her husband and daughter when she had an experience.
Other / Unknown · Mount Shasta, California · 2012
Witness and two companions observed a massive black shape with three reflective eyes in an equilateral triangle pattern near the campsite.
Other / Unknown · Big Bear Lake, California · 2019
The narrator and two others in a nearby car witnessed a massive, antlered bear-like creature that silenced the surrounding wildlife before retreating into the woods.
Other / Unknown · San Jose, California
The narrator and their friends heard a shriek and a woman's loud scream coming from the road near San Felipe.
Other / Unknown · Monterey County, California · 1987
Witness reports a voice from the passenger side of their car instructed them to move lanes, saving them from a collision.
Other / Unknown · Spring Valley, California
The narrator describes seeing three lights swirling below the cloud line in Spring Valley that moved away as they drove toward them.
Other / Unknown · Joshua Tree, California
Witness reports finding large paw prints leading to the house that vanished without back legs or turning around.
Other / Unknown · Newberry Springs, California · 1987
Witness reports seeing a humongous snake-like creature with five white eyes and whisker-like appendages emerge from a sand dune while following strange tracks in the Mojave Desert.
Other / Unknown · Long Beach, California · 2024
The narrator and a friend heard brushing noises and saw dirt being lifted as an unseen creature darted rapidly towards them on a dark trail.
Other / Unknown · Henry Willard Coe State Park, California
Witness and a friend observed a light source about 15 ft up behind a dilapidated building on Dunn Road, which they initially thought might be a person with a lantern.
Other / Unknown · Joshua Tree, California
Witness reports a roadrunner with a crossed beak and huge eyes acting sentient and leading them into foothills.
Other / Unknown · Gardena, California · 1961
Witness reports a tall, dark, reptilian humanoid with human form appeared in her closet and moved stealthily toward her.
Other / Unknown · Yuba County, California
Witness reports being pelted by large rocks thrown from the creek while camping under a bridge in rural California.
Other / Unknown · Joshua Tree, California
Witness reports finding a single human footprint in the sand with no tracks leading to or from it.
Other / Unknown · Big Sur, California
Witness reports that while sitting with friends in Big Sur, something weird happened during a moment of silence.
Other / Unknown · Daggett, California · 1892
Witness reports that prospectors E. W. Spear and Henry Brown saw a thirty-foot-long reptile-like creature with a large head and luminous eyes in the Mojave desert near Daggett.
Other / Unknown · Riverside, California · 1958
Another motorist reported seeing a large shadowy something run across the road near the Santa Ana River the night after [name]'s encounter.
Other / Unknown · Riverside County, California
A newspaper article references tracks found near Batista Road following reports of screams.
Other / Unknown · Calistoga, California
Witness reports hearing a strange growl described as a mix of bear and cow sounds in the hills.
Other / Unknown · Napa, California
Witness reports finding a dead buck in the backyard with only the heart and stomach missing.
Other / Unknown · Santa Cruz, California · 2024
Witness and brother report hearing an angry, gibberish-speaking voice moving at inhuman speeds around them on a hiking trail near Santa Cruz.
Other / Unknown · Napa, California · 2019
Witness reports hearing a loud bear-cow cry in the hills while outside with a dog at twilight.
Other / Unknown · Calaveras County, California · 2026
The narrator's friend reports hearing something walking on his trailer roof and trying to open the screen door.
Other / Unknown · California · 1865
Witness reports a strange animal resembling a kangaroo or baboon was caught on a peak in the Sierras with a voice like a human being.
Other / Unknown · California
Witness reports that her sister and three neighbor children saw a six-foot-tall red scaly dragon emerge from a puddle in California.