California winter of 1971. 1 bigfoot creatures involved

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Encounter date: n/a
Year: 1971
Season: winter
Time of day: night
Duration: brief
Story Originator: 2nd person
Reported by: Ken Coon, Saga article July, 1975, quoting Dr. Bad
Terrain: foothill
Lighting: headlights
State: California
Nearest Town: Alpine
County: San Diego County
Coordinates: Lat 3248-- Lon 11645--
Distance to Town: n/a
Number of Creatures: 1
Creature Types: one large, sex unknown
Photographed: NO
Tracks: found later
Tracks Cast: YES
Tracks Photographed: YES
Creature Fired At: Bullet Missed Creature
Effect of Firearm: n/a
Superhuman Action: Stripped apples from high in trees.
Trees Undergrowth: Species n/a, Variety: chapparel, Tree Cover: sparse, Tree Condition: n/a, Tree Type: n/a, Tree Abborations: n/a, Undergrowth: heavy, Undergrowth Type: hard stemmed
Slope: steep, Slope Was Facing: n/a
Nearby water: n/a
Distance to water: n/a
Substratum: n/a
Snow condition: n/a
Weather condition: n/a, Heat: n/a, Wetness: n/a, Snow: n/a, Temp: n/a, Wind: n/a, Clarity: n/a, Humidity: n/a
JG Incident type: 3
JG File Date: 1971
JG Source date: 1971
JG Source type: colleague
JG Source reliability rank: 7
JG Source incident rank: 8
JG Visibility Index: 6
Related incident id: 1000414

Dr. Baddour, a psychiatrist practising in San Diego, bought a home near Alpine, south of Alpine Way, high above the Sweetwater River (usually dry). One night he and his wife and daughter entered the drive and saw in the headlights a large, hairy creature, apparently eating apples from trees in front of the house. Next day they found 4-toed tracks, very broad at the front but tapering to a pointed heel. Many trees were stripped of fruit far higher than a man could reach. There were further sightings and track finds. Several sasquatch hunters investigated, including Ken Coon, and so did members of the sheriff's department, including Sgt. Huse. One sighting made by the entire Baddour family involved three creatures presumed to be parents and a child, seen at night near the house. At least one cast made of a large print. Once the Baddour daughter saw one of the creatures in the early morning as she boarded a school bus at Alpine Boulevard, a quarter mile or more from the house. Coon and associates talked to nearby ranchers who spoke of "monsters" frightening their livestock and occasionally carrying off great numbers of chickens or ducks, leaving 4-toed prints. A rancher showed Coon's group one print in dust, 14" by 10", V-shape, 4 toes. Baddour said the creatures were not known apes, but more ape than human. (Two incident reports used, to represent the initial single sighting and one sighting of three, with other information that may not refer to those specific sightings)