California IBS SIghting Reports

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IBS Report #: 1164

Location: HUMBOLDT county, CA. United States

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +041˚ 14' N
Longitude: 123˚ 39' W
Day:
Month:
Year: 1967
Time:
Elevation:

Data Source: TR97
Credibility: 5
Locality: BLUFF CREEK
Researcher: RAY WALLACE
Witness: ROGER PATTERSON AND BOB GIMLIN

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: FUEL DRUMS THROWN

Sighting Text:
CA HUMBOLDT 1967 TR97 At Bluff Creek there was a logging show, and 50 gallon drums were thrown into a canyon where the road crew was working. Ray Wallace, Frank thought, let Roger know there was Bigfoot activity there, and Roger with Bob Gimlin went down. Roger Merritt, a neighbor, was invited to Bluff Creek, Larry said, but his wife told him, “if you go...don’t bother to come back.” So, he, of course, stayed home with his grateful wife...but he never will make it to the history books. As they were riding up the game trail, on a bit higher ground from the creek bed which was full of logs and limbs, Bob’s horse started acting up first, Frank said that Roger had told him. Then Peanuts started acting up, the Bigfoot had spooked the horses, and Roger forced Peanuts head up against a bank and got the camera out...he forced the horse down (bent a stirrup in the process). Dismounting the laid-down horse, he stumbled, and started filming.
Climate / Ecology:

Precip: ORLEANS 9.7 7.0 6.5 3.1 2.2 0.8 0.2 0.3 0.9 3.7 7.4 10.0 51.8
Temp: 42.8 47.3 50.7 54.9 60.8 67.5 72.9 72.7 67.6 59.0 48.6 42.8 57.4
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Snow:
Ecology: Missing

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IBS Report #: 1759

Location: HUMBOLDT county, CA. United States

Sighting Type: 3

Latitude: +040˚ 53' N
Longitude: 123˚ 35' W
Day: 3
Month: JUN
Year: 1970
Time: DAYBREAK
Elevation:

Data Source: TR27
Credibility: 2
Locality: HENNESSEY RIDGE, ABOVE SALYER
Researcher: JOHN DANA
Witness: JOHN DANA

Sighting Type: 3
Summary: ROCK POUNDING

Sighting Text:
3. California researcher John Dana reported hearing "rock pounding noises" just at daybreak from his campsite on the north end of Hennessey Ridge, above the community of Salyer, Humboldt County, CA, on June 3,1970. The sounds originated in a westerly canyon three-quarters of a mile away; the report gives no further information.
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Ecology: Missing

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IBS Report #: 118

Location: HUMBOLDT county, CA. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +041˚ 08' N
Longitude: 123˚ 45' W
Day: 12
Month: M AY
Year: 1974
Time: 12M-2AM
Elevation:

Data Source: ;“Sasquatch Apparations;” 1979; Barbara Wasson
Credibility: 5
Locality: Grays Falls campground neear Burnt Ranch,
Researcher: Wasson
Witness: Micheal Gordon

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: BF rocks car;tries to open doors;broad mouth;fat lips; bright moonlight,

Sighting Text:
CA, Witness Micheal Gordon;19 at time; May 12;1974; Grays Falls campground; near Burnt Ranch ; on Trinity River; at camp #32; witness in 72 Ford Van had it rocked; BF tried to open doors; odor, for two hours; a male in bright moonlight; it kicked tires; had lips that were fat and ran to broad mouth;broad nose extended into upper lip; 7 1/2-8ft tall;incident stated 12M ran to 2Am when he left; Camp is in maple, tanoak;madrone; chinquapin; there was a 3 week old dead fawn in area; skeleton left; honked horn and BF strode off with 8-9 foot steps;“Sasquatch Apparations;” 1979; Barbara Wasson.page 17-23;
Climate / Ecology:

Precip: Big Bar Rang Stn 7.95 5.70 4.31 2.04 1.30 0.50 0.16 0.38 0.79 2.48 5.07 7.15 37.84 Big
Temp: Big Bar Rang Stn 40.56 44.38 48.62 53.57 60.20 68.25 75.43 73.67 68.20 58.01 46.82 40.81 56.38
Sun: Begin civil twilight 12:29 Sunrise 13:00 Sun transit 20:11 Sunset 03:23 on following day End civil twilight 03:54 on following day Moonset 17:19 on preceding day Moonrise 08:00 Moon transit 13:06 Moonset 18:18 Moonrise 08:30 on following day Phase of the Moon on 12 May: waning gibbous with 68% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated. Last quarter Moon on 14 May 1974 at 09:28 Universal Time.,
Snow: Big Bar Rang Stn 3.0 1.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.8 7.0
Ecology: Missing

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IBS Report #: 996

Location: HUMBOLDT county, CA. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 2

Latitude: +041˚ 14' N
Longitude: 123˚ 42' W
Day:
Month:
Year: 1977
Time:
Elevation: 460

Data Source: TR91
Credibility: 3
Locality: BLUFF CREEK
Researcher: Roger VEACH
Witness: Roger VEACH

Sighting Type: 2
Summary: 22 IN TRACK PHOTOS

Sighting Text:
CA HUMBOLDT 1977 41 14N 123 39W 460 FT TR#91 While investigating Bigfoot in the Bluff Creek area of CA, Roger VEACH took several track photos, plus some 8 mm shots in 1977 of the 22 inch track in fine dust. He also took others to witness the tracks. Roger passed the photos around and allowed me to copy them for the TR
Climate / Ecology:

Precip: ORLEANS 9.7 7.0 6.5 3.1 2.2 0.8 0.2 0.3 0.9 3.7 7.4 10.0 51.8
Temp: ORLEANS 42.8 47.1 50.9 55.8 61.2 67.1 73.4 72.7 66.9 58.1 49.1 43.3 57.4
Sun:
Snow:
Ecology: Missing

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IBS Report #: 308

Location: HUMBOLDT county, CA. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 3

Latitude: +041˚ 19' N
Longitude: 123˚ 43' W
Day:
Month:
Year: 1978
Time:
Elevation: 1773

Data Source: TR#49-Jul’95
Credibility: 2
Locality: road running N-S to the west of Bluff CK;between Onion Mt and Fish Lake,
Researcher: CRC
Witness: Marvin Goss

Sighting Type: 3
Summary: Scat pile found; diverse diet;not bear or primate,

Sighting Text:
CA * Marvin Goss of Arcata; CA; came to the shop and mentioned that in 1978 his company did a water shed analysis of Bluff Creek. His associate Richard; found a huge pile of scat that was sent to a biologist who said it could not be traced to bear or primate; but had a very diverse diet. The dropping was found on a road side; now gone; that ran north-south to the west of Bluff Creek between Onion Mt. and Fish Lake; CA. He'll try and get in touch with his friend.,
Climate / Ecology:

Precip: ORLEANS 9.85 7.63 6.66 3.16 2.09 0.71 0.17 0.46 1.01 3.89 7.85 9.76 53.23
Temp: ORLEANS 42.8 47.1 50.9 55.8 61.2 67.1 73.4 72.7 66.9 58.1 49.1 43.3 57.4
Sun:
Snow: ORLEANS 1.6 1.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.2 4.6,
Ecology: Missing

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IBS Report #: 368

Location: HUMBOLDT county, CA. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 3

Latitude: +041˚ 14' N
Longitude: 123˚ 39' W
Day:
Month: MID AUG
Year: 1978
Time: 11 AM
Elevation:

Data Source: TR#51
Credibility: 3
Locality: Bluff Creek area
Researcher: Daniel Perez;
Witness: Marvin Goss

Sighting Type: 3
Summary: Droppings; berry seeds and vegetable matter; no bones 6”high; 8 in dia-human shaped,

Sighting Text:
* Daniel Perez; 9/17/93; 10926 Milano Ave.; Norwalk; CA 90650-1638; phone 714-351-9034. Daniel did a follow up on the Marvin Goss report and "Richard" from Bluff Creek; mentioned in TR#49. The man's name is Richard E. Leaven. At the time in question; mid-August 1978; Richard was a hydrologist with the US Forest Service. The area is Bigfoot Creek; CA; on an old dirt forest road; non-driveable at the time. Richard spotted unusual droppings near a stump; while talking to a fellow employee about "road stability" in the area. The droppings were discovered around eleven in the morning; may have been deposited that morning. Dropping collected in plastic bag; and taken back to the supervisor's office. Several people had seen droppings. Richard has seen; many times; bear droppings; and did not think it was that. Droppings contained berry seeds and vegetable matter; no trace of meat in diet or crushed bones. A parasite check was not done. No photographs. Droppings were "half the size of a cow patty." Marvin Goss told me he remembered being told they were human in form; 6 inches high; and 8-10 inches in diameter. A comment was that the droppings were made by animal 600-700 pounds in weight. No tracks observed. End of report.,
Climate / Ecology:

Precip: ORLEANS 9.85 7.63 6.66 3.16 2.09 0.71 0.17 0.46 1.01 3.89 7.85 9.76 53.23
Temp: ORLEANS 42.8 47.1 50.9 55.8 61.2 67.1 73.4 72.7 66.9 58.1 49.1 43.3 57.4
Sun:
Snow:
Ecology: Missing

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IBS Report #: 1847

Location: HUMBOLDT county, CA. United States

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +040˚ 05' N
Longitude: 124˚ 04' W
Day: 25
Month: DEC
Year: 1978
Time: 4 AM
Elevation:

Data Source: TR30
Credibility: 3
Locality: OUTSIDE OF EUREKA, TWDS BAKERSFIELD
Researcher: CRC
Witness: ED RIDDLE, SKEETER

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: 9 FT BROWN BF CROSS ROAD

Sighting Text:
* Ed Riddle also had a prior sighting, in the Trinity Nat. Forest outside of Eureka, CA (not sure how far). Be was headed toward Bakersfield, when about 4 AM, around Christmas, 1978, Skeeter (driving) and Ed saw a Bigfoot come walking onto the highway from a ravine. It walked across the road, turned its body to look at us, then it went into the brush. It was close to nine feet tall, .brown, hair longer on the head, very broad, “1ike two big football players put together.” Skeeter wanted to chase after him, but Ed was wary.
Climate / Ecology:

Precip: EUREKA 6.86 5.32 5.31 3.00 1.69 0.65 0.13 0.34 0.76 2.66 5.73 7.12 39.57
Temp: EUREKA 48.01 49.06 49.27 50.48 53.21 55.63 57.08 58.02 57.17 54.65 51.43 48.43 52.72
Sun: Sun and Moon Data for One Day The following information is provided for Eureka (longitude W124.1, latitude N40.1): Thursday 25 December 1975 Universal Time SUN Begin civil twilight 15:06 Sunrise 15:37 Sun transit 20:16 Sunset 00:56 on following day End civil twilight 01:27 on following day MOON Moonset 19:25 on preceding day Moonrise 08:06 Moon transit 14:06 Moonset 19:58 Moonrise 09:15 on following day
Snow: EUREKA 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3
Ecology: Missing

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IBS Report #: 263

Location: HUMBOLDT county, CA. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 3

Latitude: +040˚ 21' N
Longitude: 124˚ 07' W
Day:
Month:
Year: 1981
Time: DARK
Elevation:

Data Source: TR#48-Jun’95
Credibility: 2
Locality: Rainbow Ridge near Honeydew; south of Eureka
Researcher: UNK
Witness: John and Breeze

Sighting Type: 3
Summary: Rank odor

Sighting Text:
CA, Speaking of bad smells (this is an old report); John and Breeze lived in the mountains on Rainbow Ridge; outside of Honeydew; CA; south of Eureka; and west of Hy. 101. They had been at a party; five of them; and after dark had to walk back to Meyer's Cabin near Rainbow Ridge. This was 14 years ago; John said; and the one mile walk was without flashlights; and the group walked hand in hand to avoid falling. All of a sudden they ran across a rank smell; "rank and sour;" he said; that petrified them; as they weren't familiar with the odor; and in the dark imagined all sorts of things,
Climate / Ecology:

Precip: Eureka 6.85 5.35 5.32 2.86 1.70 0.63 0.14 0.36 0.80 2.72 5.77 6.47 38.98
Temp: Eureka 47.95 49.01 49.16 50.41 53.09 55.52 56.96 57.96 57.18 54.63 51.54 48.38 52.69
Sun:
Snow: Eureka 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3,
Ecology: Missing

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IBS Report #: 271

Location: HUMBOLDT county, CA. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 2

Latitude: +040˚ 42' N
Longitude: 124˚ 06' W
Day:
Month:
Year: 1990
Time:
Elevation:

Data Source: TR#48-Jun’95
Credibility: 3
Locality: Big Browns Creek; 44 miles west of Redding (plot as Browns Gulch),
Researcher: Steve Williams
Witness: Steve Williams

Sighting Type: 2
Summary: Odor,tracks seen three separate times; dead dog dug up

Sighting Text:
CA * Steve Williams reports that Jim R. owns 90 acres along Big Browns Creek; 44 miles west of Redding; CA. On Memorial Day weekend; 1990; their wolf-dogs became terrified and hid. There was a nasty sulfur smell; and the same night; a dead dog; buried two weeks earlier; had been dug up. He found Bigfoot tracks in the area three separate times.,
Climate / Ecology:

Precip: Big Bar RS 7.95 5.70 4.31 2.04 1.30 0.50 0.16 0.38 0.79 2.48 5.07 7.15 37.84
Temp: Big Bar RS 40.56 44.38 48.62 53.57 60.20 68.25 75.43 73.67 68.20 58.01 46.86 40.90 56.45
Sun:
Snow: Big Bar RS 3.0 1.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.8 7.0,
Ecology: Missing

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IBS Report #: 81

Location: HUMBOLDT county, CA. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +040˚ 50' N
Longitude: 124˚ 07' W
Day: 3
Month: OCT
Year: 1994
Time: 1500 PST
Elevation: 40

Data Source: TR42
Credibility: 3
Locality: Sighting,Hwy101 between Arcata and Eureka
Researcher: ARLENE ARP
Witness: TRUCKER

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: BF shakes truck;dark brown;over 6 ft,

Sighting Text:
* Arleene Arp tells of a trucker that stopped at a rest stop between Arcata and Eureka; CA; Hy. 101; and was asleep in his truck on October 3rd. The 18 wheeler shook from a sudden shock; and the driver; Larry; awoke thinking their was a quake and noting that it was 4 AM. He slipped on his pants and glasses; thinking he would check his rig. Glancing out his rear-view passenger side mirror; he saw a giant Kodiak size bear (only small blacks in that area) rock his trailer again; harder this time...a big jerk and bump; lit by his trailer rig running lights. As it was one of the longer trailers; 52 feet; and loaded with rug padding; he thought the creature must be extremely strong; and thought it would actually push the trailer over. It scared him to death; Arleene said; and he started the truck and turned on the headlights; with the intention of leaving; as it had started; "rocking like you wouldn't believe." The thing ran in front of the cab then; and he got a good look at the creature on two legs. It was dark brown; and very close. He thought it might be taller than his 6'1"; and looked for all the world like an enormous bear. Arleene; familiar with the area as she has a sister that lives in Fortuna; said that the heavily forested area was thick with deer. Arlene had been in the area in 1988 when Hy. 101 was closed due to a large herd of elk milling on and around the highway. Her husband Oscar; estimated that there were 200 elk in the herd.
Climate / Ecology:

Precip: EUREKA 6.75 5.35 5.19 3.00 1.66 0.61 0.14 0.35 0.77 2.61 5.75 6.95 39.13
Temp: EUREKA 48.02 49.05 49.25 50.45 53.17 55.57 57.00 58.02 57.20 54.66 51.51 48.39 52.72
Sun: Sun and Moon Data for One Day The following information is provided for (longitude W124.1, latitude N40.8): Monday 3 October 1994 Universal Time SUN Begin civil twilight 13:48 Sunrise 14:15 Sun transit 20:05 Sunset 01:55 on following day End civil twilight 02:23 on following day MOON Moonrise 11:25 on preceding day Moonset 00:22 Moonrise 12:34 Moon transit 18:49 Moonset 00:55 on following day Phase of the Moon on 3 October: waning crescent with 4% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated. New Moon on 5 October 1994 at 03:55 Universal Time.
Snow: Eugene 2.2 3.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.4 5.8,
Ecology: Missing