California IBS SIghting Reports

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IBS Report #: 695

Location: HUMBOLDT county, CA. United States

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +040˚ 48' N
Longitude: 122˚ 09' W
Day:
Month:
Year: MISG
Time:
Elevation:

Data Source: TR 77 ART BELL SHOW
Credibility: 1
Locality: in the mountains near Eureka
Researcher: GUY
Witness: GUY AND FIVE PEOPLE

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: 3 BF CREATURES; ROCK POUND ON TREES, BRANCH BROKEN, FOOTSTEPS, BF OUTLINE THROUGH TENT WALL, VOCALIZATION

Sighting Text:
CA HUMBOLDT MISG TR#77 Art Bell didn’t give much time for callers, but one person, Guy, had an experience while camping in the mountains near Eureka, CA, with five other people. He and his girlfriend heard noises on retiring...rocks pounded on trees, a large branch broken from a tree, and footsteps approaching the camp. The “soft” heavy footfalls came right up to the tent, and they could see the outline against the tent wall from the fire in the background where the creature was sneaking to look at the four companions around the fire. They saw and heard nothing. There appeared to be three of the creatures, and they communicated with a coughing noise. The next day there was hair on the trees, but he didn’t collect any.
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 53.13 55.55 56.99 58.02 57.20 54.66 51.51 48.39 52.72
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 #: 1165

Location: HUMBOLDT county, CA. United States

Sighting Type: 2

Latitude: +040˚ 56' N
Longitude: 123˚ 37' W
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Year: MISG
Time:
Elevation: 1743

Data Source: TR97
Credibility: 1
Locality: 5 MILES FROM WILLOW CREEK, TRACKS SEEN
Researcher: BOBO
Witness: ANONYMOUS

Sighting Type: 2
Summary: BF THROWS LOG AT WITNESS

Sighting Text:
CA HUMBOLDT DATE TR97 1743 FT 405623N 1233749W One witness had a log thrown at him in the last 2-3 weeks. He was only five miles from Willow Creek. He had seen tracks there before, and had sticks and rocks regularly thrown at him, and even had a large dead snag-stump pushed over at him. As this was on the Cannibis sativa farm of the witness, exact details of the location were kept confidential.
Climate / Ecology:

Precip: WILLOW CREEK 9.6 8.6 8.0 3.0 1.8 0.6 0.2 0.4 1.3 3.7 7.8 10.7 55.6
Temp: RICHARDSON GROVE SP 43.3 46.6 49.3 52.9 58.5 64.6 69.8 70.0 66.2 57.6 48.4 43.3 55.8
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Snow:
Ecology: Missing

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IBS Report #: 1166

Location: HUMBOLDT county, CA. United States

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +040˚ 52' N
Longitude: 123˚ 58' W
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Month:
Year: MISG
Time: NIGHT
Elevation: 100

Data Source: TR97
Credibility: 1
Locality: 10 MI EAST ON HWY 299, THEN TWO MILES NORTH (VCTY BLUE LAKE?)
Researcher: BOBO
Witness: VIETNAM VET

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: BF SEEN IN CAMPSITE, VOCALIZATION

Sighting Text:
CA HUMBOLDT DATE TR97 A Vietnam vet from ten miles east on Hy 299, then another two miles north, had an experience. At night the creature would come around the campsite, and the witness even caught a glimpse of the creature. It had been screaming and hollering, and this also was within the last two weeks. Bobo is investigating the above two reports in greater depth...he’ll let us know, he says.
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 53.13 55.55 56.99 58.02 57.20 54.66 51.51 48.39 52.72
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 #: 914

Location: INYO county, CA. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 3

Latitude: +037˚ 21' N
Longitude: 118˚ 23' W
Day:
Month: SUMMER
Year: 1970
Time: LATE AFTERNOON
Elevation: 4147

Data Source: TR87
Credibility: 1
Locality: NEAR BISHOP, OFF HWY 395, DEADMAN'S CREEK
Researcher: B.J.
Witness: B.J. AND FRIEND

Sighting Type: 3
Summary: VOCALIZATION FROM NEAR LIGHTNING STRIKE, LARGE SHADOW MOVING THROUGH FOREST

Sighting Text:
CA INYO 1970 TR#87 37 21N 118 23W 4147 FT * Near Bishop CA, off Hy. 395, Summer of 1970. Witness was 12 years old and on Deadman’s Creek with a friend and was on an outing with a conservation club. BJ, walking with his friend up the creek for five miles to go fishing, in the mid-afternoon, they had the feeling of being watched. By late afternoon there were none of the usual forest sounds such as birds and such, so they started their return to the camp, when a storm caught them, a bolt of lightning striking near the creek a ways away. Then they heard growling or grunting from the area of the strike, and branches in the brush were heard breaking from apparently high in the trees, the sounds moving away from them. The pine tree dead branches started about six feet up. There was no bad odor, and shortly whatever it was had moved out of hearing distance. Nothing conclusive was actually seen, but a large shadow was noted moving through the forest, but only briefly. Due to a lightning fire the camp was evacuated by the Forest Service, so the area was not searched for tracks.
Climate / Ecology:

Precip: BISHOP 1.1 0.9 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.8 5.4
Temp: BISHOP 37.33 41.95 47.24 53.92 62.29 70.86 76.73 74.57 67.39 57.05 45.22 38.04 56.05
Sun:
Snow:
Ecology: LIGHTNING STORM

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IBS Report #: 1312

Location: INYO county, CA. United States

Sighting Type: 3

Latitude: +037˚ 21' N
Longitude: 118˚ 23' W
Day:
Month:
Year: 1982
Time:
Elevation: 4147

Data Source: TR15
Credibility: 1
Locality: NEAR BISHOP, NEAR LONE PINE
Researcher: CRC
Witness: SHANNAN HOWE DAD

Sighting Type: 3
Summary: ODOR, RATTLING IN BRUSH, DOG CHASED, LARGE TRACKS

Sighting Text:
* Shannan Howe, attracted by the windaw display, told a tale of his dad from 1982. Near Bishop, Ca., near Lonepine. the hunting party had gone by horseback into_the wilds for a day and a half. They smelled the telltale stinky-foul musty odor, and could hear something big crashing and rattling in the brush. The dog took off after whatever it was and didn't come back for some time, and then covered with sweat after chasing in the brush. They did find some large tracks in the grass, but they weren't well defined. There were no screaming noises heard.
Climate / Ecology:

Precip: BISHOP 1.04 0.94 0.50 0.30 0.27 0.15 0.17 0.11 0.20 0.17 0.57 0.79 5.20
Temp: BISHOP 37.33 41.95 47.24 53.92 62.29 70.86 76.73 74.57 67.39 57.05 45.22 38.04 56.05
Sun:
Snow: BISHOP 3.8 1.5 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.2 8.1
Ecology: Missing

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IBS Report #: 109

Location: INYO county, CA. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +037˚ 21' N
Longitude: 118˚ 23' W
Day: 14
Month: DEC
Year: 1993
Time: M
Elevation: 4147

Data Source: TR42
Credibility: 3
Locality: BISHOP
Researcher: JOHN
Witness: JOHNS SON

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: had two creatures at 5 foot and another a bit ,TRACKS

Sighting Text:
Another report from Dec. 14th; 1993; had two creatures at 5 foot and another a bit shorter. John's son said he was playing with a friend recently and that a big hairy monster was walking in the woods nearby. John investigated and found two footprints. In the early summer of 1992; campers reported their campsite had been attacked. The fisherman said the campfire was "disrupted." A fireworks display (non-exploding) in the woods had "Fountains" that attracted the attention of a strange head and eyes. Another camper reported that a half of a flare had been taken from a picnic table. The road-side flare had been broken in half for use as a "fireworks display.", inches
Climate / Ecology:

Precip: BISHOP 1.1 0.9 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.8 5.4
Temp: BISHOP 37.33 41.95 47.24 53.92 62.29 70.89 76.73 74.57 67.39 57.05 45.22 38.04 56.05
Sun: Sun and Moon Data for One Day The following information is provided for (longitude W118.4, latitude N37.4): Tuesday 14 December 1993 Universal Time SUN Begin civil twilight 14:31 Sunrise 15:00 Sun transit 19:48 Sunset 00:37 on following day End civil twilight 01:06 on following day MOON Moonrise 15:12 on preceding day Moonset 01:17 Moonrise 16:05 Moon transit 21:11 Moonset 02:21 on following day Phase of the Moon on 14 December: waxing crescent with 2% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated. New Moon on 13 December 1993 at 09:27 Universal Time.
Snow: BISHOP 3.8 1.5 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.2 8.1
Ecology: Missing

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IBS Report #: 112

Location: INYO county, CA. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +037˚ 21' N
Longitude: 118˚ 23' W
Day: 14
Month: DEC
Year: 1993
Time: M
Elevation: 4147

Data Source: TR42
Credibility: 3
Locality: NEAR BISHOP
Researcher: JOHN
Witness: JOHNS SON

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: Two BF;5ft;BF attracted to fireworks display

Sighting Text:
Two BF;5ft;BF attracted to fireworks display,
Climate / Ecology:

Precip: BISHOP 1.1 0.9 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.8 5.4
Temp: BISHOP 37.8 42.3 46.8 53.2 62.1 70.9 76.6 74.5 66.7 56.8 45.1 37.8 55.9
Sun: Sun and Moon Data for One Day The following information is provided for (longitude W118.4, latitude N37.4): Tuesday 14 December 1993 Universal Time SUN Begin civil twilight 14:31 Sunrise 15:00 Sun transit 19:48 Sunset 00:37 on following day End civil twilight 01:06 on following day MOON Moonrise 15:12 on preceding day Moonset 01:17 Moonrise 16:05 Moon transit 21:11 Moonset 02:21 on following day Phase of the Moon on 14 December: waxing crescent with 2% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated. New Moon on 13 December 1993 at 09:27 Universal Time.
Snow:
Ecology: Missing

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IBS Report #: 108

Location: INYO county, CA. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 2

Latitude: +037˚ 21' N
Longitude: 118˚ 23' W
Day: 20
Month: OCT
Year: 1994
Time: M
Elevation: 4147

Data Source: TR42
Credibility: 3
Locality: Bishop
Researcher: SHERIFF
Witness: YOUNG MAN

Sighting Type: 2
Summary: BF roars at boy;two track casts taken by Sheriff,

Sighting Text:
BF roars at boy;two track casts taken by Sheriff, In Bishop two weeks ago (10/20) a young man reported to the Sheriff that he had heard a roar from a beast that stared at him; then took off. Two footprint casts were taken; and the Sheriff said it could have happened.
Climate / Ecology:

Precip: BISHOP 1.1 0.9 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.8 5.4
Temp: BISHOP 37.33 41.95 47.24 53.92 62.29 70.89 76.73 74.57 67.39 57.05 45.22 38.04 56.05
Sun: Sun and Moon Data for One Day The following information is provided for (longitude W118.4, latitude N37.4): Friday 14 October 1994 Universal Time SUN Begin civil twilight 13:34 Sunrise 14:01 Sun transit 19:40 Sunset 01:18 on following day End civil twilight 01:44 on following day MOON Moonrise 22:08 on preceding day Moon transit 03:45 Moonset 09:27 Moonrise 22:42 Moonset 10:27 on following day Phase of the Moon on 14 October: waxing gibbous with 77% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated. First quarter Moon on 11 October 1994 at 19:17 Universal Time.
Snow: BISHOP 3.8 1.5 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.2 8.1
Ecology: Missing

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IBS Report #: 1460

Location: KERN county, CA. United States

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +035˚ 38' N
Longitude: 118˚ 00' W
Day:
Month:
Year: 1971 OR 72
Time: 2400-0100
Elevation: 2300

Data Source: TR21
Credibility: 1
Locality: SE OF WELDON BETWEEN LAKE ISABELLA AND CHINA LAKE
Researcher: RICH GRUMLEY, FLOYD SMITH
Witness: RICH GRUMLEY

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: ROASTING HOT DOGS BRINGS 17 FT TALL BF, DOG SCARED

Sighting Text:
CA TR21 In the 1960's and 70's and into the 80's we of the C.B.F.O. investigated quite a few cases where the persons out camping were roasting "hot dogs" over an open fire, and they had one, and up to three encounters with BF. In fact, we (Rich Grumley, Floyd Smith-first VP of the CBFO, and another researcher) were roasting hot dogs (Farmer John Hickory smoked Links) over a camp fire when I had my first encounter with BF under a grove of cottonwood trees SE of the little town of Weldon, (halfway between Lake Isabella and China Lake, Ca., app. 1971 or 1972). Well the "creature" was approximately seventeen feet in height (stood directly underneath a branch that was measured...the thing was slightly taller), had a head that was set on massive shoulders, no neck noted, the chest area was about 8 or 10 feet wide, and the "legs were bigger around than my pudgy little body." The creature left no tracks because he was standing in heavy mulch under this grove of trees when I saw him around midnight or l AM. I didn't even get a good look with lights, and our cameras were all locked up in the trunk of Floyd's car and he and the other researcher had taken a walk down a dirt road in the middle of the night with the lights to look for Bigfoot tracks! The only intelligent one in our group was Floyd's 75# German Shepard and she was scared sh*tting, having earlier in the evening jumped into the back seat of the car and defied all attempts to drag her out. Rich believes he witnessed the genuine article...Bigfoot. Rich Grumley, 9/20/92.
Climate / Ecology:

Precip: WELDON 0.7 0.9 1.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.7 4.0
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Snow:
Ecology: Missing

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IBS Report #: 1782

Location: KERN county, CA. United States

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +035˚ 35' N
Longitude: 11829
Day:
Month:
Year: 1976?
Time: 11PM
Elevation: 2680

Data Source: TR28
Credibility: 3
Locality: BODFISH
Researcher: PETER BYRNE
Witness: MARK BURKEY

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: FT BF, 500#, ODOR, BF SHOT WIT .22, NOT BOTHERED

Sighting Text:
* (PB LETTER) Mark Burkey, Notes from letter of Oct 13, 1976: We have a lot of trees, mountains, and brushy areas (around Bodfish, CA). It all happened one night when a guy came home around 11:00 pm. He drove up to his house and looked around, as he thought he hit a skunk, and walked over to the garbage can and there it was. He says it was about 8 ft. tall and around 500#. It walked up right over to a girls house where she screamed and the guy ran over there with a . 22 rifle and shot about 10 shots into his chest. He said it didn't even hurt him. He said it wasn't a bear or anything like that, because the forest (service) moved almost all the bears into the mountains.
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Ecology: Missing