California IBS SIghting Reports

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IBS Report #: 70

Location: SAN BERNARDINO county, CA. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +034˚ 16' N
Longitude: 116˚ 48' W
Day: 19
Month: SEPT
Year: 1994
Time: 1930-2000 PST
Elevation: 6750

Data Source: TR41
Credibility: 4
Locality: Hillson-Sanyo Camp; nr Baldwin Mtn.;NE of San Bernardino,
Researcher: CRC
Witness: TEX OCCANAA

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: Glimpsed BF in camp; ran in loping fashion;7 ft;fangs;brown shaggy hair;bad smell,howling,

Sighting Text:
* Tex Occanaa was camped at Hillson-Sanyo Camp near Baldwin Mtn.; NE of San Bernardino; CA; when a Bigfoot was sighted. It was Monday night; Sept. 19th; about 8:30-9 PM when the creature was glimpsed in the campground lights; and ran away in a loping fashion after seeing Tex. The seven foot creature turned and grinned or grimaced at Tex; and it displayed fangs. It was described as having long arms; proportional to its body; brown shaggy hair; and had a bad smell - putrid or sulfurous. There was howling in the woods also; and he packed up and left camp that night; but did notify a park ranger.,
Climate / Ecology:

Precip: SAN BERNARDINO 3.2 3.1 2.8 1.4 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.7 1.4 2.6 16.3
Temp: SAN BERNARDINO 51.8 53.8 56.3 60.3 64.8 71.1 77.5 77.5 73.6 66.0 58.5 52.9 63.7
Sun: Sun and Moon Data for One Day The following information is provided for (longitude W116.8, latitude N34.3): Monday 19 September 1994 Universal Time SUN Begin civil twilight 13:08 Sunrise 13:33 Sun transit 19:41 Sunset 01:48 on following day End civil twilight 02:13 on following day MOON Moonset 12:28 on preceding day Moonrise 01:05 Moon transit 07:12 Moonset 13:25 Moonrise 01:36 on following day Full Moon on 19 September 1994 at 20:01 Universal Time.
Snow:
Ecology: Missing

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IBS Report #: 160

Location: SAN BERNARDINO county, CA. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 2

Latitude: +033˚ 56' N
Longitude: 117˚ 36' W
Day:
Month: JUL
Year: 1994
Time:
Elevation: 1840

Data Source: TR#43-Jan’95,
Credibility: 2
Locality: West end of Cucamonga Wash near Upland
Researcher: Peter Guitilla
Witness: civil engineer

Sighting Type: 2
Summary: 3 and 5 toed tracks found,

Sighting Text:
CA, Peter Guitilla - In July of 1994 similar three-toed footprints as well as the usual five-toed Bigfoot plantigrades were reportedly found by an Upland; CA; civil engineer doing survey work at the west end of the Cucamonga Wash; near Upland., inches 4.03.63.41.50.50.10.10.10.50.42.32.819.2 Upland; no temps,
Climate / Ecology:

Precip: Upland 4.1 4.3 3.3 1.8 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.3 1.1 1.7 4.5 21.8
Temp: M
Sun:
Snow:
Ecology: Missing

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IBS Report #: 159

Location: SAN BERNARDINO county, CA. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 3

Latitude: +034˚ 10' N
Longitude: 117˚ 35' W
Day:
Month:
Year: UNK
Time:
Elevation: 4200

Data Source: TR#43-Jan’95,
Credibility: 2
Locality: SE of Mt Baldy,
Researcher: Peter Guttilla
Witness: UNK

Sighting Type: 3
Summary: Creature with wings leaping;three reports;18 inch 3 toed tracks,

Sighting Text:
CA, * Peter Guttilla; . Also - from precipitous regions southeast of Mt. Baldy three reports of a leaping; dog-faced; hairy winged creature that left behind wide; 18 inch three-toed foot- prints. In July of 1994 similar three-toed footprints as well as the usual five-toed Bigfoot plantigrades were reportedly found by an Upland; CA; civil engineer doing survey work at the west end of the Cucamonga Wash; near Upland. Recently more evidence of three-toes and five-toes was found at the top end of the Cucamonga Wash between Upland and Lytle Creek.,
Climate / Ecology:

Precip: Upland 4.1 4.3 3.3 1.8 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.3 1.1 1.7 4.5 21.8
Temp: M
Sun:
Snow:
Ecology: Missing

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IBS Report #: 751

Location: SAN DIEGO county, CA. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +033˚ 07' N
Longitude: 117˚ 05' W
Day:
Month: SUMMER
Year: 1964
Time:
Elevation:

Data Source: TR81
Credibility: 1
Locality: near Escondido
Researcher: WITNESS
Witness: DAD AND BROTHER

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: BF THROWING ROCKS AT WITNESS

Sighting Text:
CA DAN DIEGO 1964 TR#81 33N 07 117 05W A lady said in 1964 when she was a child, dad had gone to the woods near Escondido, CA, in the summer, and a Bigfoot was throwing rocks at them. Her dad and brother both caught a glimpse of the creature.
Climate / Ecology:

Precip: ESCONDIDO 3.1 3.2 2.6 1.4 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.9 1.3 3.3 16.8
Temp: ESCONDIDO 51.1 52.9 55.2 58.6 62.8 67.6 72.7 73.0 70.2 63.9 57.2 52.2 61.3
Sun:
Snow:
Ecology: Missing

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IBS Report #: 1574

Location: SAN DIEGO county, CA. United States

Sighting Type: MISC

Latitude: +032˚ 43' N
Longitude: 116˚ 52' W
Day:
Month:
Year: 1970
Time:
Elevation: 993

Data Source: TR25 324301N 1165231W
Credibility: 0
Locality: 12 MI SE OF SAN DIEGO (VCTY JAMUL?)
Researcher: CRC
Witness: JACKSON MOORE

Sighting Type: MISC
Summary: BOB FOREACRE DISAPPEARS, TRACKS SEEN

Sighting Text:
CA, San Diego area, TR25 Some months later (1970), back in the Los Angeles area, I (Jackson Moore) met Bob Foreacre, an ex-paratrooper and truck driver that was recovering from an on~the-job back injury. Bob was married and had two children that he thought the world of, taking them almost everywhere he went. One night Bob called me, and asked if I had seen the 1l PM news on the Bigfoot that had been sighted south of San Diego. I said no, that I hadn't and we talked for a few minutes more, and then hung up. But the next day, Bigfoot was all he wanted to talk about, and as we were fishing, it was hard for me to get away from the subject. Bob was the type of person that if he didn't see it for himself, it just didn't exist. His argument was like so many others: that it was all a hoax. At that time I still had most of my research material and when we got home I showed him all the data, but he was still a non-believer. He said, "since San Diego ain't that far away, why don't we go check it out?" So we did. Come the weekend and we were ready to go. We packed some cameras, plaster-of Paris and camping gear - and side arms only. We arrived in San Diego around 10:30AM on Saturday, and called the TV station to get the address of the people who had seen Bigfoot. It seems, that they had several inquiries on this, because the information was not long in coming. Then we drove out south southeast around 12 miles, following the directions we had been given, and found the place we were looking for. The folks we met had been given a bad time by most of their friends over this, and they were reluctant to discuss any of it. Bob and I convinced them that we only wanted to make some casts of the prints and shoot some pictures of whatever we had found. So it was late afternoon before we were shown where to find the tracks, some four miles away from their house. They had gone into this area to search for wood, when they had seen Bigfoot. By the time we found the place, and set up camp, it was too late to do anything, but cook a meal and call it a day. After eating, we sat around talking about what we would do when and if we found anything. Around 10PM the full moon came up and Bob said he had to answer the call of nature, and so saying, he walked off into the night in a southwest direction. Once his sound disappeared, I went about getting everything ready for in the morning, making sure that everything was where we could find it when we needed it. I checked my watch, and saw that it was 11:05PM and no Bob. I hollered a couple of times but no answer. I waited a few more minutes and again called, no answer. I thought that maybe Bob was trying to pull my leg. At midnight, I figured that Bob had enough time to answer several calls of nature, and if he was joking around, it had gone far enough, so I took a five-cell flashlight and started looking for him. His trail wasn't hard to pick up, as Bob weighed around 280 pounds and had on cowboy boots, and the heels dug in deep. I had tracked him out into the middle of a clearing of about 40-50 acres surrounded by patches of scrub trees. When his tracks just stopped, there weren't any trees of any size in this area large enough to hold a 280 pound man, nor were any close enough for him to jump to. So I spent an hour going back over each print, to see if he had walked backwards in them. As far as I could tell, he hadn't. Then I went back to camp and emptied out several boxes, and took them back to the clearing and covered the last six footprints so that I could study them in daylight. I spent what remained of the night firing shots at five minute intervals, hoping that I would get a return shot. Came the dawn and I had a pile of spent brass and a sore arm, but still no Bob. I left the camp as it was and drove to the nearest phone and called the County police. After I had explained to them several times over the phone what had transpired, they sent a couple of deputies out to see into it. They arrived around 11:15 AM, and weren't any too happy about it. After giving them all the facts several more times, they finally agreed to follow me back to camp and would look into it. It was close to 1:00PM when we arrived back at camp. I was hoping to see Bob's face, sitting there, but it wasn't, so I showed the deputies where the tracks were, and made sure they didn't walk in them. Then when we got to the boxes, they could only scratch their heads, and say it didn't make any sense to them. They were stumped, plain and simple. After I explained to them that Bob was a family man, and also was expecting a sizable cash settlement (the family never received anything, possible foul-play?), he was not one to just disappear like that, so the deputies put in a request for some Pima Indian trackers that they use from time to time and they /'' arrived on Monday. Once they were shown where the tracks started they went alone. After they came to the tracks under the boxes, we could still see them from where we were in camp. After looking around for a few minutes, they carne back to the camp and got into the car that had brought them out, and wouldn't say anything more about what they had found. But they kept looking out into the clearing and shaking their heads in a negative way. I was asked to sign an affidavit to the facts as they found them. But from that day in 1970 to this 1993, not a trace has been seen or heard from Bob. I won't even try to speculate on what might have happened to him. It was after all this that I finally threw in the towel. No more Bigfoot for me. I even moved back to Florida. One thing I regret is that in the several moves around the states I have lost all the information that was once collected on Bigfoot.
Climate / Ecology:

Precip: EL CAJON 3.0 2.3 2.8 1.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 1.5 1.5 12.8
Temp:
Sun:
Snow:
Ecology: FULL MOON

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IBS Report #: 1317

Location: SAN LOUIS OBISPO county, CA. United States

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +035˚ 16' N
Longitude: 120˚ 00' W
Day: 31
Month: MAR
Year: 1992
Time: 2 PM
Elevation: 234

Data Source: TR15
Credibility: 2
Locality: 6 EAST SAN LOUIS OBISPO
Researcher: JIM DOYLE
Witness: LARRY

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: BF SEEN, 6'3

Sighting Text:
#* Here's a fairly fresh report, March 31st, 1992, but from far away California. Jim Doyle got a call from his friend Larry who had just seen Bigfoot about six miles east of San Louis Obispo (Near the coast, midway between L.A. and 'Frisco), and beat it in to alert the WBS. Larry and two friends were hiking when they came upon the 6'3" animal only 20-25 feet away in broad daylight at 2 p.m. He said it growled like a bear, charged them, stopped and looked around, then turned and ran like the wind. It scared the daylights out of them, Jim said. Also, it smelled like death he said...like dead corpses. He also said that there were big tracks all over the place. I'll call the California Big Foot Organization's hot line tonight (Apr. 9) to alert them to the relatively fresh sighting, and will also alert our members that live down there in the Bay region.
Climate / Ecology:

Precip: MONTEREY 3.71 4.07 3.19 0.98 0.25 0.08 0.02 0.03 0.20 0.32 1.28 1.92 16.03
Temp: MONTEREY 58.61 60.01 61.54 65.47 68.03 72.24 76.48 77.47 75.75 70.43 63.42 59.06 67.03
Sun:
Snow: MONTEREY 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ecology: Missing

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IBS Report #: 1855

Location: SAN LUIS OBISPO county, CA. United States

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +035˚ 20' N
Longitude: 124˚ 04' W
Day: M
Month: FEB
Year: 1992
Time: 3 PM
Elevation: 174

Data Source: TR30
Credibility: 3
Locality: MORRO BAY, NEAR SAN LUIS OBISPO
Researcher: MIKE STEVENSON
Witness: WITNESS INTERVIEW

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: RED-BROWN BF CROSS ROAD

Sighting Text:
Mike Stevenson interview: We were on our way to Morro Bay (near san Luis Obispo on Calif. coast) about 3:00 PM, Feb., 1992. We came around this corner and this big thing ran right in front of us. It was big and hairy, a sort of red-brown color. It kept moving and we kept on going and didn't look back.
Climate / Ecology:

Precip: MORROW BAY 82.5 72.5 81.1 32.9 6.8 1.4 1.1 2.1 10.1 18.4 49.0 56.3 414.9
Temp: MORRO BAY 52.2 53.1 53.1 54.0 54.9 57.4 58.5 59.7 60.3 59.9 56.3 52.2 55.9
Sun:
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Ecology: Missing

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IBS Report #: 166

Location: SAN LUIS OBISPO county, CA. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +035260
Longitude: 120˚ 43' W
Day: 14
Month: SEP
Year: 1994
Time:
Elevation: 314

Data Source: TR#43-Jan’95
Credibility: 3
Locality: Frog Pond Mtn (Summit 2436ft) near Atascadero,
Researcher: Michael W. Stevenson
Witness: Hank

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: trash raided; dogs upset;NF yells and runs from shotgun;6 1/2-7ft

Sighting Text:
CA, * Michael W. Stevenson; 11/26/94. Report #1; Atascadero area; Frog Pond Mountain; CA. Sept. 14th; before the Atascadero fire. Hank was watching TV and heard his dogs barking so he went to see what was going on outside. His trash had been raided the last couple of nights. Turning on the outside lights to get a better look; he saw a shape in the dark and yelled; "hey you...get the hell out of here!" With no response to this; he got his shotgun and fired it in the air. At that time the "thing" gave out a yell and tore for the hills and he ran in the house. The thing was 6 1/2-7 feet tall; but it was to dark to tell what color it was. I looked around at the site; but only found some scuff marks going up the hillside as if something went up in a hurry., Begin civil twilight 13:19 Sunrise 13:45 Sun transit 19:58 Sunset 02:11 on following day End civil twilight 02:37 on following day inches 4.84.33.71.70.40.10.00.00.20.92.14.322.6 San Luis Obispo F 52.354.054.156.558.562.265.165.865.763.157.652.759.0 Moonrise 22:09 on preceding day Moon transit 03:24 Moonset 08:40 Moonrise 22:56 Moonset 09:42 on following day Phase of the Moon on 14 September: waxing gibbous with 72% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated. First quarter Moon on 12 September 1994 at 11:34 Universal Time.,
Climate / Ecology:

Precip: San Luis Obispo 5.0 4.6 3.8 1.6 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 1.0 2.7 3.7 23.5
Temp: San Luis Obispo 52.3 54.0 54.1 56.5 58.5 62.2 65.1 65.8 65.7 63.1 57.6 52.7 59.0
Sun: Sun and Moon Data for One Day The following information is provided for (longitude W120.7, latitude N35.4): Wednesday 14 September 1994 Universal Time SUN Begin civil twilight 13:19 Sunrise 13:45 Sun transit 19:58 Sunset 02:11 on following day End civil twilight 02:37 on following day MOON Moonrise 22:09 on preceding day Moon transit 03:24 Moonset 08:40 Moonrise 22:56 Moonset 09:42 on following day Phase of the Moon on 14 September: waxing gibbous with 72% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated. First quarter Moon on 12 September 1994 at 11:34 Universal Time.
Snow:
Ecology: Missing

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IBS Report #: 167

Location: SAN LUIS OBISPO county, CA. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +035˚ 26' N
Longitude: 120˚ 43' W
Day: 28
Month: OCT
Year: 1994
Time:
Elevation:

Data Source: TR#43-Jan’95
Credibility: 9
Locality: Frog Pond Mtn (summit 2436ft); near Atsacadero,
Researcher: UNK
Witness: UNK

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: Female BF runs from wildfire;tracks,

Sighting Text:
CA, Report #2; Oct. 28th; after the Atascadero fire; Frog Pond Mountain; CA. The witness was evacuating from the fire; and on the way down the driveway; they saw a large hairy thing go across their path. It was a female. He stopped the car and got his camera to take a picture; but he smoke was too thick. He saw tracks in the mud and wanted to make a cast of the prints; but the police were telling him to get going. He went back after the fire and the tracks had tire marks running through them from the fire trucks.,
Climate / Ecology:

Precip: SAN LUIS OBISPO 5.0 4.6 3.8 1.6 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 1.0 2.7 3.7 23.5
Temp: San Luis Obispo 52.3 54.0 54.1 56.5 58.5 62.2 65.1 65.8 65.7 63.1 57.6 52.7 59.0
Sun: Sun and Moon Data for One Day The following information is provided for (longitude W120.7, latitude N35.4): Friday 28 October 1994 Universal Time SUN Begin civil twilight 13:55 Sunrise 14:21 Sun transit 19:47 Sunset 01:12 on following day End civil twilight 01:38 on following day MOON Moonset 20:47 on preceding day Moonrise 07:55 Moon transit 14:43 Moonset 21:24 Moonrise 08:56 on following day Phase of the Moon on 28 October: waning crescent with 42% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated. Last quarter Moon on 27 October 1994 at 16:45 Universal Time.
Snow:
Ecology: Missing

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IBS Report #: 168

Location: SAN LUIS OBISPO county, CA. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +035˚ 29' N
Longitude: 120˚ 40' W
Day:
Month:
Year: 1994
Time:
Elevation: 880

Data Source: TR#43-Jan’95,
Credibility: 3
Locality: Atascadero Creek in Atascadero
Researcher: UNK
Witness: Kids

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: BF tosses large rock in creek,

Sighting Text:
CA, Report #3; no date (recent?); Atascadero Creek; in town; CA. Kids playing in creek saw large person come down to creek; about 100 yards away; continued to play. They were tossing rocks at a stick in the creek; when the "person" tossed a large rock in the creek; making a large splash. This scared them; and they went home. This is strange as the Bigfoot came into town; to get food maybe?, inches 4.84.33.71.70.40.10.00.00.20.92.14.322.6San Luis Obispo F 52.354.054.156.558.562.265.165.865.763.157.652.759.0,
Climate / Ecology:

Precip: San Luis Obispo 5.0 4.6 3.8 1.6 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 1.0 2.7 3.7 23.5
Temp: San Luis Obispo 52.3 54.0 54.1 56.5 58.5 62.2 65.1 65.8 65.7 63.1 57.6 52.7 59.0
Sun:
Snow:
Ecology: Missing