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Bigfoot sighting near Big Bear city, California
Jun 1976 · Big Bear city, California, United States
A 12-year-old visitor saw a tall, black, hairy figure standing behind a bush about 20 feet away near a cabin at Big Bear Lake around midnight in June 1976.
The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.
Facts
- Reported as
- Young man has a midnight face-to-face encounter with an unknown creature outside Big Bear City
- Date
- Jun 1976
- Place
- Big Bear city, California, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 34.244, -116.979
- Located within
- 3.2 km
- Time
- about 01:00, night
- Witness was
- other
- Witnesses
- 1
- Creatures
- 1
- Distance
- 6.1 m (20 ft)
- Duration
- 18 s
- Described as
- massive, black hair
- Behaviour
- standing, watching
- In the account
- alone, ape like face, broad shoulders, childhood memory, conical head, eyes seen, face seen, felt fear, large hands, looked at witness, near home, no smell noted, nothing found after, peeked, returned to spot, ruled out bear, searched after, very tall, witness fled
- Account
- firsthand
- Sources
- 2 independent (4 listings)
Sources
- BFRORead the report
- BFRO (full-text copy)Read the report
- ManganiRead the report
- BFRO (Renner copy)Read the report
Nearby sightings
- Man recalls Bigfoot sighting while visiting Big Bear area.
- Bigfoot sighting near Bernardino County, California
- Young man has strange encounter on a dark gravel road at Big Bear Lake Resort
- San Bernardino County, California
- A scout troop's late night sighting at the edge of their camp near Barton Flats. Multiple witnesses. Reporting witness now a law enforcement officer
- A camp site incident at Barton Flats with multiple witnesses. The campers were approached while they were sleeping
Facts and links only. Each report belongs to its witness and the site that published it; read it there.