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Bigfoot sighting near Buena Park, California

May 1982 · Buena Park, California, United States

In May 1982, three teenage boys reported a large hair-covered biped at night in a Buena Park, California drainage ditch that walked into a storm drain; police cited a tramp.

The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.

Facts

Date
May 1982
Place
Buena Park, California, United States
Evidence
smell, track, visual
Point
33.875, -117.992
Located within
926 m
Light
night
Witnesses
3
Creatures
1
Height
2.4 m (8 ft)
Described as
heavy, biped
Behaviour
walking
In the account
footprints found, investigator visited, near home, searched after, smell, very tall, walked upright
Tracks
42 cm (16.5 in) long, 5 toes
Account
secondhand
Sources
1 independent

Sources

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