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Bigfoot sighting in California, United States
1973 · Redding, Ca, because French Gulch was a town back in the gold rush days of old California. People still live in the area of what is now called French Gulch., United States
Witness on night checks at a former ranch school near French Gulch, California, saw a large upright creature at a suspension bridge; it ran upstream after rocks were thrown.
Facts
- Reported as
- Man recalls adversarial encounter with an unknown creature near French Gulch
- Date
- 1973
- Place
- Redding, Ca, because French Gulch was a town back in the gold rush days of old California. People still live in the area of what is now called French Gulch., United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 40.833, -122.642
- Located within
- 4.3 km
- Light
- night
- Witness was
- working outdoors
- Witnesses
- 1
- Creatures
- 1
- Described as
- biped
- Behaviour
- approaching, crouching, running, standing, vocalizing, walking
- Animals
- horses reacted
- In the account
- alone, approached, crouched, eyes seen, eyeshine, felt fear, food source nearby, growl, leaped, long strides, near home, near water, only silhouette, ruled out bear, smell, smell rotten, swam or waded, thought bear first, took food, very tall, walked upright, witness yelled
- Account
- firsthand
- Sources
- 2 independent (5 listings)
Sources
- BFRORead the report
- BFRO (full-text copy)Read the report
- BFRO (KML copy)Read the report
- ManganiRead the report
- BFRO (Renner copy)Read the report
Nearby sightings
- Man collecting pine nuts retreats from intimidation approach, above French Gulch near Lake Shasta
- Fisherman hears heavy wood knocks 1 mile below Trinity Dam
- Bigfoot sighting near Lewiston, California
- Bigfoot sighting near Willow Creek, California
- Man had deer stolen by creature near Lakehead
- Several tracks found by hunter near Lewiston Lake
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