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Bigfoot sighting in California, United States
1 Aug 1981 · It might be Shaver Lake, but it is hard to tell. At any rate, we were a very long way from Shaver Lake or any other town, up in the mountains. We parked the car at Courtright Reservoir., California, United States
A backpacker fishing at Fleming Lake near Courtright Reservoir, California, at dusk in 1981 heard a distant wailing call repeated over about a minute.
The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.
Facts
- Reported as
- Teenager hears unusual daytime vocalization near Courtright Reservoir
- Date
- 1 Aug 1981
- Place
- It might be Shaver Lake, but it is hard to tell. At any rate, we were a very long way from Shaver Lake or any other town, up in the mountains. We parked the car at Courtright Reservoir., California, United States
- Evidence
- vocal
- Point
- 37.079, -118.969
- Light
- twilight
- Witness was
- fishing
- Witnesses
- 1
- Distance
- 2,414 m (7,920 ft)
- Duration
- 52 s
- Behaviour
- vocalizing
- Sounds
- howl
- In the account
- alone, field or clearing, howl, near water, reported years later, witness froze
- 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
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Facts and links only. Each report belongs to its witness and the site that published it; read it there.