Bigfoot sighting in California, United States
Jun 1990 · Dutchmans flats area by Idyllwild California., United States
Two campers near Dutchman's Flats outside Idyllwild, California heard screams and footsteps at their tent before dawn, then found upright footprints leading into a ravine.
The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.
Facts
- Reported as
- Backpackers report screams and camp stalking near Dutchman's Flats outside Idyllwild
- Date
- Jun 1990
- Place
- Dutchmans flats area by Idyllwild California., United States
- Evidence
- track
- Point
- 33.766, -116.708
- Located within
- 2.2 km
- Light
- night
- Witness was
- backpacking
- Witnesses
- 2
- Duration
- 8 min
- Described as
- biped
- Behaviour
- vocalizing, walking
- Sounds
- footsteps, scream
- Animals
- birds silent, wildlife silent
- In the account
- at camp, bipedal footsteps, cave or rocks, felt fear, felt watched, footprints found, heavy breathing, long strides, no smell noted, reported years later, ridge or mountain, scream, walked upright, witness fled, witness froze, woken by it, woods silent
- Tracks
- stride 107 cm (42.0 in)
- 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
- Hikers paralelled on trail
- Camper hear knocks and camp stalking at Marion Mountain Campground
- Backpackers hear whoops and tree push over SE of Round Valley in the Mt. San Jacinto Wilderness Area
- Young couple encounter something large on Lake Hemet
- Reference to a local newspaper article about tracks found near Bautista Road
- Bigfoot sighting near Hemet, California
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