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Bigfoot sighting near Crescent City, California
Jul 1973 · Crescent City, California, United States
In July 1973 a 9-year-old girl hiking alone near a lake in Crescent City, California, saw a large dark figure crouching in brush that stared and grunted before she ran back.
The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.
Facts
- Reported as
- 9 year old girl encounters huge creature while hiking alone
- Date
- Jul 1973
- Place
- Crescent City, California, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 41.756, -124.156
- Located within
- 3.0 km
- Witness was
- hiking
- Witnesses
- 1
- Creatures
- 1
- Behaviour
- crouching, fleeing, vocalizing, watching
- In the account
- alone, childhood memory, crouched, field or clearing, growl, in vehicle, looked at witness, on trail, reported years later, ruled out bear, smell, smell rotten, witness fled
- Account
- firsthand
- Sources
- 2 independent
Sources
- ManganiRead the report
- Oregon BigfootRead the report
Nearby sightings
- Fifty-four year old salesman has a very close highway encounter
- Camper hears loud vocalizations near dawn
- Two women heard vocalization in California redwoods
- Man hears vocalizations outside his home near Crescent City
- Brief evening sighting by father and son driving on Hwy 101
- Family sees prints near Crescent City
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