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Bigfoot sighting near Forks of Salmon, California
Aug 1984 · Forks of Salmon, CA, California, United States
Three backpackers camped by a lake in the Marble Mountains Wilderness, California, at night in 1984 and saw a figure with eyeshine circling their camp for about three hours.
The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.
Facts
- Reported as
- Campers observed by unknown animal
- Date
- Aug 1984
- Place
- Forks of Salmon, CA, California, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 41.385, -123.273
- Located within
- 8.0 km
- Light
- night
- Witness was
- backpacking
- Witnesses
- 3
- Creatures
- 1
- Distance
- 9.1 m (30 ft)
- Duration
- 3.0 h
- Height
- 2.3 m (8 ft)
- Described as
- biped
- Behaviour
- approaching, standing, walking, watching
- Sounds
- tree break
- In the account
- approached, at camp, branches breaking, campfire, cave or rocks, circled camp, eyes seen, eyeshine, felt fear, felt watched, flashlight, food source nearby, long strides, looked at witness, near water, nothing found after, ridge or mountain, ruled out bear, searched after, silent movement, thought bear first, vanished, very tall, walked upright, witness fled, witness yelled
- Account
- firsthand
- Sources
- 2 independent (4 listings)
Sources
- BFRORead the report
- BFRO (full-text copy)Read the report
- ManganiRead the report
- BFRO (Renner copy)Read the report
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