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Bigfoot sighting near Kern County, California
1987 · Kern County, California, United States
Backpackers camped at Morraine Lake on the High Sierra Trail heard a screaming howl at dusk in 1987; a newspaper later reported three men saw a nine-foot hairy creature.
The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.
Facts
- Reported as
- Kern County, California
- Date
- 1987
- Place
- Kern County, California, United States
- Point
- 35.437, -119.059
- Located within
- 3.0 km
- Light
- twilight
- Witness was
- backpacking
- Witnesses
- 2
- Creatures
- 1
- Height
- 2.7 m (9 ft)
- Behaviour
- approaching, vocalizing
- Sounds
- howl, scream
- In the account
- approached, at camp, felt fear, firearm present, fired weapon, footprints found, howl, near water, reported years later, returned to spot, ridge or mountain, ruled out bear, scream, told no one, very tall, witness fled
- Account
- firsthand
- Sources
- 1 independent
Sources
- Bigfoot EncountersRead the report
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