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Bigfoot sighting near Lake Shasta, California

1974 · Lake Shasta, California, United States

At about midnight in 1974 at Lake Shasta, a 12-year-old heard heavy walking beside a camper; his father later saw a dark figure at least 7 ft tall walk away past cottages.

Facts

Reported as
Man hears creature walk by at 12 years old, tells of father's sighting of same creature
Date
1974
Place
Lake Shasta, California, United States
Evidence
visual
Point
40.680, -122.363
Located within
4.5 km
Time
about 00:00, night
Witness was
in bed
Witnesses
2
Creatures
1
Height
2.1 m (7 ft)
Behaviour
walking
In the account
at camp, broad shoulders, childhood memory, felt watched, long arms, long strides, thought person first, very tall, woken by it
Account
firsthand
Sources
2 independent

Sources

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