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Bigfoot sighting near Orleans, California

1951 · Orleans, California, United States

On a 1951 night drive from Happy Camp to Orleans, California, a driver later recalled a grey hair-covered creature circling and rushing his car on a forestry road.

Facts

Date
1951
Place
Orleans, California, United States
Evidence
visual, vocal
Point
41.458, -123.625
Located within
926 m
Light
night
Witness was
driving
Witnesses
1
Creatures
1
Described as
grey hair
Behaviour
aggressive display, approaching, running, vocalizing
Sounds
footsteps, roar
In the account
approached, bipedal footsteps, bluff charge, circled camp, face seen, growl, headlights, heavy breathing, hit structure, human like face, in vehicle, likened to ape, on or by road, reported years later, witness fled
Account
firsthand
Sources
1 independent

Sources

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