Bigfoot sighting near Orleans, California
20 Oct 1967 · Orleans, California, United States
On October 20, 1967, two horseback riders filmed a bigfoot in Bluff Creek canyon, California, as it walked away from the creek into the woods.
Facts
- Reported as
- Two men on horseback film a bigfoot as it retreats out of the creek bed and into the woods. The footage is referred to as the Patterson-Gimlin footage, named after the two men who obtained it
- Date
- 20 Oct 1967
- Place
- Orleans, California, United States
- Evidence
- track, visual
- Point
- 41.444, -123.700
- Located within
- 15 m
- Light
- daylight
- Witness was
- horse riding
- Witnesses
- 2
- Creatures
- 1
- Height
- 2.2 m (7 ft)
- Described as
- biped
- Behaviour
- drinking, standing, walking
- Animals
- horses reacted
- Recorded
- video
- In the account
- camera present, firearm present, footprints found, horses spooked, investigator visited, near water, very tall, video taken, walked upright
- Tracks
- 37 cm (14.5 in) long, 15 cm (6.0 in) wide
- Account
- secondhand
- Sources
- 4 independent (6 listings)
Sources
- BFRORead the report
- BFRO (full-text copy)Read the report
- Cryptid MapsRead the report
- John GreenRead the report
- ManganiRead the report
- BFRO (Renner copy)Read the report
Nearby sightings
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- A field researcher describes the events of his two week long solo backpacking trip in the Bluff Creek area
- Bigfoot sighting near Orleans, California
- Bigfoot sighting near Orleans, California
- Bigfoot sighting near Orleans, California
- Bigfoot sighting near Orleans, California
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