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Bigfoot sighting in Porterville, California
Aug 1955 · Porterville, California, United States
A boy scout on a camping trip near Porterville, California, heard limbs breaking across a ravine at about 2:30 am, then saw a tall brown hairy biped standing there.
Facts
- Reported as
- Boy Scout has late night sighting above Porterville
- Date
- Aug 1955
- Place
- Porterville, California, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 36.087, -118.916
- Located within
- 4.8 km
- Time
- about 02:00, night
- Witness was
- camping
- Witnesses
- 1
- Creatures
- 1
- Height
- 2.3 m (8 ft)
- Described as
- brown hair, long length, biped
- Behaviour
- standing
- Sounds
- tree break
- In the account
- alone, at camp, branches breaking, childhood memory, eyes seen, eyeshine, felt fear, field or clearing, flashlight, long arms, near water, no neck, reported years later, told no one, very tall, witness fled, witness froze
- Account
- firsthand
- Sources
- 2 independent (5 listings)
Sources
- BFRORead the report
- BFRO (full-text copy)Read the report
- BFRO (KML copy)Read the report
- ManganiRead the report
- BFRO (Renner copy)Read the report
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