Bigfoot sighting near Truckee, California
1956 · Truckee, CA, California, United States
A teenager hunting on a boulder near Donner Lake, California, saw a tall apelike creature cross a utility road in early afternoon; his dog barked and chased it into pines.
Facts
- Reported as
- Teenager has daytime sighting near Truckee
- Date
- 1956
- Place
- Truckee, CA, California, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 39.322, -120.265
- Light
- daylight
- Witness was
- hunting
- Witnesses
- 1
- Creatures
- 1
- Distance
- 37 m (120 ft)
- Height
- 2.6 m (8 ft)
- Described as
- slim
- Behaviour
- crossing road, walking
- Animals
- dogs reacted
- In the account
- alone, cave or rocks, childhood memory, corridor, crossed road, dog barked or chased, dog present, felt fear, field or clearing, firearm present, hunting season, likened to ape, on or by road, reported years later, ridge or mountain, told no one, very tall, windy, 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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