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Bigfoot sighting near Willow Creek, California
1890 · Willow Creek, California, United States
Loggers at a riverside camp near the Chetco River, as recounted in a 1974 telling of an 1890 event, found large human-like footprints and heard night whistling and shrieks.
The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.
Facts
- Date
- 1890
- Place
- Willow Creek, California, United States
- Evidence
- track, vocal
- Point
- 40.934, -123.618
- Located within
- 9.7 km
- Light
- night
- Witness was
- working outdoors
- Distance
- 15 m (50 ft)
- Described as
- biped
- Behaviour
- approaching, vocalizing, walking
- Sounds
- scream, whistle
- Traces
- broken branches
- In the account
- approached, at camp, branches breaking, circled camp, felt fear, firearm present, fired weapon, footprints found, howl, indigenous lore, logging area, near water, on or by road, reported years later, ruled out bear, scream, thought bear first, walked upright, whistle, woken by it
- Account
- book
- Sources
- 1 independent
Sources
- Bobbie ShortRead the report
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