California spring of 1969. 1 bigfoot creatures involved

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California spring of 1969. 1 bigfoot creatures involved

Post by darkwing » Thu Jan 05, 2023 9:37 pm

Encounter date: n/a
Year: 1969
Season: spring
Time of day: night
Duration: brief
Story Originator: 2nd person
Reported by: Jim McClarin quoting Ed Saville and Eldon Butler
Terrain: n/a
Lighting: n/a
State: California
Nearest Town: Paradise (Pop. 22000)
County: Butte County
Coordinates: Lat 393000 Lon 121300-
Distance to Town: 3 Miles
Number of Creatures: 1
Creature Types: one large, sex unknown
Photographed: NO
Tracks: n/a
Tracks Cast: NO
Tracks Photographed: NO
Creature Fired At: Bullet Missed Creature
Effect of Firearm: n/a
Superhuman Action: n/a
Trees Undergrowth: Species n/a, Variety: n/a, Tree Cover: n/a, Tree Condition: n/a, Tree Type: n/a, Tree Abborations: n/a, Undergrowth: heavy, Undergrowth Type: n/a
Slope: n/a, Slope Was Facing: n/a
Nearby water: n/a
Distance to water: n/a
Substratum: n/a
Snow condition: n/a
Weather condition: n/a, Heat: n/a, Wetness: n/a, Snow: n/a, Temp: n/a, Wind: n/a, Clarity: n/a, Humidity: n/a
JG Incident type: 1
JG File Date: 1969
JG Source date: 1969
JG Source type: colleague
JG Source reliability rank: 7
JG Source incident rank: 6
JG Visibility Index: 5
Related incident id: n/a
Ed Saville and Eldon Butler were using a wounded rabbit call, presumably at night, on West Branch Rd. near Oroville. They heard something crashing through brush and ran to meet it, it stopped and went back. They saw only a large, hair-covered back. It then circled to look at them. Est. 8 ft., with eyes that shone greenish, a flat face with hair that seemed silver-tipped. It put its hand over its face. (Presume they were using a light). After watching a minute it left.

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@ admin « Tue 1:35 am »
Hey Yankeesearch, didn’t even know you were in chat, now you have the bug so bad you will have to keep going out to see another one. :)
@ yankeesearch « Tue 12:56 am »
Anyway, as I stand before God, I did not make this up!
@ yankeesearch « Tue 12:55 am »
Not saying it was Sq/BF/DM/Yeti... but it was strange. And I am locking my doors tonight for sure! :lol:
@ yankeesearch « Tue 12:54 am »
And just I was turning away, I thought I heard snort -- which could have been deer or maybe cattle... but... I do not know.
@ yankeesearch « Tue 12:53 am »
I did not have the creepy feeling I normally get in these situations... so I really do not know what to make of it.
@ yankeesearch « Tue 12:53 am »
One detail I forgot to mention: the whoop had almost a human like talk after it on both occasions.
@ yankeesearch « Tue 12:52 am »
I walked back to the other side, and thought I heard a knock...
@ yankeesearch « Tue 12:51 am »
Cattle about 1/8th mile away disappeared... and strangely at that location: it sounded like something banged the metal fence. Not loud... but never ever heard it before tonight.
@ yankeesearch « Tue 12:50 am »
Two whoops... and some deer scattering (they may have been scattering because of me).
@ yankeesearch « Tue 12:50 am »
From 6:20 PM to maybe 6:45 PM CST
@ yankeesearch « Tue 12:49 am »
I may have just had an encounter!
@ yankeesearch « Tue 12:46 am »
Hi gang! I know it has been a long time...
@ BrianDriver « Sat 12:59 pm »
Good quality pics. How long were the cams out?
@ admin « Thu 9:09 pm »
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