Plumas County, California

Near outside of Quincy California, but very remote area

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Plumas County California (Class B) BFRO

August 1995

I recently read BFRO report #26850. I felt the need to add my own experience in the same area. I too was a Forest Service employee for the Plumas in the 90' s. I don't know the original author. I hiked to the bottom of the Middle Fork drainage where the Pacific Crest Trail crosses the river from the Quincy side (North side) so I could brush it out and cut some poles and logs laying across the trail. First day I had a couple guys with me, and we knocked out a good portion of it that day. I came back later in the week to finish up the remaining few miles by myself. The tactic is to go down the trail heavy with water and saw gas and work your way back up getting lighter. I worked my way down the trail maybe about 2 and a half hours to the area where we left off. I started cutting my way back up the trail. The logs were spread apart with patches of down logs and then areas of clear trail for several minutes of hiking. In the periods when I shut the saw off, I soon started to rea...

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Plumas County California (Class B) BFRO

Horrible screaming vocalizations heard

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October 1998

Plumas County California (Class B) BFRO

Fourteen inch by six inch tracks found

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June 1998

Plumas County California (Class B) BFRO

Man has interesting experiences outside of La Porte

Various things observed during 2 summer field seasons working on my Master's degree thesis in the Northern Sierra ( 14 months total). 1) I stopped to look at a topographic map about 20 miles west of ...

January 1998

Plumas County California (Class A) BFRO

Sighting of a bigfoot by a miner

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Midland County Michigan (Class A) BFRO

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November 1997

Dixie County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Five or Six foot tall ape looking creature observed picking up road kill.

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February 1998

Monroe County Michigan (Class A) BFRO

Two boys, out "hunting" with BB guns, witness a seven foot tall creature on two legs.

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October 1983

Pendleton County West Virginia (Class A) BFRO

Witness sees a large creature crossing the road

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York County Maine (Class A) BFRO

Creature seen by witness

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San Bernardino County California (Class A) BFRO

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Trumbull County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

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February 2000

Beltrami County Minnesota (Class A) BFRO

Beltrami County, Minnesota; sighting and tracks found by logging crew.

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