Hunters Stalked by Massive Bigfoot in Northern California Forest

Posted Thursday, July 23, 2026

By Squatchable.com staff

Two experienced hunters with 15 years of hunting together venture into the Six Rivers National Forest in northern California near the Oregon border in October 2003 for a week-long hunting trip. On the third day, before dawn, they hear an unusual roar from the rocky peaks above their camp—a deep, guttural, vibrating sound unlike any bear or cougar they've heard before, with something almost human in it. The forest then falls completely silent, a sign experienced hunters recognize as indicating a large predator nearby. While moving through the area, they spot a large dark figure moving between trees on the opposite slope. Approaching cautiously, they get a clear view of the creature standing upright on two legs at the edge of a clearing, approximately 40 meters away. The narrator describes it as at least 2.5 meters tall, with broad shoulders, long powerful arms reaching nearly to its knees, and covered in thick, matted dark brown, almost black fur. It had a head set straight on its shoulders with almost no neck, prominent brow ridge, and a flat nose. It swayed slowly as if thinking. When Dave whispers "It's Bigfoot," the creature turns toward them and roars with what the narrator describes as pure hatred. It