Humboldt County Sighting #2
YEAR: 2000
SEASON: Summer
MONTH: June
DATE: 2nd tues
STATE: California
COUNTY: Humboldt County
LOCATION DETAILS: 8 miles east of Stone Lagoon as the
crow flies. Extremely limited access as you must also
cross Simpson and Nat For gates. Turn off 101 onto Old
State HWY 101 and then thru Simpson lands. Off the M-
line. Can get GPS location if desired
NEAREST TOWN: Orick, Ca
NEAREST ROAD: Bald Hills Rd, off West Side Access rd
OBSERVED: My neighbor is a seasonal wildlife biological
technician for Redwood National Park. He has been working
several seasons doing Spotted Owl surveys and is very
familiar with local wildlife. One evening just before
sunset he and his partner were walking with a cage of
six mice that had sat in the same cage without being
cleaned for 3 or 4 days and it smelled to high hell.
They were several miles south of Bald Hills Road at about
2,000 feet up an approximately 3,000 foot mountain in
extremely rugged and isolated terrain several miles from
the nearest logging road. After bushwhacking for about
thirty minutes heading downhill they stopped in their
tracks when they heard a large branch snap. There are
a lot of bears and mountain lions in the area and they
are familiar with with stalking cats. The creature was
quick and agile like a cat but sounded heavier than a
bear. It also sounded like it was walking on two legs.
They would hear it behind them and a little later it
would be way ahead of them, sometimes on the other side
of them
They figured it was crossing right behind them and then
passing them up on the other side. By this time it was
getting dark in the forest, late twilight, when my friend
started looking over his shoulder quite frequently. It
was at this time that he saw a large dark animal dash
across their trail on two legs. He has seen the P-G Film
and is familiar with sasquatch and he says that it moved
with the same motion, just much quicker. He also noted
it seemed a little thinner than Patty.
ALSO NOTICED: His impression was that it was like a
curios teenage boy acting a little immature
OTHER WITNESSES: 2 heard it and 1 saw it.
OTHER STORIES: no
TIME AND CONDITIONS: twilight, good enough to see the
shape clearly, but too dim to make out any detail. Nice
clear summer day just past the coastal fog zone
ENVIRONMENT: forty year old second growth and limited
old growth residuals. Extremely rugged up and down mixed
woodlands. below the ridge and above the stream.
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