Trinity Alps, California
1977 the Pacific Crest Trail

I hiked the Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada, April 2nd through Oct. 11, 1977.

When I got in the Trinity Alps, I feel I was followed for several hours by an animal.

I camped by a creek in late afternoon and was cooking dinner on my small Optimus stove. I heard what I thought was music in the distance and low voices. Though I was days from any road it freaked me enough that I packed up and hike all night North on the PCT on a full moon night in Late August.

All night I heard branches and limbs break on the main ridge above me a few hundred yards up the hill. In the morning I crossed a small creek with some tracks sliding down into it and then up the other side. The only track that was clear was in the small sand bar. I hadn't seen anyone for 3
days before or 3 days after this on trail. If it was a hoaxer, they sure worked hard to do it.

Photos are of the creature's track and my foot next to track in bar. Also a photograph of me taken in Hoopa, California where my folks met me for 4th of July.

The last photo (bottom right) is of Rex William's cabin just North of the Feather River, - 6 miles north of the Feather River and the town of Belden, California on the Pacific Crest Trail where Rex built this cabin on his gold claim in the 1950's . He panned the creek each year for 6 months and had an outdoor kitchen.

Old Rex Williams claimed a bigfoot would come by every few years. (He had many bear stories and a few local bears that were a pain, but the bigfoot would hit only every few years) Rex was 68 years old in 1977 and lived in Salem, Oregon during the winter.

I have not seen a bigfoot, but do believe they are or were around. I have not seen anything since that august of 1977 and do a ton of backpacking. Good luck and nice web site.

I just thought I would share this.
Monte

Tuesday, January 07, 2003
Subject: Bigfoot Tracks from 1977 in Trinity Alps, California.



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