Linda Dixon-Smith
Primary observing witness.
Open witness profile →Modern case
Shaver Lake / Camp Chawanakee — 2026
Linda Dixon-Smith reported a daylight roadside sighting of a stationary reddish-brown upright figure in a utility corridor near Camp Chawanakee.
Location archiveCalifornia
The encounter
On June 28, 2026, Linda Dixon-Smith reported a daylight roadside sighting near Camp Chawanakee in Fresno County, California. From a slowly moving vehicle she saw a stationary upright figure positioned in a cleared utility corridor. She described reddish-brown hair with skin apparently visible through it, a small head close to the shoulders, and arms extending past the knees.
Dixon-Smith said the lower legs and feet were obscured by grass as the vehicle passed. Her grandson was in the vehicle, but the current public record does not contain his own independent visual statement. Dixon-Smith later returned to the location and photographs of the scene were reported, although no photograph of the subject itself is known.
A BFRO investigator later attributed an approximate eight-foot height estimate to the witness and documented the reported position near utility lines. Those follow-up measurements and location details are useful context, but they remain separate from the witness's original wording.
At a glance
- Date
- June 28, 2026
- Location
- Near Camp Chawanakee / Shaver Lake, Fresno County, California
- Witnesses
- Linda Dixon-Smith; grandson present
- Observation
- Daylight roadside visual
- Subject position
- Stationary in a utility corridor
- Primary source
- BFRO Report #81308
What was reported
- Reddish-brown hair with skin reportedly visible through it
- Small head appearing close to the shoulders
- Long arms extending past the knees
- Figure remained stationary as vehicle passed slowly
- Lower legs and feet obscured by grass
- Follow-up attributed an approximate 8-foot estimate to the witness
Witnesses
Evidence & corroboration
- Witness returned to the location and scene photographs were reported; these document context, not the subject.
- No subject photograph or physical evidence is established in the current record.
- Investigator measurements and regional commentary are follow-up context rather than direct witness observations.
Sources & media
Daylight Bigfoot sighting near Shaver Lake
Puget Press
Article / photograph providing documentary or location context.
Open original source ↗Camp Chawanakee official site and location imagery
Sequoia Council
Location media providing documentary or location context.
Open original source ↗1 additional source item is indexed in the Observatory media archive. Browse the media archive →
Research assessment
The witness returned to the area and follow-up scene photographs document the setting, while investigator measurements add context. No photograph of the reported subject or other directly connected physical evidence is established in the current record.
Connected record
Case dossier
This section assembles only relationships explicitly preserved in the Observatory’s canonical research graph. Its presence does not change evidence grade or verification status.
Witness roster
Related media
Evidence boundary
Relationship assembly is not corroboration. Each witness statement, media source, and unresolved claim retains its own provenance and evidentiary limits.