2026-06-28 · Near Shaver Lake, Fresno County, California
Shaver Lake / Camp Chawanakee road visual
Reported daylight roadside visual of a stationary upright figure in a cleared utility corridor.
Open case →Modern Witness
Linda Dixon-Smith
Modern witness profile documenting a reported daylight visual near Shaver Lake, California on June 28, 2026, with the original BFRO report and follow-up investigation preserved as separate source layers.
Fresno County, CaliforniaJune 28, 2026
Profile overview
At a glance
Encounter periodJune 28, 2026
RegionFresno County, California
Direct visualReported yes — daylight
Repeat / ongoingNo repeat encounter established
Co-witness / corroborationGrandson present; independent statement not recovered
Primary sourceBFRO Report 81308
Exact locators2 report sections
Media / transcript records1
Encounter & observations
The encounter
Context
The Observatory treats the witness report, the investigator follow-up and regional context as separate layers. The BFRO investigator supplied additional biographical and height-estimate details; those are attributed to the follow-up rather than treated as independent evidence.
What the witness reported
LOC-BFRO-81308-OBSERVED
Witness report — directly stated
- 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 the vehicle passed slowly
- Lower legs/feet obscured by grass
LOC-BFRO-81308-FOLLOWUP
Investigator follow-up — attributed
- Witness reportedly estimated the figure at roughly 8 feet
- Follow-up placed the reported position near utility lines and recorded approximate GPS coordinates
- Witness returned to photograph/check the scene; no subject photograph is reported
Media
Watch, listen & read
1 source record0 playable here0 transcripts located
Written reportJuly 1, 2026
BFRO Report #81308
Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization (BFRO)
Primary public written report containing Dixon-Smith’s submission and attributed investigator follow-up.
Transcriptwritten report; no separate transcript
Sources & changes
Source chronology
2026-06-28
Reported encounter
Daylight visual reported near Camp Chawanakee / Dinkey Creek Road area.
Open source/record →2026-07-01
BFRO report submitted
Public written report and follow-up investigation entered as the primary source layer.
Open source/record ↗Changes over time
Stable / recurrent
- The source preserves a single daylight event with a later scene check.
Added later
- Investigator follow-up adds an approximate height estimate and scene-location detail.
Unresolved
- Grandson was present, but his own independent statement has not been recovered.
- No photograph of the reported figure is documented; scene photographs are contextual rather than subject evidence.
Research assessment
Research assessment
Corroboration & evidence
Grandson was in the vehicle; the current record does not treat him as an independent visual corroborator without his own statement.
Witness returned to the location and scene photographs were reported; this documents the location but is not physical evidence of the subject.
Documentary strengths
- Named firsthand witness with a public primary report.
- Daylight conditions and a specific location are documented.
- Witness returned to the location and a follow-up interview was recorded.
Limitations / controls
- Single primary visual witness in the recovered record.
- Independent co-witness statement has not been recovered.
- No subject photograph or physical evidence is established by the current record.
What would improve the record
- Recover any independent statement from the grandson if publicly available.
- Preserve/locate the scene photographs and document their provenance.
- Search for earlier independent reports from the same immediate area without treating regional reports as corroboration of this event.
Source-linked testimony
Witness dossier
Only explicitly recorded relationships appear here. Links and recordings document attributed material; they do not independently corroborate an encounter.
Documentation at a glance
- Linked media records
- 1
- Named media providers
- 1
- Associated case records
- 1
These are documented catalog links, not a confidence score or a count of independent corroborating accounts.
Associated cases
Testimony and related media
Source-backed account summaries
No source-verified narrative summaries are currently available for the linked media. Witness claims will not be reconstructed from titles or search snippets.
Media source audit
- Linda Dixon-Smith · Shaver Lake / Camp Chawanakee 2026 — BFRO report
- Rights: Rights status unresolved; Transcript: Transcript status unresolved; Original publisher/source ↗
Documented source chronology
No exact publication dates are established in the currently linked canonical media. The chronology remains unresolved rather than inferred.
Research limits
Chronology, verification and source interpretation remain governed by each canonical record. No additional claim is inferred from the relationship graph.