2024-05-21
Reported event
Shane O. describes hearing two different unfamiliar voices near a stopped motorcycle before daybreak in California in May 2024. The source supplies no visual identification or audio recording.
Witness · firsthand source review · November 5, 2026
Shane O. — California
Shane O. describes hearing two different unfamiliar voices near a stopped motorcycle before daybreak in California in May 2024. The source supplies no visual identification or audio recording.
Developing Witness Record
Research record
At a glance
- Reported encounter
- 2024-05-21 · about 5:15 a.m.
- General location
- Devore area, San Bernardino County, California
- Source
- BFRO Report 82698, original published witness account
- Source submission
- 2026-10-15 (not necessarily publication date)
- Observation modality
- Auditory: unrecognized voices and a distant call
- Independent corroboration
- Not established
Firsthand observation
What the witness says
According to his direct BFRO submission, Shane O. stopped along a quiet road before sunrise and heard two distinct voice-like sounds he could not understand. He first checked whether his motorcycle helmet audio had switched on. He says the nearby sounds stopped when he made loud calls and gestures, and that a later sound came from a greater distance.
Attribution is not authentication
This record preserves what a traceable firsthand witness reports. It does not establish a Sasquatch species or validate the cause of the report.
Research boundaries
Interpretations and alternatives
Reported interpretation: He interpreted the sounds and later disappearance of food as a possible Sasquatch interaction. Neither an animal identification nor the cause of the missing food is established.
Conventional alternatives and missing evidence: Possible human voices, wildlife, distance error and other ordinary sound sources were not independently excluded. The report does not document audio, tracks, a photograph, or a physical sample.
Co-witness assessment: No co-witness recorded; BFRO lists zero other witnesses.
Event and source dates
Chronology
2026-10-15
BFRO submission
Witness-reported material was submitted to the BFRO; the source submission is not an established independent publication or observation date.
Original source provenance
Read and verify the original account
Read BFRO Report 82698 at its original publisher ↗
- OBSERVED: two distinct voice-like sounds, response and later distant noise
- OTHER WITNESSES: zero
- TIME AND CONDITIONS: pre-dawn darkness
Research checked November 5, 2026. Only an attributed, copyright-safe summary is hosted here. Original text, recordings and precise coordinates are not rehosted.
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