A report posted to the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization’s website describes a Memorial Day weekend camping trip, May 22 to 25, 2026, by ten teenagers and an infant about 16 miles northwest of McCall, Idaho, in the Payette National Forest. The nearest campground was a half-hour drive away.

According to the account, it began on Friday night, when one girl saw a tall, dark figure a couple of yards behind a tent. She didn’t tell anyone until morning. Later that day, another camper walking alone heard something moving alongside her in the trees and whistling from different directions. Saturday night brought loud noises and snapping branches near the campfire. Early Sunday came aggressive, rhythmic knocking.

Later on Sunday, a boy using the makeshift toilet said he saw a bipedal figure about nine feet tall with dark fur and blank, reflective eyes walking toward him. The boys secured the girls and the baby in a camper, took a .22 rifle and followed the creature’s path to a nearby site where two friends were camped. There, they say, three or more of the creatures circled them. A teen fired warning shots, and one says he hit one. That night the knocking returned. In the morning there were handprints on a vehicle window.

A BFRO investigator who talked to the witnesses said they were telling the truth, though he allowed for misinterpretation, and concluded at least three sasquatches were likely present. Besides a footprint photo, no physical evidence has been published, and no one recorded video or audio.