NUFORC Sighting 174172

Occurred: 2015-07-23 02:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2023-01-28 22:24 Pacific
Duration: A few seconds
No of observers: 3

Location: Dunsmuir, CA, USA
Location details: campground by the railroad park resort, at castle crags, dunsmuir, ca

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

Witnessed an intense white-blue globe of light hovering above the cliffs at Castle Crags

I'm reporting this now because of some strange things I keep hearing about this area. Castle Crags is located about 10 miles south of Mount Shasta. I pass through this area almost every other year hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, and always see unusual lights in the skies after dark. They usually have triangular configurations. And occasionally I find Bigfoot tracks hiking along this route. I was outside my tent and it was really late at night, I was unable to get to sleep because of the heat that summer. A flash of light further up the canyon caught my attention. A shining, white-blue globe of light I estimated to be about the size of a vehicle was seen hovering over the cliffs of Castle Crags, about two miles away from where I was camping. It hung in the air, glowing with a cold white intensity for a few seconds, crackling like a ball of lighting, and then instantly vanished. Almost like a portal opening and closing again. This is a very weird area to explore, there's a lot of Bigfoot activity, mines, caves, stories about lost treasures, and even some strange rock carvings located along a creek up this canyon below Castle Crags. But this was the first time I ever saw something like portal-related activity occurring in the area.This sighting was also seen by 3 other witnesses camping nearby. We all gathered and talked about it but weren't sure what it was. We thought maybe something burning fell out of the sky, but that didn't make sense, because it just hung in the air for a few seconds. It was one of the closest encounters with a weird object I've ever had. I hiked up the creek the next day to the rock carvings, but didn't see anything out of the ordinary. I've heard a lot of stories about this place, and after seeing this I'm more inclined to believe they might be true.

Posted 2023-03-06

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