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Basajaun Sightings

4 documented sightings across Pyrenees mountains of Spain and France.

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  1. Near Bielsa, Huesca Province, Pyrenees, Spain

    Mountain climber Jaun Ramo Ferver reported sighting a reddish ape-like creature on a forested Pyrenean slope near the village of Bielsa. The creature moved through the trees by leaping branch to branch and produced a high-pitched squealing vocalization before disappearing into denser forest at altitude. Ferver estimated it at over five feet and noted its movements as far more fluid than a human climber.

    Source: https://www.ghosttheory.com/2009/06/27/inexplicata-the-bigfoot-of-the-pyrenees

  2. Ruined church, Catalan Pyrenees, Lleida, Spain

    A group of cave explorers investigating the ruins of a church in the Catalan Pyrenees encountered a wild-man-like creature standing approximately five feet tall and bulky, covered in shaggy dark hair. The creature emitted a sound described as resembling an enraged cat before retreating through a collapsed wall. The speleologists filed a report with a local naturalist society and declined to identify the specific ruin location.

    Source: https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Basajaun

  3. Pyrenees mountains, Huesca Province, Aragon, Spain

    Workers at an outdoor site in the Huesca Pyrenees observed a six-foot ape-like creature sitting in a tree making animal noises. When the creature noticed them it descended, picked up a tree trunk, and hurled it in their direction before retreating into the forest. The incident was reported to local media and later collected by Spanish cryptozoologists as one of the more credible modern Basajaun encounter reports.

    Source: https://www.ghosttheory.com/2009/06/27/inexplicata-the-bigfoot-of-the-pyrenees

  4. Mailuxe Cave, Navarra, Basque Country, Spain

    An eyewitness account documented by ethnographer J.M. Satrústegui described a young Basajaun observed basking in the sun at the entrance to the Mailuxe cave, described as blond and heavily built. A separate elder interviewed by Satrústegui for his book 'Mitos y Creencias' stated that Basajauns would regularly visit his homestead in Valcarlos for reasons he never determined. Modern livestock farmers in Valcarlos and Ondorrola stated they remained fully convinced of the creature's existence.

    Source: J.M. Satrústegui, 'Mitos y Creencias' (1980); https://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/basajaun/