Second-hand
Oregon Bigfoot #509
Man observes creature watching partner sleeping in car
Oregon Bigfoot date: 1970 (before)
Ada, Lane County, Oregon
1 witness
Account
After spending the night in a station wagon on a mountain road, a man got up to light a fire for coffee. A large hair-covered creature came out of the woods and stood by the car looking at the man's sleeping companion. The man shouted at it and it fled.
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What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- 8 feet high
- Other features src
- covered with hair except its face
Facts & provenance
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| Place |
Ada, Lane County, Oregon
Stated
Oregon Bigfoot report #509
· Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled fields: County, Nearest Town, Location
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| Map point |
43.9283, -122.8976 (± 62 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Lane County (GEOID 41039); the report gives only the county
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| Account type |
Second-hand
Derived
Oregon Bigfoot report #509
· Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
· read with 80% confidence
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| Witnesses |
1
Derived
Oregon Bigfoot report #509
· Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
· read with 70% confidence
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
sleeping in a car and lighting a fire for coffee
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| Witness's word for it |
a creature
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| First published by |
John Green
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Source timeline
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Oregon Bigfoot report #509 Secondary