Class A First-hand BFRO #1031

Large Bipedal Animal Seen Crossing Rural Road and Climbing Cutbank

February 1980 about 0330 Arago, Coos County, Oregon 1 witness

Account

In early-morning darkness and light rain the witness was driving a paper route near Arago when a large reddish-brown long-haired animal crossed the road and scaled a steep grassy roadcut within about 15 feet of the truck. The animal moved very fast with rear legs set wide apart and spine not flexing like a bear, using its front limbs hand-over-hand, showing broad shoulders, a flat-profile face and a part in the wet hair along its spine. It reached the top in seconds and went out of sight.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Partial sighting Road crossing

Described appearance

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Build src: very large, broad shoulders
Hair colour src: reddish brown
Hair length src: very long hair along its spine
Face src: rather flat in profile
Arms src: climbed hand-over-hand
Legs src: rear legs were not directly under it
Gait src: crossed road in 4-5 steps and climbed roadcut in about 3 seconds
Other features src: at least 6 foot long

Facts & provenance

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Date	February 1980 Stated BFRO report #1031 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day	about 0330 Stated BFRO report #1031 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Place	Arago, Coos County, Oregon Stated BFRO report #1031 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Nearest Road
Map point	40.10, -124.20 (± 6 km) Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence BFRO map layer point for report 1031 (1 decimals, no boundary)
Account type	First-hand Stated BFRO report #1031 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	1 Derived BFRO report #1031 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 85% confidence
Figures reported	1 Stated BFRO report #1031 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was	delivering newspapers by truck on a paper route Stated BFRO report #1031 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	a large animal Stated BFRO report #1031 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class A Stated BFRO report #1031 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Other

Overturned soil remained where large animal climbed roadcut; footprints had been washed away by rain

BFRO report, “Also Noticed” section

Source timeline

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BFRO report #1031 Primary

Published 2001-01-02 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash d29e658c3b4b

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BFRO map layer Reference

Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7

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The report refers to

“record Black Bear killed on Lampa Mt”
Not in the Anomadex yet