First-hand Oregon Bigfoot #5284

young man has sighting, watches a BF walk across a hillside.

July 2009 early afternoon Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon 1 witness

Account

The witness was standing near a fence by Skyliners Lodge looking for wildlife across Tumalo Creek on a sunny July afternoon. They noticed a tall, well-built creature with black-reddish hair standing by the creek behind trees. The creature then walked upright on two legs for about a minute, swinging its arms, before it was lost from sight behind the trees.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting

Described appearance

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Height src: about 6-7 feet tall maybe taller
Build src: well built
Hair colour src: black-reddish
Arms src: swaying its arms back and forth
Legs src: 2 legs
Gait src: walked on 2 legs swaying its arms back and forth
Posture src: standing
Other features src: shoulders blocked a gap of about 5-6 feet between 2 trees

Facts & provenance

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Date	July 2009 Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #5284 · Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled field: Date
Time of day	early afternoon Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #5284 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Place	Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #5284 · Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled fields: County, Nearest Town, Nearest Road, Location
Map point	44.0567, -121.3080 (± 15 km) Geocoded Oregon Bigfoot report #5284 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Bend city (GEOID 4105800), matched from nearest town 'Bend'
Account type	First-hand Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #5284 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Witnesses	1 Derived Oregon Bigfoot report #5284 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section · read with 80% confidence
Figures reported	1 Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #5284 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Witness was	looking for wildlife across the creek Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #5284 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Witness's word for it	tall, well built, black-reddish hair colored creature Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #5284 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Conditions	sunny, slight cloud cover, semi-hot Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #5284 · Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled field: Conditions

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Published 2011-02-13 Retrieved 2026-09-29 Version 1 Hash 03fa36d3fbdc

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