Class A First-hand BFRO #8986

While towing trailer to campsite, family has mid-morning road encounter near Butte Falls

3 July 2004 around nine in the morning Butte Falls, Jackson County, Oregon 2 witnesses

Account

The witness was driving while towing a trailer to a campsite with his wife and daughter when he and his wife saw a pitch-black hair-covered figure by the highway. The figure stepped from the road into the forest and was gone when they looked for a person or vehicle nearby. The witness returned about an hour later to search for tracks but found none because the ground was dry and hard.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Partial sighting

Described appearance

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Height src: about 8' tall
Hair colour src: pitch black
Arms src: saw an arm swing
Legs src: saw a leg
Gait src: take a step from the road into the forest
Posture src: standing by the road
Other features src: coat of hair that glistened in the sun

Facts & provenance

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Date	3 July 2004 Stated BFRO report #8986 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day	around nine in the morning Stated BFRO report #8986 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place	Butte Falls, Jackson County, Oregon Stated BFRO report #8986 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	42.60, -122.47 (± 6 km) Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence BFRO map layer point for report 8986 (1 decimals, no boundary)
Account type	First-hand Stated BFRO report #8986 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	2 Stated BFRO report #8986 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported	1 Stated BFRO report #8986 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was	towing a trailer to a campsite Stated BFRO report #8986 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	what I thought was a man Stated BFRO report #8986 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class A Stated BFRO report #8986 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by: Dr. Wolf H. Fahrenbach (BFRO)

Follow-up

The witness returned about an hour later to search for tracks and take photos but found no clear tracks because the ground was very dry and hard.

BFRO report, “Observed” section

Source timeline

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BFRO report #8986 Primary

Published 2004-07-13 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash 1e0632884122

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BFRO map layer Reference

Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7

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The report refers to

“various things from northen California and southern Oregon”
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