Man hears squeal, sees tracks, then creature
Account
The witness was walking near a creek in the afternoon when they heard a loud high-pitched squeal from the creek bed. While approaching the sound they noticed large footprints in mud and broken twigs, then heard limbs cracking. They then saw a large black hairy form run up the bank into dense forest and fled the area.
What was reported
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Described appearance
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- Height src
- 10 foot
- Hair colour src
- black
- Gait src
- running
- Other features src
- ball of hair
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
16 March 2000
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
afternoon
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| Place |
Carlton, Yamhill County, Oregon
Stated
Oregon Bigfoot report #407
· Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled fields: County, Nearest Town, Location
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| Map point |
45.2945, -123.1754 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Carlton city (GEOID 4111150), matched from nearest town 'Carlton'
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
1
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
walking through woods near a creek
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| Witness's word for it |
BIGFOOT
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| Conditions |
windy day just after a rain storm
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| First published by |
Sasquatch Information Society
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Evidence & investigation
What the source says was found or done. Claimed evidence is listed as claimed; the Anomadex has not examined it.
large footprints in muddy ground near creek
broken twigs near creek and cracking limbs
The witness returned to the same location the next week and found the prints gone, washed away by rain.
Source timeline
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Oregon Bigfoot report #407 Secondary