First-hand
Oregon Bigfoot #252
Chemult - Creature seen walking along the edge of forest
1988
dusk
Chemult, Klamath County, Oregon
7 witnesses
Account
Seven people were waiting in a car near railroad tracks for a passenger train at dusk. About 200 feet away on the far side of the tracks, a large brown hairy creature was seen walking south along the forest edge. The witnesses first thought it was someone in a costume before deciding it was real.
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What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Hair colour src
- brown
- Gait src
- walking
- Age / size src
- big
- Other features src
- hairy
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
1988
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
dusk
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| Place |
Chemult, Klamath County, Oregon
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| Map point |
43.2151, -121.7850 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Chemult CDP (GEOID 4112750), matched from nearest town 'Chemult'
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
7
Derived
Oregon Bigfoot report #252
· Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
· read with 80% confidence
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
waiting in a car for a train
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| Witness's word for it |
a big brown hairy creature
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| First published by |
BFRO
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Source timeline
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