Class A
First-hand
BFRO #683
Creature seen walking along the edge of forest
1989
close to dusk
Chemult, Klamath County, Oregon
7 witnesses
Account
Seven people waiting near railroad tracks at dusk claimed to see a large brown hairy creature walking along the distant forest edge. The being moved south in a lurching manner while looking back at them, frightening the group. They put the children in the car and later avoided discussing the sighting until a newspaper notice led them to call it Bigfoot.
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What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Build src
- big
- Hair colour src
- brown
- Gait src
- lurching forward
- Other features src
- hairy
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
1989
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
close to 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
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
waiting for train
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| Witness's word for it |
a big brown hairy creature
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Source timeline
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BFRO report #683 Primary
The report refers to
- “letter in the personals section of the Bend Bulletin newspaper asking if anyone in Central Oregon had seen Bigfoot”Not in the Anomadex yet