First-hand
Oregon Bigfoot #1240
Family has a sighting near a corn field, crature looks in car window
1993
night
Climbinghill, Woodbury County, Iowa
2 witnesses
Account
The witness was driving home with two companions after crossing a bridge when one companion alerted the witness. A tall red-furred creature approached the car and looked at the occupants before turning away. It walked west for about two blocks then turned south into tall corn nearly as tall as itself.
Summary drafted by AI from the source report and checked by code before I publish it. The witness's own words remain with the publisher — read the original report .
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
In the source's own words, field by field. Hover a field's marker to see where it was read.
- Height src
- almost ten feet tall
- Build src
- biggest shoulders
- Hair colour src
- red
- Arms src
- biggest arms
- Other features src
- covered in fur
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Date |
1993
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
night
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| Place |
Climbinghill, Woodbury County, Iowa
Stated
Oregon Bigfoot report #1240
· Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled fields: County, Nearest Town, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
42.3417, -96.0778 (± 15 km)
USGS GNIS populated place 'Climbing Hill', Woodbury, matched from nearest town 'climbinghill' read as 'climbing hill' (spelling match)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
2
Derived
Oregon Bigfoot report #1240
· Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
· read with 85% confidence
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
driving home
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| Witness's word for it |
This thing
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| Conditions |
clear
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Source timeline
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Oregon Bigfoot report #1240 Primary