Boy sees Sasquatch walking through trees near family home
Account
The witness, then a child, was walking up a pasture toward a clearing used as a fort on a family farm. From 200-300 yards away, the witness saw a very dark, heavily built figure walk out of the forest across the clearing and back into the trees, seemingly ignoring the witness. The witness later judged the figure was over 7 feet tall because its head touched a branch known to be over 7 feet high, and noted no tracks remained due to grassy rocky soil.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- over 7' high
- Build src
- very heavily built
- Hair colour src
- very dark
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
1978
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
late afternoon
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| Place |
Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon
Stated
Oregon Bigfoot report #439
· Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled fields: County, Nearest Town, Nearest Road, Location
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| Map point |
43.7959, -123.0572 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Cottage Grove city (GEOID 4115950), matched from nearest town 'Cottage Grove'
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
1
Derived
Oregon Bigfoot report #439
· Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
· read with 85% confidence
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
walking up pasture toward forest fort
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| Witness's word for it |
someone
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Source timeline
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