Teens hear vocalizations, see small grey/white creature swaying side to side
Account
Four early-teen companions were spending the night at a house backing onto woods and took drinks onto the rear deck around dusk to shout into the trees as a joke. After about half an hour they noticed a short pale shape standing at the treeline swaying, which remained several minutes and made a soft inquisitive sound. When they came down to approach it disappeared, with a sound of brush movement in the woods. The next morning they found a wide bare footprint with four toe marks in a gopher mound where it had stood.
What was reported
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Described appearance
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- Height src
- about 5 - 5.5ft
- Hair colour src
- white/grey
- Posture src
- standing, slowly swaying from side to side
- Age / size src
- short
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
1979–1980
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
dusk
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| Place |
Damascus, Clackamas County, Oregon
Stated
Oregon Bigfoot report #588
· Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled fields: County, Nearest Town, Nearest Road, Location
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| Map point |
45.4264, -122.4430 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Damascus CDP (GEOID 4117800), matched from nearest town 'Damascus'
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
4
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| Figures reported |
1
Derived
Oregon Bigfoot report #588
· Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
· read with 85% confidence
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| Witness was |
spending the night partying on a deck and yelling into woods
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| Witness's word for it |
white/grey shape
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| Conditions |
Clear
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Evidence & investigation
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bare footprint with four distinct toe prints in loose dirt of gopher mound
Measurements: about 7"-8" long and almost just as wide right under toes, depth about 1/4 inch at ball tapering to about 1/8 inch at heel
Source timeline
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Oregon Bigfoot report #588 Primary