First-hand
Oregon Bigfoot #19987
Solo camper hears vocalizations at Pansy Lake
August 2003
night
Detroit, Marion County, Oregon
1 witness
Account
The witness was camping alone at Pansy Lake and awoke around 1 a.m. sensing something nearby. After hearing a loud branch break, the witness shone a flashlight toward the sounds and heard chest-beating and deep, ape-like vocalizations. The unseen source then crashed through brush down one side of a small canyon and up the other, vocalizing again before the night went quiet.
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Facts & provenance
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| Date |
August 2003
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
night
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| Place |
Detroit, Marion County, Oregon
Stated
Oregon Bigfoot report #19987
· Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled fields: County, Nearest Town, Nearest Road, Location
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| Map point |
44.7338, -122.1517 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Detroit city (GEOID 4119100), matched from nearest town 'Detroit'
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
1
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| Witness was |
camping alone in a tent
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| Witness's word for it |
a sizable creature
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| Conditions |
clear
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