Hemlock Lake - Hiker finds cave with footprints and other BF evidence
Account
Several months after finding a hidden cave, two people returned intending to photograph the creature associated with large tracks there. As they approached the cave mouth a large ape-like creature walked toward them and came within three feet before noticing them. Startled, they failed to take a photo but described its size and appearance and measured its five-foot strides.
What was reported
Every kind of observation in the account. Select one to find other encounters with it.
Sightings
Physical traces
Described appearance
In the source's own words, field by field. Hover a field's marker to see where it was read.
- Height src
- over seven feet tall
- Hair length src
- short shaggy
- Face src
- smooth
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Date |
1969
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|---|---|
| Place |
Douglas County, Oregon
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| Map point |
43.2863, -123.1545 (± 65 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Douglas County (GEOID 41019); the report gives only the county
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| Account type |
Second-hand
Derived
Oregon Bigfoot report #192
· Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
· read with 70% confidence
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| Witnesses |
2
Derived
Oregon Bigfoot report #192
· Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
· read with 85% confidence
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| Figures reported |
1
Stated
Oregon Bigfoot report #192
· Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
· read with 85% confidence
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| Witness was |
returning to the cave to photograph the creature
Derived
Oregon Bigfoot report #192
· Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
· read with 85% confidence
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| Witness's word for it |
a giant ape, or a gorilla
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| First published by |
Ray Crowe email dated 12-06-01
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Evidence & investigation
What the source says was found or done. Claimed evidence is listed as claimed; the Anomadex has not examined it.
strides of the creature measured at the cave
Measurements: five feet apart
Researchers attempted to locate the witnesses in the mid-1970s but failed.
Source timeline
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Oregon Bigfoot report #192 Secondary