First-hand Bigfoot Society EP 411

Growl near Douglas County (1980)

1980–1989 Douglas County, Oregon 5 witnesses

Account

The witness and several other children were playing on a cut log pile at the edge of dense trees. Something approached through the trees, growled, and shook the trees violently. The other children fled screaming while the witness struggled to get down and run to the farmhouse.

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Sounds

Growl

Physical traces

Tree break

Facts & provenance

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Date	1980–1989 Stated Bigfoot Society EP 411 · transcript:00:04:06-00:06:08 · read with 60% confidence
Place	Douglas County, Oregon Stated Bigfoot Society EP 411 · transcript:00:04:06-00:06:08 · read with 70% confidence
Map point	43.2863, -123.1545 (± 65 km) Geocoded Bigfoot Society EP 411 · gazetteer:county · read with 30% confidence Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Douglas County (GEOID 41019); the report gives only the county
Account type	First-hand Stated Bigfoot Society EP 411 · transcript:00:04:06-00:06:08
Witnesses	5 Stated Bigfoot Society EP 411 · transcript:00:04:06-00:06:08 · read with 80% confidence
Witness was	playing on log pile with other children Stated Bigfoot Society EP 411 · transcript:00:04:06-00:06:08
Creature	Unidentified Derived Bigfoot Society EP 411 · transcript:00:04:06-00:08:13 · read with 75% confidence

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Bigfoot Society EP 411 Podcast Interview

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