First-hand Oregon Bigfoot #3972

Hikers see black hairy figure near [name withheld] Mt.

August 1998 late afternoon Estacada, Clackamas County, Oregon

Account

The witness and a companion camped by a small pond and watched a deer react before noticing a large hairy biped holding a white basketball-sized object. After looking away briefly, the figure was gone. That night a tree shook violently and the woods fell silent, and the next morning they found a broken fly rod and running tracks while leaving.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting

Physical traces

Tracks

Described appearance

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Build src: large
Hair colour src: black
Arms src: arms in the air
Hands src: holding something white in one hand about the size of a basketball
Posture src: standing on 2 legs
Other features src: hairy

Facts & provenance

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Date	August 1998 Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #3972 · Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled field: Date
Time of day	late afternoon Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #3972 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section · read with 85% confidence
Place	Estacada, Clackamas County, Oregon Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #3972 · Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled fields: County, Nearest Town, Nearest Road, Location
Map point	45.2982, -122.3324 (± 15 km) Geocoded Oregon Bigfoot report #3972 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Estacada city (GEOID 4123800), matched from nearest town 'Estacada'
Account type	First-hand Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #3972 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Figures reported	1 Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #3972 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Witness was	hiking and camping overnight Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #3972 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Witness's word for it	large black hairy figure Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #3972 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Conditions	hot Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #3972 · Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled field: Conditions

Evidence & investigation

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Tracks

random human-like running tracks found on way out from pond

Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section

Other

expensive fly rod found broken in half with reel and new line near pond

Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section

Source timeline

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Oregon Bigfoot report #3972 Primary

Published 2007-10-26 Retrieved 2026-09-29 Version 1 Hash 78074692546b

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The report refers to

“spotted like in the "SKOOKUM" area”
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