Near Ripplebrook - red-haired creature runs across road
Account
A forestry paint-crew driver backing his truck into a turnout reported seeing a red-haired biped cross the road in about a second and disappear downhill toward a wet area. Two students with him did not see the animal but reported feeling watched and urging to leave. Investigators visiting days later described large pad marks and indistinct imprints on game trails at the crossing.
What was reported
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Sightings
Physical traces
Described appearance
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- Height src
- 5-6 feet tall, later revised to over a foot taller than a 6-foot-plus man
- Build src
- first described as skinny and agile, later as much more stockily built and very muscular
- Hair colour src
- totally red, described as red/brown
- Hair length src
- long hair all over, with 4-6 inches hanging below the extended arm
- Arms src
- one arm forward and one backward in running pose, with hair hanging below extended arm
- Legs src
- running with bent knees
- Feet src
- foot pointed toward witness, padded like a dog's with dark colored pad
- Gait src
- ran quickly and swiftly, jumping from a bank to cross the road
- Posture src
- running upright with bent knees
- Apparent sex src
- male
- Other features src
- head with crest or peak, very hairy all over including head, very muscular and fast
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
21 February 2001
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
morning
Stated
Oregon Bigfoot report #15
· Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
· read with 70% confidence
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| Place |
Estacada, Clackamas County, Oregon
Stated
Oregon Bigfoot report #15
· Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled fields: County, Nearest Town, Nearest Road, Location
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| Map point |
45.2982, -122.3324 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Estacada city (GEOID 4123800), matched from nearest town 'Estacada'
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| Account type |
Investigator summary
Derived
Oregon Bigfoot report #15
· Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
· read with 85% confidence
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| Witnesses |
3
Derived
Oregon Bigfoot report #15
· Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
· read with 85% confidence
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
backing work truck into turnout on a break
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| Witness's word for it |
The creature
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| Conditions |
partly cloudy
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| First published by |
The Track Record
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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.
smooth large pad marks going down game trail at crossing, said to be photographed
large indistinct imprints in duff including identifiable left foot with toe marks
photos of pad marks said to be coming
background photos taken at site in March
Three investigators visited the crossing two days later and reported pad marks, a left-foot imprint, and a possible bedding hollow.
Three investigators visited the crossing two days later and reported pad marks, a left-foot imprint, and a possible bedding hollow.
An investigator returned alone and reported a large track with toe prints and hearing crashing and rustling movement alongside his walk.
A television crew visited the site, took background photos, noted no hairs and fresh deer tracks, and observed a torn-up log.
Three investigators visited the crossing two days later and reported pad marks, a left-foot imprint, and a possible bedding hollow.
An investigator returned alone and reported a large track with toe prints and hearing crashing and rustling movement alongside his walk.
A television crew visited the site, took background photos, noted no hairs and fresh deer tracks, and observed a torn-up log.
Source timeline
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Oregon Bigfoot report #15 Secondary
The report refers to
- “I-84 incident”Not in the Anomadex yet
- “big pile of crap (photo previously in TR)”Not in the Anomadex yet