Nighttime encounter by a worker at a logging site
Account
In summer 1968 the witness was working alone at night installing radio equipment on a yarder at a remote logging landing in Oregon. After dark he felt watched and twice saw bright eyes, the second time discerning a large wide black shape about 20 feet away, accompanied by a repulsive odor. He left the site for the night and returned at daylight, finding no footprints. The next morning a crew member showed him heavy barrels that had been moved, which the witness associated with the animal.
What was reported
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Sightings
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Described appearance
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- Height src
- approximately eight feet
- Build src
- very wide
- Hair colour src
- black
- Eyes src
- golden, very bright like a cat's eyes
- Other features src
- black shape seen slightly, shoulders up; shiny area under eyes
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
Summer 1968
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| Time of day |
night, around 22:30 hrs
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| Place |
Estacata, Hood River County, Oregon
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| Map point |
45.21, -121.89 (± 16 km)
BFRO map layer point for report 5816 with published boundary
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
1
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
installing radio signaling equipment on logging equipment at night
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| Witness's word for it |
large animal, Black in color and very wide
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| Source classification |
Class B
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Source timeline
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BFRO report #5816 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference