College students get approached by sasquatch and shoot at it
Account
Four college geology students camping at night heard howling from a canyon and then saw the outline of a huge bipedal animal on the road in moon and campfire light. When the animal approached, one student fired a rifle several times, after which it crossed the road and moved noisily up the opposite slope through brush. A responding deputy examined the area the next day and reported indistinct impressions, small pushed-over trees and long uphill strides, but no blood or fur.
What was reported
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Described appearance
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- Height src
- maybe eight feet tall
- Build src
- huge
- Posture src
- standing on two legs
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
Summer 1977
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
about 10:00 P.M.
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| Place |
Gates, Marion County, Oregon
Stated
BFRO report #5350
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
44.86, -122.27 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 5350 (4 decimals, no boundary)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
4
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
camping for college geology work
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| Witness's word for it |
large animal
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| Source classification |
Class B
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Evidence & investigation
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- Investigated by
- Dr. Wolf H. Fahrenbach (BFRO)
Indistinct step impressions in unconsolidated rocky hillside of rock and shale
Several two to three inch diameter trees pushed over uphill in direction of travel
Measurements: two to three inch diameter
Uphill stride between footsteps at least four feet on steep slope
Measurements: at least four feet
The deputy returned the next day in daylight and found indistinct step impressions, small trees pushed over uphill and a long uphill stride, with no blood or fur, tracking the trail several hundred yards to rock.
The deputy returned the next day in daylight and found indistinct step impressions, small trees pushed over uphill and a long uphill stride, with no blood or fur, tracking the trail several hundred yards to rock.
The deputy returned the next day in daylight and found indistinct step impressions, small trees pushed over uphill and a long uphill stride, with no blood or fur, tracking the trail several hundred yards to rock.
The deputy helped define the location for an investigator and re-examined footprints below, on and above the road, noting step length ruled out human origin.
The deputy helped define the location for an investigator and re-examined footprints below, on and above the road, noting step length ruled out human origin.
The deputy returned the next day in daylight and found indistinct step impressions, small trees pushed over uphill and a long uphill stride, with no blood or fur, tracking the trail several hundred yards to rock.
The deputy helped define the location for an investigator and re-examined footprints below, on and above the road, noting step length ruled out human origin.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #5350 Primary
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