Second-hand Oregon Bigfoot #240

Near Grants Pass - [name withheld] (13) saw creature

August 1980 Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon 1 witness

Account

A witness reported seeing a Bigfoot-like creature near Grants Pass. The sighting occurred while the witness was going to post a letter.

Summary drafted by AI from the source report and checked by code before I publish it. The witness's own words remain with the publisher — read the original report .

What was reported

Every kind of observation in the account. Select one to find other encounters with it.

Sightings

Facts & provenance

Each value names where it came from.

Date
August 1980
Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #240 · Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled field: Date
Place
Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon
Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #240 · Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled fields: County, Nearest Town
Map point
42.4323, -123.3318 (± 15 km)
Geocoded Oregon Bigfoot report #240 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Grants Pass city (GEOID 4130550), matched from nearest town 'Grants Pass'
Account type
Second-hand
Derived Oregon Bigfoot report #240 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section · read with 70% confidence
Witnesses
1
Derived Oregon Bigfoot report #240 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Figures reported
1
Derived Oregon Bigfoot report #240 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section · read with 85% confidence
Witness was
going to post a letter
Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #240 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Witness's word for it
creature looking like Bigfoot
Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #240 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
First published by
TBC
Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #240 · Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled field: Source

Source timeline

Every record this entry is built from, earliest known first. Records are versioned and never edited in place.

  1. Published 2002-07-10 Retrieved 2026-09-29 Version 1 Hash 0a6ba83e76de
    Oregon Bigfoot - sightings database