Sighting by young man trimming lawn near Grants Pass
Account
The witness was mowing overgrown grass when rocks were repeatedly thrown toward them. They then noticed a strong foul odor and heard laughter-like sounds with no other person visible. They saw a very tall creature behind a tree, fled toward a door, and looked back to see it running through trees and brush.
What was reported
Every kind of observation in the account. Select one to find other encounters with it.
Described appearance
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- Height src
- about 8 to 9 ft. tall
- Hair colour src
- brownish-gray
- Hair length src
- long and shaggy
- Arms src
- long and anatomically positioned to the animal's sides
- Legs src
- long and muscular, though not bulky
- Gait src
- running fast
- Posture src
- on two legs
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Date |
8 June 2002
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
afternoon
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| Place |
Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon
Stated
Oregon Bigfoot report #442
· Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled fields: County, Nearest Town, Nearest Road, Location
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| Map point |
42.4323, -123.3318 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Grants Pass city (GEOID 4130550), matched from nearest town 'Grants Pass'
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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 |
mowing a lawn
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| Witness's word for it |
this huge creature
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| Conditions |
cloudy and sunny off and on
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| First published by |
BFRO
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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.
size of thrown rocks
Measurements: six to eight inches in diameter
Source timeline
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Oregon Bigfoot report #442 Mirror