One eight-footer and one three-footer seen by witness
Account
The witness was camping with companions on a multi-day hike and looked out of a tent early in the morning to see two hair-covered figures in vegetation about seventy feet away. The larger figure reached toward branches while the smaller handled a stick, then the larger vocalized, took the smaller's hand, and both left behind trees. The companions did not see the figures, and the witness later mentioned the sighting to a ranger while leaving the area.
What was reported
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Described appearance
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- Height src
- 7 to eight feet tall (larger one); about 3 ft high (smaller one)
- Build src
- really thickset
- Hair colour src
- light beige (larger one); dark beige (smaller one)
- Hair length src
- up to four inches long at most
- Face src
- like an ape around the lips and jaws, jaws jutted out a bit
- Eyes src
- bare patches around the eyes
- Hands src
- front of the hands bare
- Feet src
- bottoms of the feet bare
- Gait src
- waddled from side to side a bit
- Posture src
- bending over picking up a stick (smaller one)
- Apparent sex src
- female, thought to be the smaller one's mother
- Age / size src
- adult and juvenile (mother and little one)
- Other features src
- all covered with hair except hands, feet bottoms and around eyes; skin brownish gray; heads weren't pointed
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
August 1986
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
about 5:30 in the morning
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| Place |
Hood River County, Oregon
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| Map point |
45.5118, -121.6560 (± 21 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Hood River County (GEOID 41027); the report gives only the county
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
1
|
| Figures reported |
2
|
| Witness was |
camping on a multi-day trail hike
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| Witness's word for it |
large light beige colored creature
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Source timeline
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BFRO report #670 Primary