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Third-hand Bigfoot Society EP 962

Sasquatch sighting near John Day, Oregon (2016)

2016 John Day, Oregon 1 witness

Account

A wildland firefighter working a 2016 wildfire east of John Day photographed a massive Bigfoot moving through burned forest and sifting through ashes. The images were shared through friends to the guest, who found 2016 metadata and GPS that matched burned ground and a contemporaneous wildfire.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting

Described appearance

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Build src
massive

Facts & provenance

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Date
2016
Stated Bigfoot Society EP 962 · transcript:00:30:03-00:30:39 · read with 75% confidence
Place
John Day, Oregon
Stated Bigfoot Society EP 962 · transcript:00:30:39-00:32:03 · read with 70% confidence
Map point
44.4181, -118.9563 (± 15 km)
Geocoded Bigfoot Society EP 962 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of John Day city (GEOID 4137550), matched from nearest town 'John Day'
Account type
Third-hand
Derived Bigfoot Society EP 962 · transcript:00:27:07-00:29:00 · read with 60% confidence
Witness was
working a wildfire
Stated Bigfoot Society EP 962 · transcript:00:27:07-00:29:00 · read with 80% confidence
Witness's word for it
a bigfoot
Stated Bigfoot Society EP 962 · transcript:00:27:07-00:29:00 · read with 80% confidence
Creature
Sasquatch / Bigfoot
Derived Bigfoot Society EP 962 · transcript:00:27:07-00:29:00 · read with 80% confidence

Evidence & investigation

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Photograph
Bigfoot Society episode show notes
Measurement

Measurements: GPS coordinates and metadata from 2016

transcript:00:30:39-00:32:03

Source timeline

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  1. Bigfoot Society EP 962 Podcast Interview
    Published 2025-11-23 Retrieved 2026-09-29 Version 1 Listen from 0:27:07 (account ends about 0:29:00) Hash 2ec65166528c
    Bigfoot Society (podcast, feed transcripts)