Boy scouts have sighting while playing in woods
Account
Two campers left camp early to hide for a game after dark and saw a large creature with red eyes in their flashlight beam. They described it as too large to be a human or bear and said it was mostly still. Frightened, they ran back to camp after a brief view.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- too tall to be a bear
- Build src
- too big to be a human
- Eyes src
- red eyes
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
July 2001
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
dusk
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| Place |
Joseph, Wallowa County, Oregon
Stated
Oregon Bigfoot report #722
· Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled fields: County, Nearest Town, Nearest Road, Location
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| Map point |
45.3525, -117.2304 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Joseph city (GEOID 4137900), matched from nearest town 'Joseph'
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
2
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
camping and playing a capture-the-flag-like game
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| Witness's word for it |
a large object/creature
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| Conditions |
Clear
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Evidence & investigation
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After the sighting, the camp leader and the witnesses searched the area and found broken trees and fallen logs ripped open.
After the sighting, the camp leader and the witnesses searched the area and found broken trees and fallen logs ripped open.
The camp leader said there was a dead deer by a nearby road that did not look hit by a car.
Source timeline
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