Investigator summary
Oregon Bigfoot #242
Bigfoot steps into the path of a logging [name withheld]
January 1973
Josephine County, Oregon
1 witness
Account
A logging [name withheld] driver was traveling on the road between Grants Pass and Eureka when a nearly seven-foot-tall Bigfoot reportedly stepped into the [name withheld]'s path. The logging [name withheld] was reportedly badly damaged in the encounter.
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Sightings
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Described appearance
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- Height src
- nearly 7 ft tall
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
January 1973
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| Place |
Josephine County, Oregon
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| Map point |
42.3870, -123.5716 (± 37 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Josephine County (GEOID 41033); the report gives only the county
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| Account type |
Investigator summary
Derived
Oregon Bigfoot report #242
· Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
· read with 60% confidence
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| Witnesses |
1
Derived
Oregon Bigfoot report #242
· Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
· read with 60% confidence
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| Figures reported |
1
Derived
Oregon Bigfoot report #242
· Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
· read with 70% confidence
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| Witness was |
driving a logging [name withheld]
Derived
Oregon Bigfoot report #242
· Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
· read with 70% confidence
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| Witness's word for it |
Bigfoot
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| First published by |
The Bigfoot Casebook
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Source timeline
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Oregon Bigfoot report #242 Secondary