First-hand
Oregon Bigfoot #247
near Klamath Falls Man claims sighting while mushroom picking, says son has seen 13 at once
1998
Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon
1 witness
Account
About two years before the report, the witness was mushroom hunting and searching for a relative when a single entity came down a hillside nearby. The witness heard its footsteps, watched it try to break tree branches, and spoke to it, noting it seemed to listen intently before something spooked it and it ran away.
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| Date |
1998
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|---|---|
| Place |
Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon
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| Map point |
42.2188, -121.7787 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Klamath Falls city (GEOID 4139700), matched from nearest town 'Klamath Falls'
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
1
Derived
Oregon Bigfoot report #247
· Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
· read with 80% confidence
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
mushroom hunting while looking for son
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| Witness's word for it |
a bigfoot
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| First published by |
BigfootEncounters
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Source timeline
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