First-hand Oregon Bigfoot #158

On US Highway 97, south of La Pine - Witness observed a tall rangy fiqure emerge from the treeline

2 November 1996 sunset La Pine, Deschutes County, Oregon 1 witness

Account

The witness was driving toward Bend near sunset when a hawk flew over the car. Seconds later he saw a very tall dark figure emerge from the treeline and cross both highway lanes in four strides without pausing, disappearing into pines on the far side. His wife was watching the hawk and did not see the figure. He described its stride, arm swing and forward-bent posture as unusual and said he could not identify what it was.

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Sightings

Full-body sighting Road crossing

Described appearance

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Height src: close to 6'8" to 7' tall
Build src: rangy
Arms src: long swinging arc of the arms
Gait src: brisk full heel to toe stride with vigorous push off, crossed road in four strides
Posture src: head and trunk bent forward from the waist, slight stiff lean
Clothing src: completely and uniformly DARK top to bottom
Other features src: possible peaked cap with fuzzy tassle, or pointed head; no neck seen

Facts & provenance

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Date	2 November 1996 Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #158 · Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled field: Date
Time of day	sunset Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #158 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Place	La Pine, Deschutes County, Oregon Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #158 · Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled fields: County, Nearest Town, Nearest Road, Location
Map point	43.6868, -121.4853 (± 15 km) Geocoded Oregon Bigfoot report #158 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of La Pine city (GEOID 4141050), matched from nearest town 'La Pine'
Account type	First-hand Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #158 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Witnesses	1 Derived Oregon Bigfoot report #158 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Figures reported	1 Derived Oregon Bigfoot report #158 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Witness was	driving home Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #158 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Witness's word for it	tall, rangy figure Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #158 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
First published by	BFRO Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #158 · Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled field: Source

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