First-hand Oregon Bigfoot #1486

18" tracks, deer kill evidence found on a hillside by hunters

October 1978 late afternoon Marble, Delta County, Colorado 2 witnesses

Account

While elk hunting with companions, the witness and a relative found very large tracks crossing a meadow and going straight up a steep slope. The stride could not be matched and the slope was described as impassable for a person in fake feet. A companion later reported seeing similar tracks in a nearby creek bed.

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Facts & provenance

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Date
October 1978
Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #1486 · Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled field: Date
Time of day
late afternoon
Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #1486 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Place
Marble, Delta County, Colorado
Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #1486 · Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled fields: County, Nearest Town, Nearest Road, Location
Map point
39.0717, -107.1907 (± 15 km)
Geocoded Oregon Bigfoot report #1486 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Marble town (GEOID 0848555), matched from nearest town 'Marble'
Account type
First-hand
Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #1486 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Witnesses
2
Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #1486 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Witness was
elk hunting
Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #1486 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Witness's word for it
bigfoot
Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #1486 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Conditions
Clear and cold, Snow on ground
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Evidence & investigation

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Tracks

Large footprints crossing a sloped meadow and continuing straight up a steep hillside.

Measurements: approx 18 inches long and 8 to 10 inches wide at the ball of the foot

Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section

Source timeline

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