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First-hand Oregon Bigfoot #309

While following up on July 99 report, Bob and I hear loud branch-breaking at night

12 September 1999 dusk Marion County, Oregon 2 witnesses

Account

Two people camped in their truck on a logging road above a clearcut and ravine to follow up on an earlier vocal report. Starting at dusk they heard loud cracking and branch-breaking from the ravine below, sounding like something pacing along the treeline. The sounds continued through the evening and stopped about midnight.

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What was reported

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Sounds

Unidentified sound

Facts & provenance

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Date
12 September 1999
Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #309 · Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled field: Date
Time of day
dusk
Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #309 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Place
Marion County, Oregon
Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #309 · Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled fields: County, Location
Map point
44.7109, -122.1887 (± 5 km)
Geocoded Oregon Bigfoot report #309 · gnis:1639301 · read with 45% confidence
USGS GNIS reservoir 'Detroit Lake', Marion, matched from place name 'Detroit Lake'
Account type
First-hand
Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #309 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Witnesses
2
Derived Oregon Bigfoot report #309 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Witness was
investigating a prior vocal report while camped on a logging road
Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #309 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Conditions
clear
Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #309 · Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled field: Conditions

Evidence & investigation

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Follow-up

The investigators spoke with local campground patrons, with one host saying they had heard about the screams and thought a bear made them.

Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section

Source timeline

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  1. Oregon Bigfoot report #309 Primary
    Published 2002-07-10 Retrieved 2026-09-29 Version 1 Hash a61ad1e2cbe5
    Oregon Bigfoot - sightings database

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