Class A First-hand BFRO #688

A teenage girl witnesses a female bigfoot steal meat from a cooler

BFRO YEAR: About 1970 during the night Marion County, Oregon

Account

The witness, then a teenager staying in a tent at a logging camp, awoke at night and saw a female fur-covered figure standing at an illuminated cooler on the porch holding meat. After a standoff ended by a scream, the figure left with the meat as others emerged and observed its receding form and footprints.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting

Physical traces

Tracks

Interaction

Property disturbance

Described appearance

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Height src: about 6'6"
Hair colour src: reddish-brown
Hair length src: short
Feet src: about 14" long footprints
Posture src: standing
Apparent sex src: female
Other features src: normal-sized breasts

Facts & provenance

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Time of day	during the night Stated BFRO report #688 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Place	Marion County, Oregon Stated BFRO report #688 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Location Details
Map point	44.6365, -123.1059 (± 15 km) Geocoded BFRO report #688 · gnis:1116796 · read with 40% confidence Towns named in the place text ('Albany'; USGS GNIS populated place 'Albany', Linn) Conflicting value44.9009, -122.5763 (± 31 km) Geocoded BFRO report #688 · gazetteer:county · read with 30% confidence
Account type	First-hand Stated BFRO report #688 · BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Figures reported	1 Stated BFRO report #688 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was	sleeping in tent at logging camp Stated BFRO report #688 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	a sasquatch Stated BFRO report #688 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class A Stated BFRO report #688 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by: Dr. Wolf H. Fahrenbach (BFRO)

Tracks

footprints about 14 inches long observed after figure left

Measurements: about 14" long

BFRO report, “Observed” section

Follow-up

An investigator reviewed another researcher's records to compare encounter length by observer sex.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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BFRO report #688 Primary

Published 1998-01-01 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash 05b2eb57b695

BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization

The report refers to

“many reports of sightings in the area at the time”
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