First-hand
Oregon Bigfoot #4779
Young pole vaulter heard vocalizations while he practiced
Oregon Bigfoot date: August, 1968 or 1969
evening
Mason County, Washington
2 witnesses
Account
The witness was pole vaulting in the yard at the family farm on an August evening when a very loud, long vocalization came from the wooded area near a creek about 1/8 mile to the east. The sound started low, rose to a scream, then fell to a howling yell and lasted many seconds, repeating four times while the witness stood at the end of the runway. After the fourth vocalization the witness dropped the pole and ran into the house, later noting a younger brother who was outside had heard the same sounds.
Summary drafted by AI from the source report and checked by code before I publish it. The witness's own words remain with the publisher — read the original report .
What was reported
Every kind of observation in the account. Select one to find other encounters with it.
Sounds
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Time of day |
evening
|
|---|---|
| Place |
Mason County, Washington
|
| Map point |
47.3508, -123.1731 (± 29 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Mason County (GEOID 53045); the report gives only the county
|
| Account type |
First-hand
|
| Witnesses |
2
|
| Witness was |
pole vaulting
|
| Witness's word for it |
what I believe to have been Sasquatch
|
| Conditions |
Warm
|
Source timeline
Every record this entry is built from, earliest known first. Records are versioned and never edited in place.
-
Oregon Bigfoot report #4779 Primary