Unknown
Oregon Bigfoot #244
Quartz Creek near Grants Pass - Family camping saw Bigfoot on 3 weekend trips
August 1963
Merlin, Josephine County, Oregon
Account
Family members on successive weekend camping trips up a logging road in late summer claimed to see a Bigfoot. They also claimed to hear yells described as the most awful noise they had ever heard.
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Sightings
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Facts & provenance
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| Date |
August 1963
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|---|---|
| Place |
Merlin, Josephine County, Oregon
Stated
Oregon Bigfoot report #244
· Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled fields: County, Nearest Town, Location
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| Map point |
42.5199, -123.4323 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Merlin CDP (GEOID 4147650), matched from nearest town 'Merlin'
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| Account type |
Unknown
Derived
Oregon Bigfoot report #244
· Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
· read with 50% confidence
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| Figures reported |
1
Stated
Oregon Bigfoot report #244
· Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
· read with 80% confidence
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| Witness was |
camping
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| Witness's word for it |
a Bigfoot
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| First published by |
The Sasquatch File, John Green p. 28
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Source timeline
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Oregon Bigfoot report #244 Secondary