First-hand Oregon Bigfoot #241

Jump Off Joe Cr Rd, Near Grants Pass - Man hears heavy, bi-pedal foosteps around home

1978 night Merlin, Josephine County, Oregon 1 witness

Account

The witness was sleeping alone in a mobile home on a timbered rural property when heavy bipedal footsteps were heard circling the home. The witness stayed in bed with a rifle, too frightened to look out, until the sounds left after some time. No visual contact or odor was reported.

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What was reported

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Sounds

Footsteps

Facts & provenance

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Date	1978 Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #241 · Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled field: Date
Time of day	night Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #241 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section · read with 85% confidence
Place	Merlin, Josephine County, Oregon Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #241 · Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled fields: County, Nearest Town, Nearest Road
Map point	42.5199, -123.4323 (± 15 km) Geocoded Oregon Bigfoot report #241 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Merlin CDP (GEOID 4147650), matched from nearest town 'Merlin'
Account type	First-hand Derived Oregon Bigfoot report #241 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Witnesses	1 Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #241 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Figures reported	1 Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #241 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section · read with 80% confidence
Witness was	sleeping in a mobile home Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #241 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Witness's word for it	a bigfoot Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #241 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
First published by	BFRO Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #241 · Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled field: Source

Evidence & investigation

What the source says was found or done. Claimed evidence is listed as claimed; the Anomadex has not examined it.

Follow-up

An investigator reviewed the area's forest context and assessed the witness as experienced and the account as weighty despite lack of visual confirmation.

Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section