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First-hand Oregon Bigfoot #27

A logger reports finding a domed "hut" next to Camp Creek

17 January 1998 about 9:00 AM Molalla, Clackamas County, Oregon 2 witnesses

Account

A logger reported finding a dome-shaped hut and tracks beside a creek near Molalla. An investigator visited the site and documented the hut, a nearby rock pile, broken branches, and about 110 tracks attributed to two five-toed individuals of different sizes. Plaster casts were made of both track sizes.

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What was reported

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Physical traces

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Facts & provenance

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Date
17 January 1998
Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #27 · Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled field: Date
Time of day
about 9:00 AM
Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #27 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Place
Molalla, Clackamas County, Oregon
Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #27 · Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled fields: County, Nearest Town, Nearest Road
Map point
45.1493, -122.5849 (± 15 km)
Geocoded Oregon Bigfoot report #27 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Molalla city (GEOID 4149450), matched from nearest town 'Molalla'
Account type
First-hand
Derived Oregon Bigfoot report #27 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section · read with 80% confidence
Witnesses
2
Derived Oregon Bigfoot report #27 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section · read with 60% confidence
Figures reported
2
Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #27 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Witness was
investigating reported hut and tracks
Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #27 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section · read with 85% confidence
First published by
The Track Record #74
Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #27 · 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.

Structure

dome-shaped hut covered with ferns, root side up

Measurements: 14 foot in diameter, 5 foot roof, roof three inches thick with ferns, two inches of fir boughs on floor

Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Photograph

photos of hut referenced as in TR #74

Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Tracks

about 110 five-toed tracks of two sizes attributed to two individuals

Measurements: large tracks 14 X 7 inches, small 7 X 4 inches; stride about 5 feet and about 2 feet for the child

Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Cast

plaster casts made of both track sizes

Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Tree damage

dogwood tree with two branches broken off and holly tree with three branches broken off

Measurements: broken off at the five foot level

Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Structure

rock pile next to hut made with rocks and covered with moss

Measurements: 24 inches tall, made with 12 inch rocks, three foot around

Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section

Source timeline

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  1. Oregon Bigfoot report #27 Secondary
    Published 2002-07-09 Retrieved 2026-09-29 Version 1 Hash 277ce0af113d
    Oregon Bigfoot - sightings database

The report refers to

  • “hut reports from I-5 near Roseburg, south of Coos Bay where 3 were found, and a dubious report from near The Dalles”
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