First-hand
Oregon Bigfoot #296
Witnesses were fishing from a raft when they saw two Bigfeet
30 June 1972
Near Mt. Jefferson, Linn County, Oregon
2 witnesses
Account
In late June 1972 two companions were fishing from a small raft on a remote lake at the base of Mt. Jefferson. From the water they noticed two ape-like figures standing near their packs on the shore and rowed closer to observe them. The figures watched the men, became nervous as the raft drifted nearer, then walked away toward boulders and were lost from sight partway up a cliff.
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What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- largest perhaps six foot, other maybe four feet tall
- Build src
- weren't huge
- Hair colour src
- darker color, almost a dark brown
- Gait src
- graceful
- Posture src
- standing
- Apparent sex src
- perhaps a female
- Age / size src
- her offspring
- Other features src
- not at all fierce-looking
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
30 June 1972
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| Place |
Near Mt. Jefferson, Linn County, Oregon
Stated
Oregon Bigfoot report #296
· Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled fields: County, Nearest Town, Location
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| Map point |
44.6742, -121.7995 (± 5 km)
USGS GNIS summit 'Mount Jefferson', Jefferson, matched from place name 'Mt. Jefferson'
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
2
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| Figures reported |
2
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| Witness was |
fishing from a rubber raft
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| Witness's word for it |
the Bigfoot
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| First published by |
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Source timeline
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