Investigator summary
Oregon Bigfoot #288
High School teacher sees BF walking down opposite shore
Oregon Bigfoot date: 1977 (late 70's)
daytime
None (Linton Lake), Lane County, Oregon
1 witness
Account
The witness was hiking alone near Linton Lake during the day. From forest shadows across the lake, the witness watched a large fur-covered figure striding along the opposite shore for about a minute. The figure did not notice the witness before turning and walking into the forest.
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What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Build src
- massive
- Gait src
- striding
- Other features src
- covered in fur
Facts & provenance
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| Time of day |
daytime
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|---|---|
| Place |
None (Linton Lake), Lane County, Oregon
Stated
Oregon Bigfoot report #288
· Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled fields: County, Nearest Town, Nearest Road, Location
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| Map point |
44.1672, -121.8944 (± 5 km)
USGS GNIS lake 'Linton Lake', Lane, matched from place name 'Linton Lake'
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| Account type |
Investigator summary
Derived
Oregon Bigfoot report #288
· Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
· read with 80% confidence
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| Witnesses |
1
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
hiking alone
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| Witness's word for it |
creature
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| First published by |
The Track Record
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Source timeline
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Oregon Bigfoot report #288 Secondary