First-hand Oregon Bigfoot #669

Sighting of small creature crossing road, other information regarding Florida Skunk Ape

18 January 2004 dusk Okeechobee, Okeechobee County, Florida 1 witness

Account

On Jan. 18, 2004 at dusk the witness was driving toward Okeechobee when she reports seeing a small hominid cross the road and leap over a drainage ditch at great speed. She describes details of its size, head, hair, arm and foot despite the distance. She slowed to look for it where it disappeared but found no movement or trace.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting Road crossing

Described appearance

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Height src: about 3 1/2 feet tall
Build src: small but very well built
Hair colour src: light brownish red
Hair length src: long and silky looking
Face src: face turned away from me
Arms src: left arm hung almost to the knee
Feet src: side of foot light tan with light hair covering
Gait src: moving at great speed, taking steps then leaping
Posture src: leaned slightly forward when leaping
Age / size src: youngster
Other features src: very round head and no neck

Facts & provenance

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Date	18 January 2004 Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #669 · Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled field: Date
Time of day	dusk Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #669 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Place	Okeechobee, Okeechobee County, Florida Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #669 · Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled fields: County, Nearest Town, Nearest Road, Location
Map point	27.2416, -80.8293 (± 15 km) Geocoded Oregon Bigfoot report #669 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Okeechobee city (GEOID 1251200), matched from nearest town 'Okeechobee'
Account type	First-hand Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #669 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Witnesses	1 Derived Oregon Bigfoot report #669 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section · read with 85% confidence
Figures reported	1 Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #669 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Witness was	driving toward Okeechobee Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #669 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Witness's word for it	small hominid Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #669 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Conditions	clear Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #669 · Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled field: Conditions

Evidence & investigation

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Cast

Someone from a university was said to have been sent to collect casts of footprints related to the hunter incident.

Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section

Tracks

Someone from a university was said to have been sent to collect casts of footprints related to the hunter incident.

Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section

Follow-up

Someone from a university was said to have been sent to collect casts of footprints related to the hunter incident.

Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section

Source timeline

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Oregon Bigfoot report #669 Primary

Published 2004-08-01 Retrieved 2026-09-29 Version 1 Hash f8e8951f4e85

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The report refers to

“your program Jan. 26 on the Redwood creature”
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“sightings over the years in a 60 mile radius of this area”
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