First-hand Bigfoot Society EP 922

Footsteps in Oregon (1980)

May 1980 night between ten and midnight Oregon 1 witness

Account

At age ten the guest camped with a family friend in a tent. Late at night something bounded through camp, stopped at the tent and twanged the vestibule cord twice before stomping away. No one else heard it, and the next morning the eruption overshadowed the event.

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Date
May 1980
Stated Bigfoot Society EP 922 · transcript:00:04:51-00:06:53
Time of day
night between ten and midnight
Stated Bigfoot Society EP 922 · transcript:00:04:51-00:06:53 · read with 85% confidence
Place
Oregon
Stated Bigfoot Society EP 922 · transcript:00:04:51-00:06:53 · read with 70% confidence
Map point
45.3734, -121.6958 (± 5 km)
Geocoded Bigfoot Society EP 922 · gnis:1143711 · read with 45% confidence
USGS GNIS summit 'Mount Hood', Hood River, matched from place name 'Mount Hood'
Account type
First-hand
Derived Bigfoot Society EP 922 · transcript:00:04:51-00:06:53
Witnesses
1
Derived Bigfoot Society EP 922 · transcript:00:06:53-00:08:56 · read with 70% confidence
Witness was
sleeping in tent at crowded campground
Derived Bigfoot Society EP 922 · transcript:00:04:51-00:06:53
Creature
Unidentified
Derived Bigfoot Society EP 922 · transcript:00:04:51-00:08:56 · read with 82% confidence

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  1. Bigfoot Society EP 922 Podcast Interview
    Published 2025-10-14 Retrieved 2026-09-29 Version 1 Listen from 0:04:51 (account ends about 0:08:56) Hash 006113e232d0
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