First-hand
Oregon Bigfoot #5517
Hunters are taunted by possible Sas, while hiking early morning.
October 1998
early morning
Philomath, Benton County, Oregon
2 witnesses
Account
The witness and a companion hiking in pre-dawn darkness to hunt heard loud, heavy bipedal-like footsteps in dry brush beside the trail. The unseen source repeatedly stopped when they stopped, paralleled them, circled ahead and behind, and came onto the trail toward them. After the witness shouted an armed warning, the sounds moved quickly downhill and faded, and a daylight search found no tracks because the ground was rock hard.
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Facts & provenance
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| Date |
October 1998
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| Time of day |
early morning
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| Place |
Philomath, Benton County, Oregon
Stated
Oregon Bigfoot report #5517
· Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled fields: County, Nearest Town, Nearest Road, Location
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| Map point |
44.5420, -123.3595 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Philomath city (GEOID 4157450), matched from nearest town 'Philomath'
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
2
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| Witness was |
hiking to hunt deer
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| Witness's word for it |
something
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| Conditions |
Dry, cold fall day
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