First-hand
Bigfoot Society EP 408
Sasquatch sighting near Prospect, Oregon (1980)
1980
night
Prospect, Oregon
1 witness
Account
While wood cutting and sleeping out near Prospect the witness awoke at night. About fifty feet away a fuzzy animal stood behind a fallen tree with arms on it, seen waist up. He stared into its eyes, noted a cone head and no visible ears, then it vanished silently.
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What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Build src
- maybe three hundred, three hundred and fifty pounds
- Arms src
- arms on the tree
- Age / size src
- small one
- Other features src
- cone shaped head, no visible ears
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
1980
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
night
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| Place |
Prospect, Oregon
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| Map point |
42.7547, -122.4711 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Prospect CDP (GEOID 4160100), matched from nearest town 'Prospect'
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
1
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
wood cutting and camping overnight
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| Witness's word for it |
a fuzzy animal
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| Creature |
Sasquatch / Bigfoot
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Source timeline
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Bigfoot Society EP 408 Podcast Interview