First-hand Oregon Bigfoot #4426

Large barefoot tracks found. Resident reports hearing strange sounds

September 2003 early morning Rainier, Columbia County, Oregon 1 witness

Account

The witness went trout fishing on a creek and in the early morning found large five-toed footprints on a muddy part of the bank that were much larger than human feet. The surrounding area was mostly rocky with vegetation and the weather was rainy. The witness returned many times afterward without finding tracks again.

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What was reported

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Physical traces

Described appearance

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Feet src
large footprints with 5 toes, much larger than a human's

Facts & provenance

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Date
September 2003
Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #4426 · Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled field: Date
Time of day
early morning
Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #4426 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Place
Rainier, Columbia County, Oregon
Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #4426 · Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled fields: County, Nearest Town, Nearest Road, Location
Map point
46.0714, -122.9414 (± 15 km)
Geocoded Oregon Bigfoot report #4426 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Rainier city (GEOID 4160850), matched from nearest town 'Rainier'
Account type
First-hand
Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #4426 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Witnesses
1
Derived Oregon Bigfoot report #4426 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section · read with 85% confidence
Witness was
trout fishing on a creek
Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #4426 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Conditions
rainy
Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #4426 · Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled field: Conditions

Evidence & investigation

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Tracks

large five-toed footprints on muddy creek bank, described as much larger than human

Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Follow-up

The witness revisited the track area many times but found no tracks again.

Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section

Source timeline

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