First-hand
Oregon Bigfoot #16856
Friends fishing encounter "huge tall hairy thing" on path to camp
July 1966
late afternoon
Rogue River, Josephine County, Oregon
2 witnesses
Account
Two companions were returning to camp after fishing when they heard crunching sounds behind them on a sunlit forest trail. They turned and saw a very tall, hair-covered figure with long arms and a broad chest standing partly on the trail near a tree, staring and swaying slightly. The pair ran back to camp. They said they were unfamiliar with Bigfoot at the time and only later interpreted the figure as such.
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What was reported
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Sightings
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Described appearance
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- Height src
- very tall
- Build src
- big chest
- Arms src
- very long arms
- Posture src
- standing
- Other features src
- covered in hair
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
July 1966
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| Time of day |
late afternoon
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| Place |
Rogue River, Josephine County, Oregon
Stated
Oregon Bigfoot report #16856
· Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled fields: County, Nearest Town, Location
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| Map point |
42.4355, -123.1682 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Rogue River city (GEOID 4163450), matched from nearest town 'Rogue River'
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
2
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
hiking back to camp after fishing
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| Witness's word for it |
huge tall hairy thing
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| Conditions |
clear
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Source timeline
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