Sandy River Man sees 3 1/2' tall creature with red eyes
Account
A man was kneeling on a rocky river sandbar working on his fishing gear when he heard a noise in nearby trees. He looked up and saw a very short hairy creature staring at him, which growled, prompting him to flee. He also noticed a picked-clean fish skeleton and plucked duck remains left on nearby rocks.
What was reported
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Sightings
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Described appearance
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- Height src
- 3 1/2 foot tall
- Hair colour src
- black-brown
- Hair length src
- shaggy
- Face src
- no distinct face, covered with fur
- Eyes src
- red, most prominent feature
- Other features src
- face and body covered with shaggy fur
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
1992
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|---|---|
| Place |
Sandy, Clackamas County, Oregon
Stated
Oregon Bigfoot report #74
· Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled fields: County, Nearest Town, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
45.3981, -122.2688 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Sandy city (GEOID 4165250), matched from nearest town 'Sandy'
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| Account type |
Third-hand
Derived
Oregon Bigfoot report #74
· Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
· read with 70% confidence
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| Witnesses |
1
Derived
Oregon Bigfoot report #74
· Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
· read with 75% confidence
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
fishing from a rocky river sandbar
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| Witness's word for it |
hairy creature
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| First published by |
The Track Record #41
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Evidence & investigation
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fish skeleton and head left on a rock, picked clean
duck remains with feathers picked off in a neat pile
Source timeline
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Oregon Bigfoot report #74 Secondary