Gold panner sees creature in creek
Account
The witness had walked up a small stream off the road while panning for gold with a companion and stopped to rest on a log over the water. After smelling a musty odor, the witness turned and watched a brown-and-black figure about 6-7 feet tall with long arms step across an 8-foot-wide stream. The witness chambered a round in a sidearm, waited briefly without further sight or sound, then returned through brush to the road and told the companion.
What was reported
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Sightings
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Described appearance
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- Height src
- 6-7 feet tall
- Hair colour src
- brown and black
- Arms src
- longer arms
- Posture src
- slight humped back
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
July 1995
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
late afternoon
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| Place |
Sweet Home, Linn County, Oregon
Stated
Oregon Bigfoot report #914
· Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled fields: County, Nearest Town, Nearest Road, Location
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| Map point |
44.4040, -122.7015 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Sweet Home city (GEOID 4171950), matched from nearest town 'Sweet Home'
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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 |
panning for gold
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| Witness's word for it |
something
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| Conditions |
sunny with a breez
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Source timeline
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