First-hand
Oregon Bigfoot #1019
9' creature sighted
January 1976
around 3 am
Taos, Taos County, New Mexico
Account
The witness group arrived at a summer camp cabin at 2 a.m. to do repair work. Around 3 a.m. they heard a noise and looked out the back window. They claimed a very tall large animal was leaning against the rock chimney near a fire site built earlier.
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What was reported
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Sightings
Sounds
Described appearance
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- Height src
- at least 9 ft
- Hair length src
- about 4 inches
- Arms src
- elbow was about eye level
- Posture src
- leaning against the rock chimney
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
January 1976
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
around 3 am
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| Place |
Taos, Taos County, New Mexico
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| Map point |
36.3871, -105.5804 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Taos town (GEOID 3576200), matched from nearest town 'Taos'
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
doing repairs at a summer camp
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| Witness's word for it |
a large animal
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| Conditions |
light snow
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Source timeline
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