First-hand Oregon Bigfoot #352

Close-range observation lasting roughly 1.5 hours

2 August 1998 afternoon, just after noon Tillamook, Tillamook County, Oregon 2 witnesses

Account

After camping overnight, two people went to the Wilson River to cool off and sunbathe. They watched a hair-covered figure wading and moving up and down the river downstream for an extended period. When one of them entered the water the figure froze and stared at them, then moved to their side of the river and partly hid behind bushes while continuing to watch. The witnesses then returned to their car and left, later concluding the figure was non-human.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting

Described appearance

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Height src: about 6ft tall
Hair colour src: reddish-blonde
Face src: could not make out face
Eyes src: only eye sockets visible, deeply recessed
Arms src: long arms
Gait src: moving up and down river with no problem, surefooted on cobbles
Posture src: swaying with head down, then stood upright, bent sideways to look
Apparent sex src: female
Age / size src: juvenile
Clothing src: none, hair-covered, not clothes
Other features src: very short neck, rounded head, no crest noted, big wild thick hair

Facts & provenance

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Date	2 August 1998 Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #352 · Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled field: Date
Time of day	afternoon, just after noon Derived Oregon Bigfoot report #352 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section · read with 85% confidence
Place	Tillamook, Tillamook County, Oregon Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #352 · Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled fields: County, Nearest Town, Nearest Road, Location
Map point	45.4561, -123.8331 (± 15 km) Geocoded Oregon Bigfoot report #352 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Tillamook city (GEOID 4173700), matched from nearest town 'Tillamook'
Account type	First-hand Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #352 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Witnesses	2 Derived Oregon Bigfoot report #352 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Figures reported	1 Derived Oregon Bigfoot report #352 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Witness was	sunbathing and cooling off in the river after camping Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #352 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Witness's word for it	a female BIGFOOT Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #352 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
First published by	BFRO Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #352 · Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled field: Source

Evidence & investigation

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Follow-up

An investigator visited the site, interviewed the witnesses, searched for footprints without success, and later returned with a TV crew.

Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section

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