Crashing and snapping sounds heard by campers
Account
Just after sunrise while camping beside a river, the witness and a companion heard breaking and crashing sounds moving through dense forest toward their tent. Heavy, slow footsteps approached to within a few feet behind the tent, paused, then moved away. The witness briefly followed on foot but saw nothing in the dense woods, and later found several small trees snapped or pushed over beyond a tangle of large fallen logs.
What was reported
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Facts & provenance
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| Date |
Summer 1979
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
just after sunrise
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| Place |
Tillamook County, Oregon
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| Map point |
45.4790, -123.8901 (± 20 km)
USGS GNIS stream 'Wilson River', Tillamook, matched from place name 'Wilson River'
Conflicting value45.4559, -123.7593 (± 33 km)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
2
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| Witness was |
camping and lying in tent talking
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| Witness's word for it |
a sasquatch
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| Source classification |
Class B
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Evidence & investigation
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several smaller trees snapped off or pushed over beyond fallen logs where sounds originated
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BFRO report #691 Primary