First-hand Oregon Bigfoot #363

Elk hunter spots reddish brown sasquatch

September 1994 afternoon Tollgate, Umatilla County, Oregon 1 witness

Account

During elk bow season in September 1994, the witness was tracking a wounded elk in daylight near Tollgate, Oregon. From about 70 yards away, the witness watched a large hair-covered biped with unusually long arms cross a clearing, pause to look directly at the witness, then continue away. The observation lasted about two minutes in bright sunlight, after which the witness left without searching for tracks.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting

Described appearance

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Build src: large
Hair colour src: dark brownish
Arms src: unusually long seeming
Hands src: palms clearly to the rear
Gait src: unhurried pace
Posture src: bipedal
Age / size src: large
Other features src: covered head to foot in hair

Facts & provenance

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Date	September 1994 Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #363 · Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled field: Date
Time of day	afternoon Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #363 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Place	Tollgate, Umatilla County, Oregon Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #363 · Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled fields: County, Nearest Town, Nearest Road, Location
Map point	45.7804, -118.0927 (± 15 km) Geocoded Oregon Bigfoot report #363 · gnis:1116542 · read with 45% confidence USGS GNIS populated place 'Tollgate', Umatilla, matched from nearest town 'Tollgate'
Account type	First-hand Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #363 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Witnesses	1 Derived Oregon Bigfoot report #363 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section · read with 80% confidence
Figures reported	1 Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #363 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Witness was	tracking a wounded elk Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #363 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Witness's word for it	a large biped Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #363 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Conditions	clear and sunny Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #363 · Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled field: Conditions
First published by	BFRO Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #363 · Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled field: Source

Evidence & investigation

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Follow-up

The witness called a professor and left a message without receiving a return contact.

Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section

Source timeline

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Published 2002-07-10 Retrieved 2026-09-29 Version 1 Hash f58c744e3dd4

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The report refers to

“videos of bigfoot at Hoodo spring”
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“some alleged footprint casts at the general store at tollgate”
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