Scream near Wallowa, Oregon (1997)
Account
The guest and his young son camped overnight above Wallowa while waiting for the guest's brother to join a deer hunt. After dark the woods went silent and they heard distant screams that grew closer over several hours, culminating in a loud scream from across the road. When they drove to leave, headlights revealed large hands parting small trees and the hairy top of a head watching them. The next day they followed flattened grass where the creature had walked but found no clear footprints.
What was reported
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Described appearance
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- Height src
- nine to ten feet tall
- Build src
- huge
- Hands src
- huge, dark, wrinkled knuckles, fingers holding trees apart
- Gait src
- five to six foot strides
- Other features src
- head top covered with hair, slightly cone-shaped
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
1997
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
night, around 11:30
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| Place |
Wallowa, Oregon
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| Map point |
45.5703, -117.5286 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Wallowa city (GEOID 4178150), matched from nearest town 'Wallowa'
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
2
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
deer hunting trip, camped overnight waiting for brother
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| Witness's word for it |
bigfoot
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| Creature |
Sasquatch / Bigfoot
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Evidence & investigation
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Measurements: about six foot, five foot six foot strides
Source timeline
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Bigfoot Society EP 832 Podcast Interview