First-hand
Bigfoot Society EP 428
Scream near Wallowa, Oregon (1997)
1997
night, about 9:30 PM to 11:30 PM
Wallowa, Oregon
2 witnesses
Account
The witness and his young son camped in a clearing north of town while waiting for a relative before a deer hunt. After dark the forest went silent and they heard long loud screams that sounded closer over several hours. In headlights across the road they saw huge hands parting small trees and the top of a hairy head, then left for town and tracked flattened grass with a very long stride the next morning.
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What was reported
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Described appearance
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- Height src
- nine to ten feet tall, ten to eleven feet tall
- Hands src
- huge, dark colored, wrinkles on knuckles, fingers holding trees
- Other features src
- slight cone shape to head, wide stride flattening grass
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Date |
1997
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
night, about 9:30 PM to 11:30 PM
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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 |
camped by fire waiting for relative before deer hunt
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| Witness's word for it |
bigfoot
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| Creature |
Sasquatch / Bigfoot
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Source timeline
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Bigfoot Society EP 428 Podcast Interview