Couple has daytime sighting in the Big Creek Wilderness Area
Account
Two people coasting downhill on a motor scooter stopped at a clearcut to look at the view on a clear afternoon. They saw a large brown biped rise from the grass about 100 yards away and walk along the treeline, glancing at them before stepping up a bank into the forest. After waiting about 15 minutes they inspected the area and found a matted grass circle and large footprints leading away.
What was reported
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Sightings
Physical traces
Described appearance
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- Height src
- about 8 or 8.5 feet tall
- Build src
- large and bulky
- Hair colour src
- brown
- Face src
- flat face, unlike a bear
- Arms src
- swung its arms as it walked, very much like humans do
- Feet src
- about 20 inches long
- Gait src
- did not run, moved fairly quickly with long strides
- Posture src
- walked upright
- Other features src
- top of head covered with hair; mane of heavier hair on back and shoulders; flat chest
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
17 August 1984
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| Time of day |
about 3 or 4 pm
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| Place |
Yachats, Lane County, Oregon
Stated
BFRO report #5529
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
44.19, -123.97 (± 5 km)
BFRO map layer point for report 5529 with published boundary
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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 |
coasting on motor scooter and stopped for view
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| Witness's word for it |
large brown creature
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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Footprints leading away from the bedding circle, lacking detail from dry ground but clearly indented.
Measurements: about 20 inches long and about 7 feet heel to heel; indented about an inch to inch and a half
Circular area of matted dry grass where the creature had been lying.
Measurements: about 7 feet in diameter
An investigator interviewed the witnesses years later and published their account.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #5529 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference