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BFRO YEAR: 1979-80 Douglas County, Oregon Class B #2274

Late night up-close encounter in the Umpqua Nat'l Forest near Toketee Falls

The witness and a companion were sleeping on the ground at camp while deer hunting after forgetting tent poles. During the night the witness felt fingers touching his beard and smelled a strong odor. After he sat up and shouted, something large moved away through brush on two legs making loud leaf-crunching noise. No tracks were found with a flashlight, and the witness later concluded it was a Bigfoot.

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the following two nights Drain, Douglas County, Oregon Related account #22570

Whoop near Drain, Oregon

The whooping continued on subsequent nights for up to an hour at a time from the same mountainside spot.

Whoop
BFRO YEAR: 1980-1 Sutherlin, Douglas County, Oregon Class A #3295

Afternoon sighting in hills between Oakland and Sutherlin

The witness and a friend were hiking on logging roads when they paused for a restroom break and the witness walked a short way back down the road. The witness saw a big, hairy, dark figure coming down a steep embankment upright with heavy thumping steps and crashing brush. After the witness screamed the figure stopped and looked toward them, and both hikers ran away shouting about a bear.

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late at night on several occasions Lookingglass/Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon Related account #22996

Howl near Lookingglass/Roseburg, Oregon

On several later occasions the same witness heard strange howling vocalizations late at night near the family property but could not confirm the source.

Howl