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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.

OdorFootstepsMovement onlyAnimal behaviour
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.

Partial sightingFootsteps
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
Date unknown Tumalo, Deschutes County, Oregon Related account #63779

Footsteps near Tumalo, Oregon

The witness was alone cutting poles when faint crackling from the south ridge grew louder and closer, prompting departure.

Footsteps
BFRO YEAR: 94 or 95 South Of Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon Class B #412

Cousins followed for a quarter mile

The witness and a relative drove into a forested area near lava flows and walked a short distance down a trail to watch the sunset. They heard grunting and other sounds and noticed bushes moving as something appeared to follow them for about a quarter mile. Back at the car, something very close screamed and shook the bushes violently, frightening them into quickly driving away.

GrowlScreamMovement onlyAnimal behaviourPossible misidentification
for a couple of days Brookings, Curry County, Oregon Related account #13729

Unidentified sound near Brookings, Oregon

Coworkers at the same work site reported feeling watched over several days and hearing sticks breaking and movement in brush.

Unidentified soundFootsteps
two years later, I was down in the woods at almost midnight Clackamas County, Oregon Related account #652

Footsteps near Clackamas County

Two years later at almost midnight the witness alone heard footsteps approaching and a horse-like huffing noise in the woods and ran home.

FootstepsUnidentified sound
Date unknown North Of Bagby Hot Springs, Clackamas County, Oregon Related account #624

Unidentified sound near North Of Bagby Hot Springs, Oregon

A coworker reacted to the lake name and discussed strange sounds heard in that area.

Unidentified sound
a few times before Government Camp(village), Clackamas County, Oregon Related account #2026

Vocalization near Government Camp(village), Oregon

A companion said the resident campers had heard the same sound a few times before and had assumed it was a coyote.

Vocalization
at 5pm on 3/20/01 Glen Avon, Clackamas County, Oregon Related account #1986

Scream near Glen Avon, Oregon

During the site visit the investigator made animal calls and then heard an unidentified shrill scream and a repeating low whump sound which was taped.

ScreamUnidentified sound
Date unknown Molalla, Clackamas County, Oregon Related account #9391

Unidentified sound near Molalla, Oregon

The witness reports hearing rock tapping at the campsite.

Unidentified sound
last night Colton, Ore, Clackamas County, Oregon Related account #8888

Unidentified sound near Colton, Ore, Oregon

The property owner heard something thrashing in the brush on the night before the report.

Unidentified sound
since then Colton, Ore, Clackamas County, Oregon Related account #8888

Vocalization near Colton, Ore, Oregon

The property owner later heard the same strange noises at night on the property.

Vocalization
during the night Estacada, Clackamas County, Oregon Related account #41709

Unidentified sound near Estacada, Oregon

Several other campers in the campground said they heard a boom during the same night as the investigator's recorded tree fall.

Unidentified sound
some months prior Estacada, Clackamas County, Oregon Related account #41709

Vocalization near Estacada, Oregon

The witness recalled hearing what he believed was bigfoot hollering at the same campground some months before the main baiting trip.

Vocalization