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Date unknown Place not stated Related account #9604

Scream

A camp companion heard three very loud screams from a canyon near the camp.

Scream
On the third day Granite, Grant County, Oregon Related account #9604

Object throwing near Granite, Oregon

The witness was partway up the same hill when branches were thrown downhill toward him and low growls were heard from the forest.

Object throwingGrowl
during the 3 or 4 months they lived there that year Place not stated Related account #12021

Scream

The witness reportedly heard unrecognized loud screeching and howling sounds on occasion during the months the family lived in the area.

ScreamHowl
On another trip Place not stated Related account #25764

Vocalization

On a different trip with four companions, the witness heard a strange high-pitched laughing sound that dropped into a low sobbing sound and stopped after a shot was fired.

Vocalization
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
during another summer visit Place not stated Related account #3387

Footsteps

On another summer visit the witness and a cousin walking back from a bridge heard large bipedal steps following them from the treeline, stopping and starting with them.

Footsteps
Two nights later Place not stated Related account #3387

Howl

Two nights later the witness, alone on a dirt road near a bridge, heard the low-to-high howl again, closer on repeat.

Howl
On Saturday about 5:45 AM Place not stated Related account #9248

Scream

The previous morning the witness and companion heard a loud scream that began high-pitched and turned into a growl echoing through the canyon.

ScreamGrowl
September of 2002 Place not stated Related account #7785

Whoop

While solo backpacking and half-asleep in tent at night, witness heard a very loud low-to-high whoop from across the lake.

Whoop
In 1973 Place not stated Related account #7785

Sasquatch sighting

A friend reported seeing a large hair-covered animal cross a clearing in daylight, shooting it, after which it screamed and ran into woods.

Full-body sightingScream
in 1970 or 71 Place not stated Related account #7785

Unidentified sound

Witness bowhunting alone felt watched, heard twig snap and loud branch break in dense thicket, then heard movement following for about an hour without seeing source.

Unidentified soundMovement only
at least a couple times a year Place not stated Related account #667

Vocalization

The witness hears very unusual loud vocalizations in the distance a couple times a year.

Vocalization
late at night Place not stated Related account #7263

Vocalization

Other people reportedly heard splashing and yelling late at night at a campground near a creek to the west.

VocalizationMovement only
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
back in the '80's Place not stated Related account #13729

Footsteps

The [name withheld] while hunting heard heavy crashing from something running on two feet and a loud monkey-like vocalization.

FootstepsVocalization
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