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Date unknown Oregon #50573567-d22c-40c1-ba02-e20244f2b446

Footsteps in Oregon

On another camping trip to the same area the witness heard something large step on a branch. The sound struck him as much larger than a deer, like a cow stepping, and he immediately thought of Bigfoot.

FootstepsUnidentified sound
Date unknown Oregon #50573567-d22c-40c1-ba02-e20244f2b446

Unidentified sound in Oregon

On a later return trip to the same area the witness heard a thump on the ground at some distance that he interpreted as a thrown rock. He left the area after hearing it.

Unidentified sound
Date unknown Sandy, Oregon #16fe2681-2f32-4bcb-b395-cc63d7e69f68

Vocalization near Sandy, Oregon

The witness and a friend had a nighttime fire along a mountain road. They heard nearby grunts followed briefly by chattering like primates. The friend retreated quickly to the vehicle while the witness remained briefly, and the sounds stopped.

VocalizationChatter
Last night Elsie, Oregon #16fe2681-2f32-4bcb-b395-cc63d7e69f68

Vocalization near Elsie, Oregon

The writer and spouse live in a rural hollow adjoining forest land. Late one night the spouse heard odd sounds from the porch, and the writer began recording. A loud yelling vocalization continued for an extended period, at times apparently answered from farther away before seeming to approach. Domestic and neighboring dogs reacted fearfully.

VocalizationHowl
that night Oregon #95d976f1-4e47-450d-a56a-5dda261ed027

UFO sighting in Oregon

After returning to his mother's house, the witness went to bed but woke to see a bright light approaching across the fields and entering through the window to hover over him. He felt a warm paralyzing sensation and fled to his mother's bed. While lying there he saw a floating bull-skull-like vision and heard his sleeping mother make a bull-like sound before waking her.

Partial sightingMovement onlyVocalizationAnimal behaviour
a couple of years ago Oregon #3e175d18-ef64-4efa-a927-6b9ae8fcd3ed

Vocalization in Oregon

During a period when bucks acted unusually spooked, the witness waited at a stump until dark. He heard a man-like cough nearby then jumbled talking like two or three people, but saw no one and no lights. The voices seemed to wait until he passed then move back along the road he had come down.

Vocalization
about three years ago Oregon #3e175d18-ef64-4efa-a927-6b9ae8fcd3ed

Howl in Oregon

While glassing with a companion days before elk season, the witness heard a loud cow-like calling Howl from a steep creek bottom. The sound moved to the ridge top in about five to ten minutes, far faster than he felt a person could climb. It stopped at the top and was not identified as elk or bear.

HowlMovement only
starting when I was eight, recurring for quite a few years Eagle Creek, Oregon #b65b5be3-ebfc-481e-824f-f2aa8dcb01d5

Footsteps near Eagle Creek, Oregon

The witness's mother repeatedly heard something very heavy running past her bedroom window at the end of the house. It sounded like a herd of horses and happened many times over years. She would jump up to look but never saw anything.

Footsteps
in the event of visitors coming to the Wolf Point residence Warm Springs, Wasco County, Oregon Related account #9785

Unidentified sound near Warm Springs, Oregon

The witness heard rock clacking nearby in darkness at the residence when visitors arrived.

Unidentified sound
Date unknown Washington County, Oregon Related account #701

Tree break near Washington County

A relative heard a tree shaking as if something very large was in it, then the tree cracked and fell through a fence onto a deck without the source being seen.

Tree breakUnidentified sound
in october of 2008 Dufur, Wasco County, Oregon Related account #26718

Vocalization near Dufur, Oregon

In October 2008 the witness and a relative heard repeated strange vocalizations through the night at camp until leaving for town early morning.

Vocalization
BFRO YEAR: '73-'74? Dufur., Wasco County, Oregon Class B #8621

Boy scout hears repeated screams

As a young scout camping overnight in a tent away from the main camp, the witness lay awake while his tent mate slept. He heard repeated loud vocalizations from a distance that started low, rose higher with a warbling quality, then faded. The sounds continued for about an hour and at times seemed to get closer, while he remained motionless and silent in his sleeping bag.

Vocalization
sometimes Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon Related account #15746

Vocalization near Pendleton, Oregon

Relatives had heard grunts or whispering and things running through the fields.

VocalizationMovement only
in the early morning hours Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon Related account #15746

Footsteps near Pendleton, Oregon

The witness had previously heard someone walking around the house in the early morning hours.

Footsteps
weekend of 10AUG2012 Banks, Tillamook County, Oregon Related account #36280

Whoop near Banks, Oregon

A relative and companions camping at the same campground heard loud whoop-like calls on two successive nights, lasting about 20 minutes the first night and about 3 minutes the second.

Whoop
last night 9/1/01 Grande Rhonde, Polk County, Oregon Related account #3064

Wood knock near Grande Rhonde, Oregon

The witness returned at night to cast impressions and take photos and exchanged knocking sounds with an unseen source for 20 minutes.

Wood knockUnidentified sound
At around 3:15 a.m. Marion County, Oregon Related account #689

Scream near Marion County

During an overnight stay at the campground, an investigator companion was awakened by three distant powerful screams.

Scream
BFRO YEAR: 83 or 84 Elmira-Elmyra, Lane County, Oregon Class B #3200

Man recounts being chased as a teen

The witness and a cousin stopped for lunch in a small clearing while scouting in dense mountain forest. They heard loud snapping and movement circling the clearing, then the cousin fired a handgun into the air. A loud low-to-high roar answered, and repeated yells pursued them as they ran downhill for about a mile without ever seeing the source.

ScreamFootsteps
within the last couple of months, midnight to 5:00 am Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon Related account #12019

Unidentified sound near Grants Pass, Oregon

The witness reports hearing unspecified nighttime sounds and smelling a strong musky odor almost nightly.

Unidentified soundOdor
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