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November 2013 Bend OR, Deschutes County, Oregon Class B #43491

Possible daylight road crossing on Cascade Lakes Hwy. near Bend

The witness was driving toward Mt Bachelor on a clear cold morning when a very large dark figure crossed the highway in three large steps. The figure moved upright on two legs and disappeared into dense pine forest. The witness's car and another car slowed near where it entered the trees, but the figure was not relocated in the brush.

Road crossingFull-body sighting
Fall 1998 Pilot Rock, Umatilla County, Oregon Class B #31488

Woman describes possible encounter while elk hunting near Pilot Rock

The witness and a relative were waiting in dense brush while bugling for elk when they heard approaching knocking, rustling and vocal sounds and noticed a strong unpleasant odor. They left the hiding spot as crashing sounds followed them uphill. Other members of the hunting party later said they had seen a figure walking on the hill where the pair had not been. The group later returned to the site and found unusual scat.

Wood knockVocalizationGrowlMovement onlyOdor +2
15 November 1995 Baker, Baker County, Oregon Class B #650

Hunting/fishing partner related to a friend he saw something over 6' stand on it's hind legs and quickly walk 40 to 50 yards near Hells Canyon

A man hauling firewood was driving down a dirt road in a canyon when he spotted what he first thought was a bear near a cattle salt box. When he was about 400 yards away, the dark figure stood up on two legs and quickly walked 40 to 50 yards down into a steep creek bottom. He did not stop to look for tracks and kept driving past the spot.

Full-body sighting
7 March 1995 Largetown Portland, Smalltown? (Boardman), Morrow County, Oregon Class B #116

Possible Injured Juvenile on I-84 near Boardman

In early spring 1995, the witness and a companion were driving at night along a highway by the Columbia River. In the truck headlights they saw a small red-haired figure sitting in the roadway, apparently struggling to push itself up as if injured. The driver swerved to avoid hitting it and they kept driving without going back, fearing a nearby mother.

Full-body sighting
September 1975 Pilot Rock, Umatilla County, Oregon Class B #695

A pheasant hunter's sighting near Pilot Rock cemetary.

The witness was walking home from pheasant hunting on a ridge before dark. He noticed a dark upright figure about a quarter-mile away walking toward the mountains. He shouted twice; it turned its whole upper body to look at him once, then kept walking. He watched for about 15 minutes until it disappeared, speculating it had been lying down before standing up.

Full-body sighting
1 July 1972 Joseph, Wallowa County, Oregon Class B #41634

Memory told of observing bi-pedal creatures while driving on an unimproved dirt road in the Wallowa Mountains east of Cove

In early July 1972 the witness was slowly driving family members on a faint dirt track atop a broad ridge when upright human-like figures appeared ahead to the left. He first saw one figure, then three together, then a fourth, all uniformly dark and bulky, milling and then walking steadily toward a ravine and treeline. Despite waving and honking, the figures continued away and disappeared into trees within about 45 seconds at no closer than about 100-125 yards, while the witness's wife partially awoke and briefly saw them.

Full-body sighting
BFRO YEAR: 1973-1974? Elgin, Union County, Oregon Class B #27711

Woman recalls her possible sighting while deer hunting near Elgin

While waiting on stand during a rifle deer hunt, the witness watched a brown man-like figure walk upright into view and stop beside a lone pine tree, feeling it was looking at her. After a few seconds the figure dropped to all fours and left her view. Minutes later her brother appeared in the same spot, looking much smaller and dressed differently, convincing her the earlier figure was neither her brother nor a bear.

Full-body sighting
BFRO YEAR: 1994-96 Lost Lake OR, Hood River County, Oregon Class B #4604

Daytime sighting by young camper at Lost Lake

While hiking near a creek behind a store at Lost Lake, the witness saw a crouched dark-gray figure that looked like a fallen tree or stump. The witness left to retrieve a camera, marking the spot with a rock pile. When returning about 15 minutes later, the figure was gone and the rock pile had been knocked over. A companion was also present and saw the figure.

Full-body sightingProperty disturbancePossible misidentification