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July 2013 Estacada, Clackamas County, Oregon Class B #41709

Possible activity experienced by campers at a popular campground in the Mount Hood National Forest

The witness and two companions camped in the Mt Hood National Forest with a barrel of animal entrails intended as bait. Over three days they reported loud screams from a nearby ridge, nighttime wood knocks, heavy steps and snapping twigs, and found their camp table apparently bitten through. They moved the bait pile away from camp, later found most of it missing with a wet sweet dog-like odor at the site.

ScreamVocalizationWood knockFootstepsMovement only +3
September 2012 Brookings, Curry County, Oregon Class A #36671

Face-to-face encounter at dusk along the Pacific Coast Trail

The witness and a companion were hiking back up a forested trail in the evening when they heard loud branch-breaking sounds, saw bushes sway, and smelled a strong garbage-like odor. After the forest went quiet, the witness turned and saw a very large, dark reddish-brown, ape-faced head peering over vegetation, which watched curiously for a few seconds before moving behind a tree. The companion heard the sounds and smelled the odor but did not see the figure, and the pair quickly returned to their vehicle.

Partial sightingTree breakOdorMovement onlyAnimal behaviour
2012–2013 Sweet Home, Oregon #09db299f-f811-4dd9-81b3-5dc865f51f3c

Tree break near Sweet Home, Oregon (2012)

The witness and a relative went elk hunting near Sweet Home, Oregon and split up along an unused skid road. A large limb fell from a fir tree in calm conditions near the witness, and further up the road between berms he felt intense dread with hair standing up and decided to leave. The feeling persisted until he got into the truck and drove away.

Tree break
November 2006 Elkton, Douglas County, Oregon Class B #25533

Two men mushroom picking find large footprint and snapped tree near Elkton

While picking mushrooms with a companion in a remote brushy area, the witness reported finding a single large indented footprint. Shortly after, they observed a nearby tree that was snapped and shredded several feet above the ground. The pair then left the area.

TracksTree break
12 June 2005 Sisters, Deschutes County, Oregon Class A #11886

Tracks found south of the Warm Springs Reservation (REPORT UPDATED)

A couple out fishing and scouting for elk followed animal tracks and noticed a strong bad odor, white coarse hair covering a stump, and very large deep footprints around a wallow leading toward a creek. They estimated the prints were about a day old and also noted scarred trees and broken branches in the area. Frightened by the size and strangeness of the signs, they left and reported the experience right away.

TracksHairOdorTree break
24 October 2002 Sisters, Jefferson County, Oregon Class A #5610

Three guests at Suttle Lake Resort get long look at three sasquatches

During an overnight fishing trip the witness and his girlfriend were sleeping in a parked vehicle near a cabin when they noticed a tall hair-covered figure standing at the tree line and two smaller crouched figures near a truck. After alerting a companion in the cabin, the witness started the vehicle to shine lights on the figures, which then fled into the trees. A companion reported something running across the road as they drove, and later the group heard commotion near the lake.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingHowlTracksHair +2
9 September 2001 Grande Rhonde, Polk County, Oregon Class B #3064

Bowhunter finds twisted trees, tracks, scat, & unusual sounds

The witness was bow-hunting in coastal second-growth forest on the morning of 9/1/01. He heard whooping and scream-like vocalizations followed by a large tree falling, plus heavy footsteps, and later found large ground impressions, broken limbs and tops, and animal hair high on a tree. An investigator later reviewed photos of broken and twisted trees and received frozen scat and hair samples for examination.

WhoopScreamUnidentified soundFootstepsTracks +5
August 1998 Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon Class B #455

Squaw Lake fisherman followed. Unrecognized stench, knocking, and high pitch howl heard while fishing along lake shore

The witness hiked into a wilderness lake to fish from the shore. While fishing, the witness noticed a very foul odor, then heard sounds like something striking a tree, followed by a high-pitched howling/scream-like sound and more tree-striking sounds. Feeling watched and unnerved, the witness left the area, and on the trail out noticed fresh broken branches on a pine tree.

OdorWood knockHowlScreamTree break
May 1980 Oregon #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/03/02/sc-ep83-sasquatch-encounter-on-the-mountain

Scream in Oregon (1980)

In May 1980 [name withheld] and a friend skied at night up the closed Highway 242 toward Middle Sister to claim the season's first summit entry. They were followed for hours by something screaming, breathing heavily, breaking branches and circling on two legs, forcing them to shelter in a road grader. After it left they found large human-like tracks with toes crossing a creek and in the woods, then abandoned the climb and skied out.

ScreamHowlGrowlFootstepsTracks +2
Summer 1979 Tillamook County, Oregon Class B #691

Crashing and snapping sounds heard by campers

Just after sunrise while camping beside a river, the witness and a companion heard breaking and crashing sounds moving through dense forest toward their tent. Heavy, slow footsteps approached to within a few feet behind the tent, paused, then moved away. The witness briefly followed on foot but saw nothing in the dense woods, and later found several small trees snapped or pushed over beyond a tangle of large fallen logs.

FootstepsTree breakUnidentified sound
Fall 1978 Estacada, Clackamas County, Oregon Class B #656

Rancher finds a large track while looking around outside at 1:00 am to see what's disturbing his horses

Around 2 a.m. on a fall night in 1978, the witness and a relative went to the corral to check on panicked horses, suspecting a bear. They heard something crashing away into brush and found a corral-post tree snapped over with large human-like footprints around its base. They concluded the prints were not from a bear and later wiped them out while telling other family members it was a bear.

Movement onlyTracksTree break
November 1975 Burns, Harney County, Oregon Class B #669

Two hunters got the terrifying feeling they were being watched and followed

While heading back to their truck at dusk during an elk hunt, the witness and a companion felt watched and heard a loud scream lasting several minutes from behind trees, along with banging and branch breaking. They hid behind boulders with rifles but nothing emerged. They then left for the truck about a half mile away.

ScreamWood knockTree break
July 1970 Troutdale, Multnomah County, Oregon Class B #13037

Possible nest nest and food remains found by retired soldier near the Sandy River

In mid-summer 1970 the witness was driving along the Sandy River looking for a place to target shoot when he found saplings snapped off with the tops formed into a large bedding area. Nearby were several freshly gutted rabbits, a death-like smell, and unusually silent woods. He left to find a ranger station and returned with a ranger who photographed the site, after which both described themselves as becoming believers.

Structure or nestTree breakOdor
summertime Oregon #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/04/14/sc-ep422-this-haunts-me-to-this-day

Footsteps in Oregon

The witness and a tent-mate camped far from roads to be ready for an early volunteer shift. The tent-mate stayed awake most of the night hearing something walking around the woods that seemed to approach the tent, but headlamp checks showed nothing. In the morning both saw a nearby tree, about 50 to 75 feet from the tent, that had been pushed over during the night.

FootstepsTree break
last May Oregon #9de1e7c1-7793-4ab5-9cae-9c7d1b2bc4cf

Odor in Oregon

The guest and three companions camped several days in remote central Oregon to look into Bigfoot. They smelled a skunky BO odor, felt something brush tents, found large and human-sized barefoot prints, heard human-like grunts, found torn branches and an uprooted tree, had apples taken from high up with sticker skin peeled, and saw a bulky dark figure at the treeline captured as a blurry night-vision still. They left early due to bad weather.

OdorTracksGrowlTree breakWood knock +3
first part of May, about eight years ago Sweet Home, Oregon #ebc3b6f0-083a-405b-9698-424e91654384

Footsteps near Sweet Home, Oregon

The witness was scouting remote mountain roads for fishing access when he found a newly placed stacked rock pile blocking the road. After stopping to inspect it, he heard something charge down the steep slope toward him and stop when he drew his pistol, then parallel him back to his vehicle unseen. He returned later with a hunting partner and heard coordinated whoops from multiple positions, and a few days later with a larger group found extensive tree damage, possible structures, and three sizes of bare human-like tracks.

FootstepsWhoopTracksTree breakStructure or nest +1
Date unknown Oregon #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/UA0kClRuX69Der0GjPRQaGraNppCqCjCus2OEj6Mf1Q

Sasquatch sighting in Oregon

The witness parked an ATV and hiked alone on a trail through dense young pines. He noticed something staying still in the trees, shouted with no response, then saw a large dark mass moving through and violently shaking the trees. He fired shotgun slugs while retreating about 100 feet as the mass kept pace inside the treeline, and believes he must have hit it.

Partial sightingMovement onlyTree break
a few years later Oregon #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/08/30/sc-ep141-sasquatch-running-down-the-hill

Sasquatch sighting in Oregon

A few years after the first track find, the witness and friend returned to call bear or cougar. They found a small pine snapped off at seven feet and thrown, with large tracks showing toe dig and a six-foot stride. While driving down the mountain the witness looked down into an open area and saw a huge hair-covered Bigfoot with one arm around a tree watching them pass.

Full-body sightingTracksTree break
Date unknown Oregon #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/08/30/sc-ep141-sasquatch-running-down-the-hill

Tracks in Oregon

The witness and a friend were bear hunting in the Rogue River wilderness. They found an area of knocked-down small trees, bear tracks, a huge human-type footprint sunk deep, clawed bark spaced far apart, and scratch marks high on a pine. At the time they thought it was a giant bear and only later reconsidered it as possible Bigfoot sign.

TracksTree break
BFRO YEAR: est mid-70 "Howard's Creek" Multi-famly Camping Site., Marion County, Oregon Class A #2628

Family encounters upright creature while camping at Silver Falls

The witness's family of four stayed late at a remote Howard's Creek campsite and walked along the loop road on a bright Sunday afternoon. About 60 to 75 feet ahead, a very large dark-brown furry biped emerged from brush on one side, glanced toward them, then crossed quickly into brush on the other side. Frightened, the family returned to camp, where they noted deep scratches high on a tree trunk that they associated with the animal.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingTree break