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that winter in a snowstorm Troutdale, Multnomah County, Oregon Related account #7789

Sasquatch sighting near Troutdale, Oregon

During a winter snowstorm two students came inside frightened after being outside, and the witness went alone onto the snow-covered football field but felt unable to move forward past a line near the training stations.

BFRO YEAR: 1979-80 Troutdale, Multnomah County, Oregon Class A #7789

Members of Job Corps group have several encounters

Late at night a group gathered above the football field during foggy full-moon conditions. The group noticed a large shadowy bipedal form at a distance that appeared and disappeared in moving fog. Some members started toward it before it vanished in the fog, and the witness reported feeling unable to advance beyond a point. An odor was noted in connection with the sighting.

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several time since Corbett/Troutdale, Multnomah County, Oregon Related account #5053

Sasquatch sighting near Corbett/Troutdale, Oregon

The witnesses returned to the site several times afterward without seeing or hearing anything significant.

BFRO YEAR: About 1970 Marion County, Oregon Class A #688

A teenage girl witnesses a female bigfoot steal meat from a cooler

The witness, then a teenager staying in a tent at a logging camp, awoke at night and saw a female fur-covered figure standing at an illuminated cooler on the porch holding meat. After a standoff ended by a scream, the figure left with the meat as others emerged and observed its receding form and footprints.

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About a week later Silverton, Marion County, Oregon Related account #15067

Scat near Silverton, Oregon

About a week later the witness returned with a relative to show the track location and both noticed a large human-shaped scat.

Scat
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.

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a couple hours later Sweet Home, Linn County, Oregon Related account #41378

Sasquatch sighting near Sweet Home, Oregon

The group returned after dark with a thermal viewer and saw an upright heat signature peeking from behind a tree where the creature had entered the woods.

Partial sighting
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.

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BFRO YEAR: 1976-77 Cave Junction, Josephine County, Oregon Class A #11016

Young witness has encounter during thunderstorm near Cave Junction

The witness, then a teenager, went outside at night during a lightning storm to check on horses. From a floodlit pasture near a river, she saw a very large dark upright figure emerge from the riverbed and move quickly across the pasture. The figure stepped over an electric fence, crossed the highway, and went up an embankment on the far side within a few seconds.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
regularly Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon Related account #12019

Property disturbance near Grants Pass, Oregon

Rabbit food was regularly removed from a covered can with the lid replaced, a rabbit was removed from its pen without damage, and pets showed anxiety.

Property disturbance
Date unknown Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon Related account #12019

Object throwing near Grants Pass, Oregon

The witness and visiting companions experienced thrown objects, intense odors, and the feeling of being observed.

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When I first moved here Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon Related account #12019

Property disturbance near Grants Pass, Oregon

Free-ranging chickens disappeared one or two per night with no feathers left behind.

Property disturbance
in the morning Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon Related account #12019

Property disturbance near Grants Pass, Oregon

Fruit left on a table by the house was gone by morning.

Property disturbance
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.

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BFRO YEAR: mid 90s Ashland, Jackson County, Oregon Class B #2681

Hunters, father and son, find track on Wagner Peak

While hunting with a relative in southern Oregon several years ago, the witness claims to have found a very large human-like track in snow. The track had five distinct toes and another impression was several feet ahead. The witness also reports foul odors and an absence of wildlife in the general area on other trips.

Tracks
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
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
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.

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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.

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