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after the sighting Yacolt, Clark County, Washington Related account #933

Footsteps near Yacolt, Washington

Overnighting investigators heard similar rustling and footstep sounds after the main sighting.

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during the night Yacolt, Clark County, Washington Related account #933

Footsteps near Yacolt, Washington

The older child heard rustling brush and slapping footsteps on the street at night while sleeping on the screened porch.

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January 27 Cinebar, Lewis County, Washington Related account #32696

Footsteps near Cinebar, Washington

The witness placed a trail camera on the trackway path and recorded sounds resembling walking with no image.

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around June 20th, around 2:00am or 2:30am Yacolt, Skamania County, Washington Related account #65464

Rock throwing near Yacolt, Washington

On a return camping trip to Silver Star, a companion awoke to pebbles hitting the tent pole followed by rustling and very heavy footsteps running away.

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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.

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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: 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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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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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.

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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.

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two years later, I was down in the woods at almost midnight Clackamas County, Oregon Related account #652

Footsteps near Clackamas County

Two years later at almost midnight the witness alone heard footsteps approaching and a horse-like huffing noise in the woods and ran home.

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