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1970–1974 Rainier, Oregon #804840f3-2653-4f6e-998e-b89f4c7d6483

Sasquatch sighting near Rainier, Oregon (1970)

The witness describes three years of repeated encounters after his family moved onto a wooded hillside property. Four ape-like animals repeatedly approached the trailers, peered in windows, vocalized at night, left tracks, damaged structures, and killed livestock. The father shot the largest animal in the shoulder near the pump house, after which the animals moved faster and more cautiously but continued the activity. Forestry and law-enforcement visitors reportedly told the father to stop shooting, and timber workers and well drillers also encountered the animals.

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Summer 1970 Detroit, Linn County, Oregon Class B #6027

Heavy steps around tent in dark scare backpackers

Four teenagers were bedded down in a small wall tent during a hiking trip when they heard heavy footsteps circling the tent three times. The steps brushed against the tent fabric without tripping on the supporting ropes, and no flashlight was seen in the darkness. The group was frightened and stayed inside the tent without going out to look.

Footsteps
24 August 1969 Curry County, Oregon Class B #661

Campers hear terrifying vocalizations and see a huge dark form

Five boys were camping in a wilderness area when loud screams approached their camp late at night. Something circled the camp on two feet for about half an hour while wailing, as the group hid terrified in sleeping bags. As it left, two or three of them saw a huge hulking shape moving away in moonlight.

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1904 Roseburg, Coos County, Oregon #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/01/12/sc-ep397-bigfoot-west-coast-wild-men

Sasquatch sighting near Roseburg, Oregon (1904)

Miners reported a seven-foot hairy wild man repeatedly shaking cabins at night and making frightful noise. Shots failed to stop it. On one morning it shook a door, was shot at, and retaliated by throwing a four-pound rock before vanishing.

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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
Date unknown Oregon #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/04/14/sc-ep422-this-haunts-me-to-this-day

Footsteps in Oregon

A friend camped alone without a tent at an empty high-elevation campground and woke around 3 a.m. to very large bipedal-sounding steps moving through brush toward him. He turned on a headlamp and the movement stopped behind a tree about 30 feet away, then silence followed while he lay paralyzed with fear before eventually falling back asleep. He reported the incident to the witness the next afternoon.

Footsteps
real early spring Dallas, Oregon #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/12/24/sc-ep284-the-christmas-show

Odor near Dallas, Oregon

The witness describes multiple strange events at her rural home while alone, including a strong sulfur sewage odor, shuffling sounds, a blocked bathroom window, disturbed trash, broken lights, a ringing doorbell with no one there, and something hitting the house. She also often felt watched from the tree line.

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earlier in the year during archery elk season, about a month and a half before late October Oregon #d23b8fd9-2d77-4838-941e-9152f2f04fae

Tracks in Oregon

Earlier in the same season the group was camped overnight in a basin while elk hunting. Something circled the camp at night and frightened guard dogs that normally showed no fear. The next day the men followed large barefoot tracks with very long strides and a damaged toe from behind the camp to a canyon.

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when we were 10 or 11 years old Oregon #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/03/02/sc-ep83-sasquatch-encounter-on-the-mountain

Sasquatch sighting in Oregon

[name withheld] and a friend, ages about 10-11, were hiking unsupervised from an expedition base camp in the Cascades when they found drag marks and a crude log teepee structure. His friend climbed to peer inside and came face-to-face with a hair-covered, bear-like but man-like creature using a stick, then fled in terror to camp. The group stayed the night under guard and were told something large circled camp all night before they evacuated at dawn.

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just a couple weeks after my first sighting, about 4:30 in the morning Oregon #beb7de0d-b82b-4357-8e07-0ca6cbffbf25

Vocalization in Oregon

A couple weeks after the road sighting, the driver met another driver at a secluded wooded parking lot around 4:30 in the morning. Both heard what sounded like a muffled conversation between at least two, plus whistles, which stopped when approached. Loud stomping movements then circled in the woods and grew louder until both left in their trucks.

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the following fall John Day, Oregon #efa1c101-ce37-4eb0-b029-03279fd8c145

Footsteps near John Day, Oregon

The following fall archery opener, five hunters camped at the same site and the guest shot a buck in hot weather, butchering it and hanging the inedible carcass across the creek about nine feet up. After 10 p.m. they heard heavy footfalls and feeding grunts, fired guns to scare the animal, found the carcass pulled down, rehung it higher twice with the same result, then listened as it stripped rib meat requiring great grip strength. One companion left for Alaska afterward and the guest never returned to the area.

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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.

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super recent, around my birthday Vernonia, Oregon #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/dzYmY9lbC1iYHEh3dzlkvI_Am4pt08R8ydMw8QXqLKo

Growl near Vernonia, Oregon

The witness and his girlfriend were night hiking about 100 yards into a paved trail when they heard snaps, a heavy thud, and three deep grunts. They then heard two sets of footfalls circling toward the trail entrance. They left without seeing anything.

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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
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 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
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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