Sasquatch Map

Bigfoot sighting near Fairview, Oregon

Aug 1949 · Fairview, Oregon, United States

Witness and family heard pounding and a guttural roar outside their Fairview, Oregon home one early evening in August 1949; later sightings near Hwy 101 are also described.

The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.

Facts

Reported as
One audible and two visual, early evening encounters by a coastal witness near the North Fork of the Coquille River
Date
Aug 1949
Place
Fairview, Oregon, United States
Evidence
vocal
Point
43.255, -124.060
Located within
2.2 km
Light
twilight
Witness was
driving
Witnesses
4
Creatures
1
Described as
biped
Behaviour
eating, fleeing, standing
Sounds
roar, wood knock
Animals
horses reacted
Traces
blood, scat
In the account
cave or rocks, childhood memory, face seen, felt fear, field or clearing, firearm present, full moon, headlights, in vehicle, long arms, near home, near water, nothing found after, on or by road, repeat location, reported years later, ruled out bear, scat found, searched after, smell, very fast, very tall, wood knock
Account
firsthand
Sources
2 independent (5 listings)

Sources

Nearby sightings

Facts and links only. Each report belongs to its witness and the site that published it; read it there.