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Bigfoot sighting near Oceana, West Virginia
14 Aug 1978 · Oceana, West Virginia, United States
Two men in Oceana, West Virginia reported a large figure by the Clear Fork River in August 1978; it leapt across the river, broke tree limbs and left large footprints in sand.
Facts
- Date
- 14 Aug 1978
- Place
- Oceana, West Virginia, United States
- Evidence
- visual, vocal
- Point
- 37.708, -81.642
- Located within
- 926 m
- Light
- artificial
- Witness was
- other
- Witnesses
- 2
- Creatures
- 1
- Behaviour
- crouching
- Traces
- broken branches
- In the account
- branches breaking, crouched, firearm present, fired weapon, footprints found, in vehicle, leaped, near water, thought person first
- Sources
- 1 independent
Sources
- John GreenRead the report
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