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Bigfoot sighting in Oregon, United States
1979 · Along the Wilson River a mile or so below the Jones Creek campground, Oregon, United States
Two campers in Tillamook County, Oregon, heard snapping, crashing and heavy footsteps approach their tent just after sunrise in summer 1979.
Facts
- Reported as
- Crashing and snapping sounds heard by campers
- Date
- 1979
- Place
- Along the Wilson River a mile or so below the Jones Creek campground, Oregon, United States
- Evidence
- vocal
- Point
- 45.580, -123.561
- Light
- daylight
- Witness was
- camping
- Witnesses
- 2
- Distance
- 1.1 m (4 ft)
- Behaviour
- approaching, standing, walking
- Sounds
- footsteps, tree break, wood knock
- Traces
- broken branches
- In the account
- approached, at camp, bipedal footsteps, branches breaking, felt fear, field or clearing, heavy breathing, near water, reported years later, returned to spot, ruled out bear, searched after, witness fled, wood knock
- Account
- firsthand
- Sources
- 3 independent (5 listings)
Sources
- BFRORead the report
- BFRO (full-text copy)Read the report
- ManganiRead the report
- Oregon BigfootRead the report
- BFRO (Renner copy)Read the report
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- Bigfoot sighting in Oregon, United States
- Bigfoot sighting in Oregon, United States
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