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Bigfoot sighting near Reedsport and Florence, Oregon
Jun 1978 · Reedsport and Florence, OR, Oregon, United States
In summer 1978 a 7-year-old camper near a shallow river in Oregon saw a large hand with reddish-brown hair grab berries from behind a bush and then ran back to camp.
The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.
Facts
- Reported as
- Young camper frightened by large hand gathering berries
- Date
- Jun 1978
- Place
- Reedsport and Florence, OR, Oregon, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 43.783, -123.960
- Located within
- 3.5 km
- Light
- daylight
- Witness was
- playing
- Witnesses
- 1
- Creatures
- 1
- Distance
- 2.7 m (9 ft)
- Described as
- reddish hair, long length
- In the account
- at camp, childhood memory, felt fear, food source nearby, large hands, near water, no smell noted, reported years later, ridge or mountain, ruled out bear, told no one, took food, witness fled, witness froze
- Account
- firsthand
- Sources
- 2 independent (5 listings)
Sources
- BFRORead the report
- BFRO (full-text copy)Read the report
- BFRO (KML copy)Read the report
- ManganiRead the report
- BFRO (Renner copy)Read the report
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