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Bigfoot sighting near Welches, Oregon

1979 · Welches, Oregon, United States

In 1979 a 14-year-old in Welches, Oregon saw a tall hairy creature about three feet away after returning home to a ransacked house.

Facts

Reported as
Youth has two sightings after house is ransacked
Date
1979
Place
Welches, Oregon, United States
Evidence
visual
Point
45.339, -121.963
Located within
3.0 km
Light
daylight
Witness was
other
Witnesses
1
Creatures
3, with young
Distance
0.9 m (3 ft)
Described as
reddish hair, long length, biped
Behaviour
standing, walking, watching
Animals
dogs reacted
Traces
hair, scat
In the account
bare face, bed or nest found, childhood memory, dog present, eyes seen, face seen, felt fear, felt watched, hair found, headlights, hit structure, juvenile, looked at witness, multiple, near home, no smell noted, on or by road, reported years later, scat found, told no one, very tall
Account
firsthand
Sources
2 independent

Sources

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