Incident #1001032
Eugene, Lane Cty, Oregon
Feb 1972
Account
Jim Kunkle and a friend were spotlighting for deer in the vicinity of Triangle Lake. They saw several deer running down a hillside "like bats outa hell". They had never seen deer act like that, especially at night, so they flashed the light around the hillside and saw what they said was a "Bigfoot", no description. They fired 30 or 40 rounds from .22's at it, and it turned and fled over the hill flailing its arms as if to repel a swarm of flies. A thorough search of the area next morning turned up nothing.
When
- Month
- Feb
- Year
- 1972
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- before 10 p.m.
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Lane Cty
- Nearest Town
- Eugene
- Direction from Town
- West Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 26
- Population of Town
- 105000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 7
- Latitude
- 4410--
- Longitude
- 12334--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Shot Hit
- Yes
- Effect of Shot
- fled
- Tracks
- not found
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- hillside
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Nearby Water
- lake
Weather and light
- Lighting
- spotlight
- Visibility Index
- 4
Source
- Source
- Mike Jay quoting Jim Kunkle, Goshen, Oregon
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- SEP 1972
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- SEP 1972
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- turned, fled
- Aggressive To
- deer
- Arms Used
- other
- Reaction
- fled from
- Attracted By
- wild animal prey
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature presumed to have been chasing deer that were seen running in apparent panic. Shooting with .22 caused it to flee, flailing its arms as if to repel flies.
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Mike Jay, apparently.
- Interview date
- SEP 1972
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Action on sighting
- shot
- No of witnesses
- 2