Incident #1001038
Blue River, Lane Cty, Oregon
Jun 1972
Account
Jack Harris, Bud Miller and Charles Ross were clearing a right-of-way for a road into a wilderness area along the McKenzie River (presume South Fork, as was Southeast from Blue River, and there was already a highway following the McKenzie proper). Coming to work one morning they topped a knoll and saw 100 yards away a dark brown, hairy creature, about 7 feet tall, standing erect in the middle of the timber they had felled the day before. It apparently heard or smelled them, and walked quickly into the timber without turning towards them. Three weeks later there was another sighting on the same road job. (1001039)
When
- Observation Date
- JUN 27 1972
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1972
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early morning
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Lane Cty
- Nearest Town
- Blue River
- Direction from Town
- Southeast
- Distance from Town
- 25
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 27
- Latitude
- 435---
- Longitude
- 1220---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- trees
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1001039
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- river
- Cover
- heavy
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- logging slash
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- Ron Olson, quoting Jack Harris, Bud Miller and Cha
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- 1973
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1973
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- walked away, entered woods
- Walking Speed
- fast
- Reaction
- avoided
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Ron Olson
- Interview date
- JUNE 1972
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- logging, roadbuilding
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 3