Incident #1001045
Rainbow, Lane Cty, Oregon
May 1973
Account
Renee Allen told a Lane County deputy that while hiking near Linton Lake she heard a noise, stopped on the trail and watched from about 40 yards as a "Bigfoot" ran up a hill at tremendous speed and disappeared in the forest. It ran on two legs, parting brush with its hands and arms. Face, hands and feet resembled human. Was covered with dark brown hair 4 to 5 inches long. No height estimate.
When
- Observation Date
- MAY 24 1973
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1973
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- minute
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Lane Cty
- Nearest Town
- Rainbow
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 17
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 32
- Latitude
- 44095-
- Longitude
- 12153--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Super Human Action
- Ran uphill, through brush, at tremendous speed
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- General undergrowth
- moderate
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- Spokane, Wash., Chronicle, wire story from Eugene,
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- JUN 08 1973
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- JUN 1973
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- medium
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Face Appeared
- humanlike
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- went up slope, entered woods
- Speed
- very fast
- Running Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- away from observer
- Arms Used
- for spreading foliage
- Reaction
- fled from
- Estimated Top Speed (mph)
- fast
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Female
- Interviewer
- Deputy Sheriff Ron Tracewell
- Interview date
- JUN 1973
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hiking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 16 to 20