Incident #1001064
Butte Falls, Jackson Cty, Oregon
Jul 1976
Account
Frieda Hayes and Patrick Kennedy Jr., camped at Whiskey Springs Campground, went down a path and saw across a large meadow of tall grass a 7-foot creature walking in and out of willow trees on the far side. It looked like a movie sasquatch. They watched about 20 minutes, and found that if they crouched down it would crouch and if they stood up it would stand. When it disappeared in the forest it moved extremely fast.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 30 1976
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1976
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- quarter hour
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Jackson Cty
- Nearest Town
- Butte Falls
- Direction from Town
- Southeast
- Distance from Town
- 10
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 40
- Latitude
- 4226--
- Longitude
- 12228--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not found
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Cover
- some openings
- Tree type
- mixed
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
- Species
- willow
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- Medford, Oregon, Mail-Tribune, quoting Frieda Haye
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- AUG 4 1976
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- SEP 1976
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Shoulders
- wide
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- got down, got up, entered woods
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Reaction
- watched
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Witness says sasquatch would mimic their actions when they crouched down or stood up.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- FC
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- walking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- a long way
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 21 to 30