Incident #1001065
Roseburg, Douglas Cty, Oregon
Oct 1976
Account
Rodney Boder, driving a truck for Little River Box Co. near Glide, saw a large, dark figure appear and stand still on top of a hill 150 yards away, estimated 6.5 to 7 feet tall and very heavy. Boder stopped his truck and watched it for a few seconds, after which it turned and walked away. (Report used despite unreliable source because witness name and home town included.)
When
- Observation Date
- OCT 03 1976
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1976
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- evening
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Douglas Cty
- Nearest Town
- Roseburg
- Direction from Town
- Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 14
- Population of Town
- 17000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 7
- Latitude
- 4317--
- Longitude
- 12305--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- hill
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- hill
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- river
Weather and light
- Lighting
- twilight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Bigfoot News, quoting Rodney Boder
- Source Type
- newsletter
- Source Date
- DEC 1976
- Source reliability
- 4
- Incident reliablility
- 1
- Jwg file date
- JAN 1977
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- stopped still, turned, walked away
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truck
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 1