Incident #1001420
Detroit, Marion Cty, Oregon
about 1970
Account
Then 16, social worker was living in a wooden-floored tent, a bunkhouse at her father's logging camp East of Detroit Lake. Heard a noise on the front porch, looked out and saw 15 or 20 feet away a reddish-brown sasquatch est. 6' 5" high, with "normal-sized" breasts, standing in front of the open door of an electric cooler, with a 20 lb. piece of meat under its arm. They watched each other without moving, then she screamed. The creature did not react, but men in the tent started to jump out of bed, then the creature left with the meat. Footprints were found, about 14 inches long. The food in the cooler had bee searched through, but left in an orderly condition. The girl's father had seen a sasquatch crossing a road just after dusk some weeks earlier, and there were other reports in the area at the time.
When
- Year
- about 1970
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Marion Cty
- Nearest Town
- Detroit
- Direction from Town
- West
- Population of Town
- 400
- Elevation/Altitude
- 16
- Latitude
- 444---
- Longitude
- 1220---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large female
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- at
- Terrain Object
- occupied building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found immediately
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Nearby Water
- lake
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- light from habitation
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Henner Fahrenbach letter quoting unnamed female so
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- JUN 16 1997
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- DEC 1998
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 6 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- red brown
- Breast
- medium
- Movement
- picking up
- Later Movement
- watched observer, handled something, fled
- Arms Used
- for carrying
- Object Handled
- animal matter
- Attracted By
- meat, human food
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Sasquatch had searched through cooler to get meat, but left it tidy.
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Footprint Length
- 14.0
Witness
- Sex
- Female
- Interviewer
- Henner Fahrenbach
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- stayed still, shouted
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Track witnesses
- several