Incident #1001480
Roseburg, Douglas Cty, Oregon
Jun 1971
Account
Witness and others, picnicking by Umpqua River. She was in the water when a hair-covered, 8-foot, dark brown "half man, half gorilla" stood up 10 feet away, presumably from behind large rocks, screamed and strode off across the boulders. Some of group went back later and found footprints, but therse are not described.
When
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1971
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- evening
- Duration
- minute
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Douglas Cty
- Nearest Town
- Roseburg
- Distance from Town
- 5
- Population of Town
- 16000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 200
- Latitude
- 431---
- Longitude
- 12319--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- rock
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- river
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- close
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- sparse
Weather and light
- Heat
- hot
- Relative Temperature
- hot
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 9
Source
- Source
- North American Science Institute publication
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JAN 15 1998
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- FEB 1999
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Eyes
- large
- Eye color
- pale
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Thin on
- face
- Appearance
- glossy
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Ears
- covered by head hair
- Expression
- frightened
- Mouth Open?
- open
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- getting up
- Later Movement
- made a noise, walked away
- Sound
- scream
- Reaction
- avoided
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Different Colour on
- hair ends
- Second Colour
- light
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Female
- Interviewer
- Bigfoot Research Project
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- picnicking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 10 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- No of witnesses
- several
- Track witnesses
- several
- Age
- 31 to 40