Incident #1001482
Chemult, Klamath Cty, Oregon
Nov 1988
Account
R, 37, a truck driver, and D, 233, truck dispatcher, driving North on Hwy 97, in an 18-wheeler, encountered an 8 ft. biped covered with shaggy, brownish-grey hair, walking south in the northbound lane, on the east side of the road. They had heard about it on CB radio a quarter hour earlier, and saw cars in front of them veer around it, so they slowed to 5 miles an hour as they went by, and D made eye contact. Estimated weight 400 t0 500 pounds. It had unbelievably long arms, a longer, taller head than a human, and turned its whole body, not its neck. It appeared calm but possibly confused.
When
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1988
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
- Duration
- 6 to 15 seconds
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Klamath Cty
- Nearest Town
- Chemult
- Direction from Town
- South
- Distance from Town
- 15
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 48
- Latitude
- 4300--
- Longitude
- 12148--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Super Human Action
- Unbelievably long steps
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- plateau
- Exact Terrain
- paved road
- Slope
- easy
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
- Species
- Douglas fir
Weather and light
- Relative Temperature
- cold
- Clarity
- overcast
- Humidity
- light snow
- Lighting
- headlights
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- North American Science Institute publication
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JAN 15 1998
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- FEB 1999
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- medium
- Appearance
- unkempt
- Hair Colour
- grey brown
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Expression
- none
- Head Profile
- peak in centre
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- walking
- Direction
- South
- Later Movement
- watched observer, walked away
- Walking Stride
- long
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Reaction
- watched
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Bigfoot Research Project
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truck
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 5 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- kept going
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 31 to 40