Incident #1001486
Oakridge, Oregon
Aug 1974 to 1975
Account
Witness and mother driving South on Hwy 58, "Oakridge Pass .. descending hill", but gives elevation as 3,000 feet, and nearest town 20 miles. All altitudes East of the summit of the Cascades on Hwy 58 are close to 5,000 feet, and there are no towns at all on 58, so location cannot be plotted. At about 3 a.m. they encountered a stooped, hair-covered biped, est. 7.5 feet bent, 9 ft. standing straight. It was walking slowly, leg and arm on the same side swinging together, and it stopped once and turned its upper body to look at the car, stared a half minute, then crossed the road. Hair was pumice-coloured, dull and long on the legs, matted on the feet, seal like above mid thigh. No ears or nose protruded. Skin was drooping, folded over eyes and lilps. Eyes were very small, deepset and black, but reflected red. Neck thick, long in front but short in back. Hair short, fingers long, but shorter than the dbase of the hand. No thumb showing. No hair on top of hands. Creature stepped over guardrail and disappeared. determined.
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1974 to 1975
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- 3 a.m. to dawn
- Duration
- 2 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- Nearest Town
- Oakridge
- Direction from Town
- Southeast
- Population of Town
- 4000
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- paved road
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- mixed
- General
- none
- Undergrowth size
- high
- General undergrowth
- none
- Species
- oak, pine
- Variety
- bushes
Weather and light
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Clarity
- clear
- Lighting
- headlights, moonlight
- 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
- Eyes
- small
- spacing
- deep set
- Eye color
- dark
- Reflection
- reflected red
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 9 ft
- Build
- thin
- Posture
- very stooped
- No hair on
- on hands
- Hair Length
- short
- Hair curl
- straight
- Appearance
- patchy
- Hair Colour
- grey
- Hair Longer on
- legs
- Ears
- covered by head hair
- Neck Length
- short
- Neck Width
- wide
- Face Appeared
- monkeylike
- Expression
- curious
- Head Profile
- peak in centre
- Forehead
- average
- Forehead Shape
- sloped back
- Brow Ridge
- small
- Nose
- no snout
- Nose Shape
- small nose
- Nostrils
- Yes
- Mouth Open?
- closed
- Lips
- thin
- Arms
- medium
- Hands Appearance
- humanlike
- Digits
- long
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- stopped still, watched observer, crossed road
- Speed
- slow
- Walking Speed
- slow
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Odour
- none
- Reaction
- watched
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Could see no thumbs. Guessed erect height at 9 feet, but weight at 200 pounds. Walked with leg and arm on the same side swinging together.
- Additional Movement
- crossed fence, went down slope
- Position when first seen
- bent over
Witness
- Sex
- Female
- Interviewer
- Bigfoot Research Project
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 10 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- studied, sketched
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 31 to 40