Incident #1001487
Sisters, Linn Cty, Oregon
1975
Account
Walking in Sugar Pine Ridge Wilderness area, forest road 1292, half mile up Trailhead at first creek crossing, Santiam Summit area lakes all around. (None of this on map, location guessed by "30 miles from Sisters" and only place with a number of small lakes at a suitable elevation.) After crossing small creek on plank bridge sensed being watched and saw dark brown creature, guessed 8 feet, looking at her from above willows. Could only see shoulders and up, looked like picture of prehistoric man, more refined than ape. Brown eyes. Ears showing, covered with short hair.
When
- Year
- 1975
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- noon
- Duration
- 6 to 15 seconds
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Linn Cty
- Nearest Town
- Sisters
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 25
- Population of Town
- 700
- Elevation/Altitude
- 40
- Latitude
- 443---
- Longitude
- 1215---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- bushes
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- forest
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- high
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- heavy
- Species
- Ponderosa pine, white fir, Rocky Mtn fir, tamarack
- Variety
- willow, vine maple
Weather and light
- Relative Temperature
- hot
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- National Science Institute publication
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JAN 15 1998
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- FEB 1999
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Eye color
- dark
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- short
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Ears
- hairy
- Neck Length
- short
- Face Appeared
- humanlike
- Expression
- curious
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- stopped still, watched observer
- Reaction
- watched
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Describe Unsual
- Witness husband was ahead on trial and she was calling to him. Thought that might have attracted creature's attention.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Female
- Interviewer
- Bigfoot Research Project
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hiking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- kept going
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 51 to 60