Incident #1001488
Dale, Grant Cty, Oregon
1991
Account
Driving South on Hwy 395, saw a figure bent over a dead deer near the center line of the road, moving a hand on the deer's back. It raised its head as she went by, but did not stand up. She came back, but it was gone. Huge shoulders, thick body, big head, covered with dark hair. Large eyes, straight nose, very short thick neck, no ears visible. Hand large. Guessed weight at over 300 pounds.
When
- Year
- 1991
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- before 10 p.m.
- Duration
- 2 seconds
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Grant Cty
- Nearest Town
- Dale
- Direction from Town
- Southeast
- Distance from Town
- 1
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 40
- Latitude
- 4459--
- Longitude
- 11857--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- paved road
- Nearby Water
- river
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Relative Temperature
- cold
- Lighting
- headlights
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- North American Science Institute publication
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JAN 15 1998
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- FEB 1999
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Eyes
- large
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- very stooped
- No hair on
- near eyes
- Hair Colour
- brown black
- Ears
- covered by head hair
- Neck Length
- short
- Neck Width
- wide
- Shoulders
- wide
- Expression
- startled
- Nose
- no snout
- Nose Shape
- humanlike nose
- Torso Front
- wide
- Torso Side
- wide
- Movement
- other
- Later Movement
- watched observer
- Arms Used
- other
- Object Handled
- animal
- Reaction
- watched
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature appeared to be stroking the back of the dead dear it was bent over. When it took off it left the deer on the road.
- Position when first seen
- bent over
- Head Size
- large
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 2
- Footprint Length
- 18.0
- Estimated Age
- 6
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Human
- Yes
- Other footprint codes
- 10630
- Material Tracks Made in
- hard shallow snow
- Tracks Came From
- canyon
- Tracks Went to
- occupied building
- Trackmaker attracted by
- human activity
- Remarks
- Trackmakers followed human tracks from gulch to ranchhouse.
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
- 75 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- kept going
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 31 to 40