Incident #1001501
O;Brien, Curry Cty, Oregon
Jun 1978
Account
On prospecting trip North of Sourdough Camp at the bottom Biscuit Hill, confidential and others first noted that something large and heavy had been dragged for a couple of hundred yards through the brush, going uphill, and causing damage higher than 10 feet up on the trees. About two hours later confidential and cousin, walking on the South side of Baldface Creek, noticed a 7 to 8-foot animal covered with dark brown fur sitting on a stump watching them from across the creek. It stood up, made a gesture and strode off into the forest. They started down to go to where it had been but were turned off by encountering a mother bear and cub. Confidential wonders if the gesture was one of warning, re the bears.
When
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early morning
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Curry Cty
- Nearest Town
- O, Brien
- Direction from Town
- West
- Distance from Town
- 10
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 20
- Latitude
- 42053-
- Longitude
- 123244-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- hillside
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- valley bottom
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Cover
- moderate
- Tree size
- mostly small
- Tree condition
- mostly new
- Tree type
- coniferous
- Unnatural Conditions
- logged
- General
- some
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- Species
- pine, fir
- Variety
- manzanita, huckleberry, Oregon grape
Weather and light
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- BFRO from confidential
- Source Type
- internet
- Source Date
- OCT 1997
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- FEB 1999
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Movement
- other
- Later Movement
- watched observer, got up, walked away
- Arms Used
- other
- Reaction
- watched
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature was sitting on a stump watching the observers and when it got up it appeared to gesture to them before walking off into the trees.
- Additional Movement
- entered woods
- Position when first seen
- seated
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- prospecting
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 2