Cherokee County, Oklahoma

Near Eldon

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Cherokee County Oklahoma (Class A) BFRO

August 1990

Various newspaper articles reporting possible bigfoot near Tahlequah, Oklahoma. First report was on August 1, 1990 at a mobile home near Eldon, Oklahoma which is east of Tahlequah at the junction of highways 62 and 51. Woman living in the mobile home reported to Cherokee County Sheriff's Deparment that she heard noises and noticed a bad smell. She then observed a creature approximately 10 feet tall and about 400 pounds. Deputy Joe Weavel investigated the reports and found impressions big enough to place both his feet in. Two days later, an 8 year old girl and her mother described a similar creature going through a trash pile near their house. Their dog chased it but returned with it's tail between it's legs. The creature was described as 8 feet tall with dark brown frizzy hair and similar to a bear except that it was described as walking upright. Oklahoma Wildlife Department district chief, Joe Adair said he had received several calls regarding the animal and believed it to be a bear. ...

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Cherokee County Oklahoma (Class B) BFRO

Memory told of a possible encounter that ends a camping trip early near Park Hill

I was out with my fraternity camping near the Illinois River. It was around early October. We were in a small clearing near the river under a small hill. There were several of us in the group. Me and ...

October 1982

Cherokee County Oklahoma (Class A) BFRO

Brief but clear daylight sighting near Lake Tenkiller

In the summer of 2000 I went with my stepfather and his friend to some land (40 acres) that my mother inherited from my grandfather. It's in a fairly remote and sparsely populated area near Lake Tenki...

June 2000