Benton County, Oregon

Near Philomath

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Benton County Oregon (Class A) BFRO

August 2002

What I saw was a thing about 6 foot tall, all black and short hair, its body was skinny and its forearms were bigger than its biceps. It was leaning over, drinking out of a stream by the path I was walking on. It had to be very strong because wen I came walking by, it stood up on two legs very fast and grabbed on to the tree behind it to help it up the hill. This thing I saw almost looked like a monkey except way too tall to be a monkey and also way to skinny to be a bear and too fast.

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Benton County Oregon (Class B) BFRO

Family hears whooping sounds while hiking Marys Peak

My wife and I love to take our three young children on small treks (we usually hike 3-5 miles). We live very close to Silver Falls, but wanted to venture out a bit more. We read about Mary's Peak, jus...

June 2009

Benton County Oregon (Class B) BFRO

Hikers hear growl, wood knocking, have rock thrown at them

While on a hike during this nice sunny day, I heard a low grumbling sound. My husband was leading me along the trail and he did not hear this sound. I stopped him and described the sound to him as a s...

March 2005

Benton County Oregon (Class B) BFRO

While riding their dirt bikes down a trail, two high school seniors find their path is blocked by large log

Two high school seniors, who wished to ride dirt bikes without disturbing anyone, went up an isolated logging road into an area of second growth Doug Fir. After setting up camp in a clearing, with the...

January 1988