Josephine County, Oregon

Near Grants Pass

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Josephine County Oregon (Class B) BFRO

1978

I believe I was visited by a bigfoot. I was living out on my family's 3/4 acre place. It was heavily timbered with a year-round creek in the back of the property and a mobile home. The location is about 8 miles northeast of Grants Pass, Oregon. The year I believe was fall of 1978. I moved up from southern California to Oregon and on the night of the visit I was home alone. I had been sleeping and I am guessing it was maybe 2 a.m. when I was awakened by heavy, bi-pedal footsteps walking around my 12 x 60 ft mobile home. Pine needles littered the grass and seemed to amplify the heavy steps. I have hunted and fished all my life and have never felt anything like that night: the sensation and fear of what was outside my trailer stomping around. Mind you my closest neighbor was 100 yards away on his 3/4 acre place. No man would have been tromping around my trailer that night. I sat up against the headboard of my bed with my rifle. I was shaking and scared and the hair was standing up on t...

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Josephine County Oregon (Class A) BFRO

Early morning sighting by a deer hunter near Hugo

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October 2010

Josephine County Oregon (Class B) BFRO

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August 2006

Josephine County Oregon (Class B) BFRO

Possible knocking heard by husband and wife while camping on their gold claim in Fiddler Gulch

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January 2008

Josephine County Oregon (Class A) BFRO

Daylight sighting by mother and daughter at the Illinois River outside Cave Junction

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Midland County Michigan (Class A) BFRO

witness describes an "ape-like" creature along a road.

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Dixie County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Five or Six foot tall ape looking creature observed picking up road kill.

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February 1998

Monroe County Michigan (Class A) BFRO

Two boys, out "hunting" with BB guns, witness a seven foot tall creature on two legs.

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Pendleton County West Virginia (Class A) BFRO

Witness sees a large creature crossing the road

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York County Maine (Class A) BFRO

Creature seen by witness

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San Bernardino County California (Class A) BFRO

Sighting along Lytle Creek

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Trumbull County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

Prints found following sighting near Mosquito Lake

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Beltrami County Minnesota (Class A) BFRO

Beltrami County, Minnesota; sighting and tracks found by logging crew.

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