Tillamook County, Oregon

Near Elderberry Inn/Tillamook

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Tillamook County Oregon (Class A) BFRO

September 1997

It was September 1997, 8 people and myself were camping in the Tillamook County forest. Well anyway, I got up about 6am, got out my 22 and started out on a hike. Before leaving, I heard a friend say "wait up and I'll will go with you" I said "fine but no talking I want to check out the game in the area before they check us out". About 5 minutes up the road I noticed about half way up a hill was a large rock outcropping with a black stump about 9 feet tall. It was around 400 yards from us. I ask my friend "do you see that weird shiny stump on those rocks up there?" He said yes. Then I said "look at it through your scope". Then the gun went off. He said he didn't mean to fire and that he couldn't find that stump any more. In disbelief I looked and didn't see it any more. When looking in the only areas something could go, I saw it walking very fast, long arms swinging, one basic black color. I said "Sh*#$@& you shot at that person!" or what ever it was. We ran back to camp and didn't say ...

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Tillamook County Oregon (Class A) BFRO

Large upright figure seen sitting on a log from high up on a ridge near Nehalem

Large, upright bipedal animal covered in dark-brown or black hair. The creature sat on a log, got up, looked up at us, and seemed nonchalant....

July 2013

Tillamook County Oregon (Class B) BFRO

Campers hear knocks and unknown vocalizations at night in Tillamook State Forest

My adult daughters where out camping the weekend of 10AUG2012 in a slightly remote camp in the Tillamook forest. For 2 nights in a row they heard possible big foot calls that went on for 20min the...

August 2012

Tillamook County Oregon (Class B) BFRO

Couple hears unknown howl, later finds possible deformed track

This weekend 8/19/00 while hunting off of Salmonberry Road off HWY 26. I was looking for bear tracks on a trail that I have hunted before; anyway, when I came out at the trails end on one of the loggi...

August 2000

Tillamook County Oregon (Class A) BFRO

Close-range observation lasting roughly 1.5 hours

My name is Kurt, me and my fiance Shawn were camping up off of Ben Smith Road August 1-2,1998. Sunday the 2nd, we packed up camp by noon and headed down to the Wilson River to cool off a bit. It was v...

August 1998