Oregonbigfoot.com file# 00163

REPORT OVERVIEW

Date: , 1994 or 1995
Deschutes county, OR
Nearest town:
Nearest road:
Conditions: clear skies, warm
Time: dusk
Location: Just north of lava butte there are a few forest

REPORT DETAIL

Description of event: My cousin Jay and I were out driving myBMW in the forest near Lava Butte. We justwanted to get out of town for a while andaway from people,have a few beers etc. I hadnot seen him for some time as he lived inanother town.We drove to What the locals call "the foundation", a concrete fire pit on the south side of Green Butte,then decided to drive around to the other side of the butte to watch the sunset out across the lava flow. This road is narrow, sandy, and winds out through the 10' tall manzanita brush. We wen't as far as we could in the "Bummer",and finally could go no further as the road turned into nothing more than A trail. I found A place to turn around, and backed the car as far down in as it would go and parked. We decided to walk down the trail a bit to get a better view of the mountains and lava flow and were only about 5 min. into the hike when I started hearing things. (At this point I would like to state that I was raised in central Oregon, and have spent a lot of time in the woods alone, hiking, hunting logging for five years, much of which was walking units looking for boundry markers etc. I AM NOT PARANOID OR A FRAIDY CAT IN ANY WAY).

ALSO NOTICED: We did'nt SEE anything, other than the bushes moving, but this was no prank or a bum trying to scare us off. It stalked us for at least 1/4 mile and I heard it grunting several times. I have never heard ANYTHING that made this sound. A few weeks ago I met a man who lives on the property next to this area. He claims to have photos of tracks in the snow, and ? Their were tracks in hot lava reported near Todd lake as well. I have the newspaper clipping.

OTHER WITNESSES: My cousin Jay was with me. I asked him if he heard that grunting sound? He said no,then he heard it and I did'nt. When we got back to the car and were just standing there all hell broke loose. This THING was not 50' from us,screaming and shaking the bushes like crazy. We both laughed and screamed "DID YOU HEAR THAT?" and jumped in the car so fast,I was trying to get traction in the sand while Jay rolled up the sunroof in a frenzie! We were scared shitless but laughing like hell for some reason. I saw Jay a few weeks ago and he remembers it the same.

OTHER STORIES: Just the reports you have listed near sunriver, lava butte, the old guys pictures and the Todd lake footprint in the molten lava.

TIME AND CONDITIONS: Sunset,clear skies, warm, the june bugs were out. ENVIRONMENT: This area is a second growth pine forest that was logged in the old days. There are lots of pine trees 50-100 ft. tall and the manzanita is 4' to 10' tall and VERY thick. It was between green butte and the lava flow,with a killer view of the cascade range. The closest water would be the Deschutes river only a mile or so, but on the other side of the lava. a lava flow on the west with a killer view of the cascade range. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow-up investigation report by BFRO Investigator Alicia Bateman: The witness was able to tell me a bit more about the incident and the area in which it took place. The area is remote, set between a railroad, the lava flows, and a highway. There are no recreational areas in the immediate vicinity. He informed me that he hasn't been back to the same spot since, but that the brush there is quite thick and, like many areas with past volcanic activity, it boasts caves. He doubts the animal was a cougar or bear, based on its behavior and scream. The witness has entertained the possibility it may have been a bum trying to scare them off. He remarked that there was no smell, something commonly, though not always, associated with sasquatch encounters. Being followed by one is by not very unusual, nor is being screamed at. If the animal involved was a sasquatch, it is possible this behavior was territorial, based on the apparent display that drove them off. It is also possible that it was testing them, trying to gauge their reactions.

Source: BFRO
record updated:2002-07-09 00:00:00