Oregonbigfoot.com Photo Research Journal
August 6, 2000
Lane County, OR

Holderman Mountain Report

Bob and I went up on Holderman Mountain to camp. We set up the tent, ate and made some coffee (no fire due to fire season). While we were sitting around, a deer came by and made a blowing sound. It really startled us, especially Bob, since he's never heard that before. Also, a buzzard flew really low overhead. Strange how animals come so close every time we camp...

We talked about turning in for the night but both of us had a very strong feeling that we shouldn't stay there. I can't describe it, other than it was a definite kind of "GET OUT" feeling. Bob became so apprehensive that he began packing things up - he wouldn't tell me what had him so afraid until he had finished packing and we were safely in the Jeep.

He explained that the area and the things that were happening were eerily similar to a dream he'd had in which a BF had come up to his tent and said a name, loudly, in English. He said it was something like "Brent Johnson", but not exactly. (I asked him much later if it could have been Matthew Johnson, and he said yes, but that was strange because the dream had happened a couple of months before the Johnson sighting at Oregon Caves).

The voices came from this stand of trees

The whole time we were there and he was packing up we'd been hearing voices come from a stand of old growth timber... murmuring, laughing voices, unintelligible, sometimes high-pitched, as if some campers were just over the hill. But we knew there were no roads over there because we had scouted the entire mountain earlier!

We also heard several loud THUMPS, one of which sounded like someone dropped a large piece of plywood (?). When we finally decided to leave, we drove about 1/2 mile down the road and turned off the Jeep because we heard a loud branch break next to us. We could still hear the voices, just as plainly. Bob and I stopped one more time, still heard the voices, and decided to get the heck out of there. We both felt very strange for the rest of the night. I posted my experience to the Bigfoot list and found that many others have had similar experiences in conjunction with Bigfoot encounters.

This area is about 10 miles from Bohemia Mines.

The view from Holderman Mountain

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