Campers report something rummaging through backpacks, see furry creature

Oregonbigfoot.com file# 00375

REPORT OVERVIEW

Date: , 1988 or 89
Wallowa county, OR
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night
Location:
Hells Canyon, Snake River

REPORT DETAIL

Description of event: Dorian Thomas says he talked to a friend that had been camping with his girlfriend on the Snake River in Hells Canyon, OR, 5-6 years ago. They had come in by way of jet boat, and were dropped off for a week's camping, and the boat left. Every night they had something getting in their backpacks and throwing rocks from up on the hill...the only way out, straight up the cliffs. At night they huddled in the tent while something went through the camp, got in the backpacks, and scared the daylights out of them. Their first daylight sighting was in the evening light as they were having dinner. When they saw the big furry thing up on the ridge. At first they smelled it, it reeked. Then they looked up as rocks started sliding, and the 7 1/2 or 8 foot creature grunted at them a few times and walked off. Dorian says he'll try to get his friend to come in for a first-hand interview.

Source: The Track Record #42
record updated:2002-07-10 00:00:00