Tracks found near Zig Zag, Hood River County
January, 2003

Today I went to Zig Zag and met with Brent. He lives near Bend and was just up for the weekend to help his uncle. He stayed until we could meet and then was heading home tomorrow.

He showed me the track he had cast, which looked good. It was 16 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. I took 2 photo's of it. (Sorry for the ultra high tech Polaroid shots!) He also took me to the site where it was found. At the site there was a wooded hill to the West, that opened up into a clearing about 75 feet across, then dropped off to the woods by the creek. The soil on the hill was very hard, and no tracks were found, but in the clearing the soil was soft, and there you could make out "indentations" that very well could be tracks. The indentations had a 4 1/2 foot stride. Brent showed me the one he had cast, but it was torn up due to having to use a shovel to get it out of the ground. He said that on Sunday, the tracks looked much better than they did today.

Brent's Uncle expressed no interest in talking to anyone about this, and wanted no exposure for his find.


Rick Wood
Director, O.S.I.R.
Oregon Sasquatch
Investigations & Research

Photo credit: Brent Simpson/Rick Wood

Related Links:

OregonBigfoot.com database entries for Hood River county