Todd Neiss
Primary named witness.
Open witness profile →Modern case
Oregon National Guard — 1993
During a National Guard training exercise, Todd Neiss reported watching three large dark bipedal figures in northwestern Oregon for roughly 25 seconds.
Location archiveOregon
The encounter
On April 3, 1993, during a National Guard training exercise in northwestern Oregon, Todd Neiss reported observing three large dark bipedal figures. His public account describes a central figure that appeared larger than the two flanking figures and a viewing period of roughly 25 seconds.
By 2007, Neiss was publicly describing a morphology package that included a center figure around nine feet tall, two flanking figures around seven feet, broad square shoulders, barrel-shaped chests, no obvious neck and arms extending well past the knees. He also reported that Sgt. Jeff Martin independently asked whether Neiss had seen three large hair-covered figures, although Martin's own statement has not been recovered in the current record.
Neiss later became deeply involved in Sasquatch research. That later exposure makes the earlier source chronology especially useful: details already present in the 2007-or-earlier account can be distinguished from interpretations or refinements added decades after the training exercise.
At a glance
- Date
- April 3, 1993
- Location
- Northwestern Oregon
- Witnesses
- Todd Neiss; additional soldiers reported
- Observation
- Three-subject visual during military training
- Reported duration
- about 25 seconds
- Source anchor
- Detailed public firsthand account by 2007
What was reported
- Three dark bipedal figures
- Central figure estimated around 9 ft; flanking figures around 7 ft
- No visible neck
- Broad square shoulders and barrel chest
- Arms well past knees
- Approximately 25-second viewing
Witnesses
Evidence & corroboration
- Additional soldiers are reported, but independent statements remain incomplete.
- The long source chronology allows comparison of early and later descriptions.
- Later research involvement is relevant to chronology but does not by itself resolve the event.
Sources & media
Research assessment
Neiss’s account provides a detailed visual description and an unusually long source chronology for comparison over time. Additional soldiers are reported, but independent statements remain incomplete, and later research activity does not by itself resolve what was seen in 1993.
Connected record
Case dossier
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Evidence boundary
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