Case File

Tiger Creek / Paul Freeman 1982

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The Paul Freeman Bigfoot Video

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Case summary

Tiger Creek / Paul Freeman 1982

Forest Service employee sighting plus associated track documentation; testimony and physical-trace authenticity remain separate.

Witness records
Paul Freeman

Forest Service watershed rider Paul Freeman reported seeing a tall ape-like reddish-brown subject in a closed-access watershed. Forest Service personnel also documented associated footprints.

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Source records

UPI — Forest Service employee Bigfoot report

contemporaneous UPI / Forest Service-mediated report

The visual testimony and track evidence are separate evidence objects. Later Freeman-area tracks attracted hoax allegations and must not be pooled indiscriminately with the initial report.

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