Source Record

UPI — Forest Service employee Bigfoot report

A permanent provenance record connected to witness and case pages.

Verified source layerSRC-4.2-007

Bibliographic record

UPI — Forest Service employee Bigfoot report

Source date1982-06-12
Source typecontemporaneous UPI / Forest Service-mediated report
WitnessPaul Freeman
EventTiger Creek watershed sighting

Research role

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.

tallreddish-brown hairhairless faceupright entire timerank odor

Provenance control

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.