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Witness Directory

Explore public witness records represented in the Observatory. Each profile preserves testimony, source history and later updates without treating visibility as a credibility score.

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Some witness records contain substantially more source material, interviews, media and connected research than others. These profiles are useful starting points for exploring how the Observatory organizes testimony over time.

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Todd Neiss

Multiple interviews and a source history useful for longitudinal comparison.

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Ron Morehead

Substantial interview and media material connected to the research record.

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Detailed testimony

Mel Skahan

Firsthand material and context useful for examining the account across sources.

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Multi-source depth

Brian Gosselin

Source material supporting exploration of chronology, description and later retellings.

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Mark Parker

A rich combination of testimony, source material and related research context.

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Paul Freeman

Witness material, field investigation, evidence claims and archival sources.

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184 public witness profiles
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Dustin Dean

Dustin Dean reports seeing an upright, reddish-brown-haired figure near Highway 80 in Upshur County, Texas, at approximately 1:20 a.m. on June 12, 2026. His passenger did not witness the figure; no dashcam recording is documented.

1 source-linked document
Texas archive
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Katrina (Oregon)

Katrina describes knocking from different directions, tree movement, an unusual odor and a partly obscured dark shape during a family hike in an undisclosed Oregon coastal forest. The account is firsthand testimony; no creature identification or independent corroboration is established.

1 original interview source
Oregon archive
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Craig Woolheater (Louisiana)

Craig Woolheater recounts a brief reported roadside sighting of an upright, gray-haired figure in Louisiana on May 30, 1994. His own 2014 written account is the primary source; no independent physical confirmation is established.

1 original podcast interview
Louisiana archive
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Donny Schmidt

Donny Schmidt reports seeing a broad, reddish-haired figure rise on two legs during a June 13, 2026 hike above Deadwood Dam, Idaho. He first considered ordinary wildlife; no independent photographic or physical evidence is presented.

1 source-linked document
Idaho archive
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Marlene (public first-name label)

Marlene says she and three relatives were descending snowy logging road in vehicle when tall brown hair-covered upright figure crossed and turned its head; no stopping or direct measurement.

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Ryan (public first-name label)

Witness describes approximately 15-minute observation of tall reddish-brown hair-covered upright figure moving cattails at alpine lake, then departing; next day he estimated height from branch at about eight feet. All claims are witness interpretation, not measured evidence.

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Lori Crowson

Guest reports seeing a figure near a picnic site while leaving with family; specific dimensions unverified

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Terra Filmer-Larson — Lake Crescent Lodge, 2006

In a publicly attributed written report submitted in August 2026, Terra Filmer-Larson describes a brief dusk sighting of a large, dark, upright figure moving through forest near Lake Crescent Lodge employee housing in Olympic National Park, Washington, around late August 2006.

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Sean (Shadowyze) — Chipley, Florida, 2022

Publicly identified as Sean and recording artist Shadowyze, the witness recounts a 2022 field-survey encounter near Chipley, Florida, in which he and a coworker briefly saw a tall indistinct figure and later a fur-covered form moving through swamp water.

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Clayton Sims

Reported August 23, 2026 nighttime visual encounter in Larue County, Kentucky after apparent knocks and a whistle response.

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Jay (Cadiz, Kentucky)

Reported August 19, 1966 close visual encounter near Cadiz, Kentucky while a large hair-covered figure pursued wild pigs.

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Danny Watson

Reported May/June 2025 Oregon visual encounter after vocalizations and other claimed activity.

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James Lady

Named witness James Lady describes a mid-September 2016 southern Ohio nighttime sighting after deliberately spending several nights seeking a Sasquatch; he also reports later Michigan experiences and audio recordings.

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Donald Anderson

Named bowhunter who submitted BFRO Report 82619 concerning two unidentified howls heard at 07:30 on 2026-09-28 at Diamond Bay, Lake Norfork, Baxter County, Arkansas.

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A witness profile is a source-linked research record, not a credibility score. Earliest testimony, later interviews, media appearances and changes over time remain chronologically distinct.

New source layer — September 25, 2026

Bigfoot Society: “Hunter Looked Up—and a Blond Bigfoot Was 20 Feet Away.” Classified as stable/repeated detail relative to the earlier Whiteface Reservoir account.

Fouke stories and third-party reports are not Joel firsthand encounter evidence.

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