Historical Witness

Paul Freeman

Blue Mountains near Walla Walla, Washington1982-06
Location archiveWashington
Profile overview

At a glance

Encounter period1982-06
RegionBlue Mountains near Walla Walla, Washington
Direct visualNot stated
Repeat / ongoingNot stated
Co-witness / corroborationNot stated
Primary sourceUPI — Forest Service employee Bigfoot report
Exact locators1
Media / transcript records1
Encounter & observations

The encounter

Context

contemporaneous UPI / Forest Service-mediated report.

1982-06 · Blue Mountains, Washington

Tiger Creek / Paul Freeman 1982

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

Open case →

What the witness reported

LOC-0019

Source-linked observations — LOC-0019

  • reddish-brown hair
  • face less hair-covered
  • continuous bipedal walking
  • rank odor
  • 14 x 7 inch reported tracks

Original source ↗ Open locator →

Media

Watch, listen & read

1 source record1 playable here0 transcripts located
Video interviewJuly 30, 2013

Bigfoot Researcher Paul Freeman: His final interview

YouTube — Jack Barnes Jeff Andersen

Recovered video interview discussing Freeman film and Sasquatch research; useful historical media layer.

Transcript
Open original source ↗
Sources & changes

Key source passages

LOC-0019

UPI Archives — Forest Service employee reports tall reddish-brown creature

A Forest Service spokesman relays Freeman's report of an ape-like subject covered with reddish-brown hair except for the face, walking on its hind legs throughout, with a rank odor; associated tracks were reported as 14 by 7 inches.

Exact locator → Original source ↗

Source chronology

1982-06

Reported encounter period

Blue Mountains near Walla Walla, Washington. 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.

Open source/record →
Recovered source

UPI — Forest Service employee Bigfoot report

Source supporting this witness profile: UPI — Forest Service employee Bigfoot report

Open source/record ↗

Changes over time

Added later

  • 2013-07-30: historical later-source testimony; chronology layer — Bigfoot Researcher Paul Freeman: His final interview

Unresolved

  • Later evidence contested
  • Audit 1982 vs later evidence separately
Research assessment

Research assessment

Corroboration & evidence

Independent corroboration not established in this profile

No independently recovered co-witness statement is currently linked at the profile level.

Documentary strengths

  • Already qualified for the Observatory's public baseline witness corpus.
  • Recoverable source URL is preserved.
  • 1 exact source locator record(s) currently recovered.

Limitations / controls

  • Current profile is primarily dependent on one entered source layer.

What would improve the record

  • Search for earlier or independent firsthand source layers.