Oregon summer of 1953. 1 bigfoot creatures involved

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Encounter date: n/a
Year: 1953
Season: summer
Time of day: day
Duration: brief
Story Originator: 2nd person
Reported by: unnamed fisherman quoted by Kieth Soesbe
Terrain: canyon
Lighting: daylight
State: Oregon
Nearest Town: Sandy (Pop. 3000)
County: Clackamas County
Coordinates: Lat 45205- Lon 122053-
Distance to Town: 9 Miles
Number of Creatures: 1
Creature Types: one large, sex unknown
Photographed: NO
Tracks: n/a
Tracks Cast: NO
Tracks Photographed: NO
Creature Fired At: Bullet Missed Creature
Effect of Firearm: n/a
Superhuman Action: n/a
Trees Undergrowth: Species n/a, Variety: n/a, Tree Cover: n/a, Tree Condition: n/a, Tree Type: n/a, Tree Abborations: n/a, Undergrowth: n/a, Undergrowth Type: n/a
Slope: valley bottom, Slope Was Facing: n/a
Nearby water: creek
Distance to water: close
Substratum: n/a
Snow condition: n/a
Weather condition: n/a, Heat: n/a, Wetness: n/a, Snow: n/a, Temp: n/a, Wind: n/a, Clarity: n/a, Humidity: n/a
JG Incident type: 1
JG File Date: 1963
JG Source date: AUG 05 1963
JG Source type: newspaper
JG Source reliability rank: 5
JG Source incident rank: 5
JG Visibility Index: 6
Related incident id: n/a
Fisherman told his two companions that while fishing a pool in the Alder Creek canyon he felt an unnpleasant sensation and looked up to see a huge, hair-covered creature resembling both man and beast watching him from a thicket. It suddenly vanished into deep shadows.