Other / Unknown · The Dalles, Oregon · 1894

OR-1894ID case-2a76ef784aFallback locationAdded to map Oct 11, 2026

Creature: Other / Unknown
When: Aug 26, 1894to the day
Where: The Dalles, Oregonfallback location
Reports: 1 document1 independent

The account

Hon. E. B. Dufur reports that the animal was much larger than a cougar, had eyes shining with a deep red gleam, and left tracks nearly round measuring over four feet in diameter.

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Details

Creature: Other / Unknown
Where: The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon, 97058, United States
mapped to town level · from the newspaper's printing town, not where it was seen
Fallback location (drawn hollow on the map): this is the newspaper's printing town, not where it was seen.
When: Aug 26, 1894
Account: Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
Backed by: 1 independent source
Added to map: Oct 11, 2026
Case id: case-2a76ef784a

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Source trail (1)

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Image 3 of The Dalles daily chronicle (The Dalles, Or.), August 30, 1894
Newspaper · 1894-08-30
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