Don L. Hunter interview about Bigfoot sighting

Collection

Identifier: SR2001

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Don L. Hunter interview about Bigfoot sighting

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Scope and Contents

This oral history interview with Don L. Hunter was conducted by Ben Trippett and Lee Trippett at the Del Rey Cafe in Eugene, Oregon, on October 18, 1963. In this interview, Hunter discusses an encounter with Bigfoot at Todd Lake in 1942. He describes the creature’s physical characteristics, its movement, its sound, and its smell. Ben Trippett and Lee Trippett then speak at length about multiple other reported Sasquatch sightings. They all speak about the commonalities among the reports. Ben Trippett and Lee Trippett speak at length about their Bigfoot research, and Hunter ends the recording with a description of the audio reproduction process.

Dates

Creation: 1963 October 18

Creator

Hunter, Don L. (Donald Lawrence), 1914-2016 (Interviewee, Person)
Trippett, Ben (Interviewer, Person)
Trippett, Lee (Interviewer, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Joint copyright for this interview is held by the estates of Don L. Hunter, Ben Trippett, and Lee Trippett. Use is allowed according to the following statement: In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Biographical note

Donald Lawrence Hunter was born in Eugene, Oregon, in 1914. As a teenager, he began collecting sound, making his first recording in 1932. In 1937, he became a serious photographer. Later, Hunter became the official recordist for Eugene's first radio station, KORE. He earned a degree in electrical engineering from University of Nebraska. In 1939, he and Delores May Van Cleve were married. He served in the Signal Corps during World War II. In 1947, he started working at the University of Oregon and established the school's audiovisual department. He also worked for the physics department, teaching photography and physics laboratory courses, as well as for a maker of neon signs in Eugene. He was active in lobbying the federal government to preserve the Three Sisters Wilderness Area. He died in 2016.

Extent

.1 Cubic Feet (1 audiocassette (52 min., 20 sec.))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Interview with Don L. Hunter conducted by Ben Trippett and Lee Trippett on October 18, 1963. Hunter discusses a Bigfoot sighting he had at Todd Lake in 1942.

Existence and Location of Copies

Audio available online in OHS Digital Collections.

Related Materials

An additional interview with Don L. Hunter, SR 2000, and the Don L. Hunter photography collection, Org. Lot 1373, are also held by the Oregon Historical Society Research Library.