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TripAdvisor – Explore Falls City
OK, you say why is Falls City, Oregon in a website about being “Your Guide to Bigfoot Themed Location, Theories, and More?”
Bigfoot activity? Yes.
Bigfoot movie filmed in Falls City? Yes.
Amazing waterfall/park/and trail? Yes.
A closer satellite view…
Falls City Falls, Screenshot close-up, courtesy of Google Maps.
The namesake is a dramatic water fall with park and trail. The falls plummet as it continues as Little Luckiamute Creek, which meanders eastward until it hits the Willamette River.
Wikipedia – Little Luckiamute River
Falls City, Falls; photo by Kristen Ness, property of Bigfoot Eruption.
The north side of the park is a make-shift parking area that leads to the cliffs of the falls. Many seem to congregate there. It was unclear if swimmers would jump from high above. We would guess the creek below is not deep enough for that.
The other side of the creek, or river, was heavily shaded. You could not see the falls as well, but only because of the angle. It was still there but at this point you are upstream from it. People waded in the water, and cooled off their feet.
Falls City, Falls; photo by Kristen Ness, property of Bigfoot Eruption.
The trail was calling; maybe another day.
Falls City, Falls; photo by Kristen Ness, property of Bigfoot Eruption.
It would be nice would to donate picnic tables, a bathroom, and maybe place Bigfoot Statues along the trail. We can dream.
It turns out Falls city is a dead end, which makes us want to know more of the towns history.
Wikipedia – Falls City, Oregon
Wiki 2 – Wikipedia Republished – Falls City, Oregon
So it was a logging community, back in the day. If you consider this, it is a perfect location for when logging was even bigger than it is today.
We drove back out the way we came, a mile and a half to the Kings Valley Highway Junction. We headed south, and found a couple historic covered bridges before we hit the Corvallis-Newport Highway (Highway 20). This junction all the way to highway 20 took less than 40 minutes.
IMDb – Infamous Oregon Bigfoot Footage and More
We actually can’t find any information about the movie filmed in this area. It was a film shot mostly in California, and then filmed some scenes in Falls City. We learned of this from a news article given to us by either Ms. Henry, or Ms. Kampii, both of Oregon. Of if we could only find that newspaper article!
BFRO/Reported Sightings – Oregon/Polk County
BFRO/Reported Sightings -Oregon/Polk County/Falls City
This Falls City Report shares about Bigoot Tracks. Interesting that our Salem and Lebanon Oregon Contact, Dawn Brunson had these photos to share from a 2018 trip to Falls City…
Dawn and roommate visit Falls City; photo property of Dawn.
Always take a photo, even if you are not sure…
Dawn and roommate visit Falls City; photo property of Dawn.
More info about this region:
Looks like the Coastal Range and Falls City area; Image by M. Maggs from Pixabay.
Image by M. Maggs from Pixabay.
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As we drove east back to the Kings Valley Highway and Headed south, we saw something that Oregon is well know for, historic covered bridges. One right before Kings Valley…
Covered Bridge, drive-by-photo; photo by Kristen Ness, property of Bigfoot Eruption.
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