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Class A First-hand BFRO #40524

Photo taken of a possible print near Lake Esler and memory told of a daylight sighting near Deerhead Lake

24 June 2012 around 10:30 in the morning Argenta, Beaverhead County, Montana 4 witnesses

Account

The witness had left a truck stuck and flooded in overflow water near a lake in late June 2012. When he returned the next morning with friends to tow it out, they found a large, very fresh footprint about 30 feet from the truck. They photographed the print with a hat for scale and speculated it had come down a ravine to look at the truck before stepping over a snowbank into the woods.

Summary drafted by AI from the source report and checked by code before I publish it. The witness's own words remain with the publisher — read the original report .

What was reported

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Physical traces

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Facts & provenance

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Date
24 June 2012
Stated BFRO report #40524 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day
around 10:30 in the morning
Stated BFRO report #40524 · BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section · read with 85% confidence
Place
Argenta, Beaverhead County, Montana
Stated BFRO report #40524 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
45.37, -112.97 (± 1000 m)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 40524 (4 decimals, no boundary)
Account type
First-hand
Derived BFRO report #40524 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
4
Derived BFRO report #40524 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section · read with 70% confidence
Witness was
returning to tow a stuck truck
Stated BFRO report #40524 · BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Witness's word for it
sasquatch
Stated BFRO report #40524 · BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section · read with 85% confidence
Source classification
Class A
Stated BFRO report #40524 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by
R. Monteith (BFRO)
Tracks

Large very fresh footprint found about 30 feet from stuck truck, with one additional step over a snowbank into the woods

Measurements: about 30 feet from the truck

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Photograph

Photo of the footprint with a cowboy hat placed beside it for scale

Measurements: His hat is 10 inches wide

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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  1. BFRO report #40524 Primary
    Published 2013-03-23 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 2 images at source Hash 18994b2db555
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization
  2. BFRO map layer Reference
    Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7
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