Class A First-hand BFRO #1670

Large footprint find, large creature witnessed by a school bus driver

1958 Arlington, Snohomish County, Washington 2 witnesses

Account

Two relatives living on a farm reported a strong odor in their dairy barn followed by footprints in the barn lot leading toward dense forest. A few days later additional tracks were found near a creek and plaster casts were made. At the time the residents said they had never heard of Bigfoot and interpreted the activity as contact with some kind of giant.

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What was reported

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Facts & provenance

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Date
1958
Stated BFRO report #1670 · BFRO report, labelled field: Year
Place
Arlington, Snohomish County, Washington
Stated BFRO report #1670 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
48.25, -121.94 (± 1000 m)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 1670 (4 decimals, no boundary)
Account type
First-hand
Derived BFRO report #1670 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 75% confidence
Witnesses
2
Derived BFRO report #1670 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 80% confidence
Witness's word for it
a giant of some sort
Stated BFRO report #1670 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 85% confidence
Source classification
Class A
Stated BFRO report #1670 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Tracks

footprints in the barn lot leading toward dense forest

BFRO report, “Observed” section
Tracks

tracks found next to the creek a few days later

BFRO report, “Observed” section
Cast

plaster of Paris casts made of the tracks

BFRO report, “Observed” section
Follow-up

The reporter returned to the former property in 1990 to look for the original casts reportedly left in the sawmill.

BFRO report, “Also Noticed” section

Source timeline

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  1. Published 1997-12-23 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash 0b18753fa51b
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization
  2. BFRO map layer Reference
    Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization

The report refers to

  • “Pg. 96, C1”
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