Class B First-hand BFRO #391

Blocking of walking trail

Spring 1999 one afternoon Bothell, Canyon Park, Snohomish County, Washington 1 witness

Account

The witness regularly walked a wooded trail near office buildings during lunch. One afternoon in May 1999 the witness found a young tree freshly snapped off high up and laid across the trail to block it, with no sign of sawing, wind, or vehicle contact. The witness showed the scene to a coworker the next day and cleared the trail, and later wondered whether the damage could be related to Bigfoot. No creature was seen and no footprints or hair were checked.

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Date
Spring 1999
Stated BFRO report #391 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Season
Time of day
one afternoon
Stated BFRO report #391 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Place
Bothell, Canyon Park, Snohomish County, Washington
Stated BFRO report #391 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
47.79, -122.19 (± 1000 m)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 391 (4 decimals, no boundary)
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #391 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
1
Derived BFRO report #391 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section · read with 80% confidence
Witness was
walking a wooded corporate-park trail on lunch break
Stated BFRO report #391 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class B
Stated BFRO report #391 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by
Matthew Moneymaker (BFRO)
Tree damage

freshly snapped young tree laid across trail blocking it

Measurements: trunk about 5 inches in diameter, tree about 25 feet long, snapped about ten feet up

BFRO report, “Observed” section

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