Class B First-hand BFRO #25462

Man remembers an encounter while fly fishing at a remote lake in the Olympic Mountains near Hood Canal

15 August 1980 Around 6 PM Brinnon, Jefferson County, Washington 1 witness

Account

In the summer of 1979 or 1980, the witness was fly fishing at a lake near Mt. Jupiter while camping with a companion. He noticed in peripheral vision a reddish-brown figure moving around a recently vacated campsite and then striding rapidly into the woods. He realized afterward the stride and arm swing seemed unusual and compared it to the Patterson film he had seen earlier. He and his companion later checked the rocky campsite but found no tracks.

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What was reported

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Sightings

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Described appearance

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Height src: 7-8 feet tall
Build src: very massively built
Hair colour src: brownish reddish color
Arms src: arms swinging
Gait src: big stride
Clothing src: no clothing seen

Facts & provenance

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Date	15 August 1980 Stated BFRO report #25462 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day	Around 6 PM Stated BFRO report #25462 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place	Brinnon, Jefferson County, Washington Stated BFRO report #25462 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	47.72, -123.05 (± 1000 m) Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence BFRO map layer point for report 25462 with published boundary
Account type	First-hand Derived BFRO report #25462 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	1 Stated BFRO report #25462 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported	1 Derived BFRO report #25462 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was	fly fishing along lakeshore Stated BFRO report #25462 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	a figure Stated BFRO report #25462 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class B Stated BFRO report #25462 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by: Scott Taylor (BFRO)

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BFRO report #25462 Primary

Published 2009-02-09 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash 29b6c7e3d8c7

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