Camping group has night time sighting near the Dosewallips River
Account
The witness, then a teenager on a church group camping trip in the mountains, was sleeping apart from the group and watching the peaks. He noticed the jagged horizon looked smooth and swaying, realized it was the silhouette of a large standing animal at the foot of his sleeping bag, smelled a skunk-cabbage odor, hid under his bag, and later found it gone. Around the same time other children by a rock overhang shouted about seeing a big gorilla-like figure moving and walking away, which the adults dismissed.
What was reported
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Sightings
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Described appearance
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- Gait src
- walking away
- Posture src
- standing
- Age / size src
- large
- Other features src
- head and shoulders silhouette
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
Spring 1963
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| Time of day |
around 9 PM at night
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| Place |
Brinnon WA, Jefferson County, Washington
Stated
BFRO report #5299
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| Map point |
47.83, -123.21 (± 1000 m)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
9
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
sleeping outdoors in a sleeping bag, stargazing apart from group
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| Witness's word for it |
silouette of a large animal
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Source timeline
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BFRO report #5299 Primary
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