Class C Third-hand BFRO #2440

Camp cook sees a sasquatch at a logging camp while loggers were away from camp

1950–1959 British Columbia 1 witness

Account

A cook at a remote logging camp reportedly saw a being she described as a sasquatch while the crew was away cutting trees. The account is presented as a long-circulating story among local old residents, said to date to the early 1950s. No visual details of the being are given in the report.

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Date
1950–1959
Stated BFRO report #2440 · BFRO report, labelled field: Year
Place
British Columbia
Stated BFRO report #2440 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Province, Location Details
Account type
Third-hand
Derived BFRO report #2440 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 80% confidence
Witnesses
1
Derived BFRO report #2440 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 80% confidence
Figures reported
1
Derived BFRO report #2440 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 75% confidence
Witness was
preparing food in logging camp
Stated BFRO report #2440 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Witness's word for it
a sasquatch
Stated BFRO report #2440 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class C
Stated BFRO report #2440 · BFRO classification label

Source timeline

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  1. Published 1998-02-22 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash a92db07dfdf9
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization

The report refers to

  • “history book called Peachland memories”
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