Class A First-hand BFRO #12158

Young boy views bigfoot through window

2 February 1979 dawn Cascade, Valley County, Idaho 1 witness

Account

At dawn on a snowy morning a child resting on a living-room couch noticed a moving shape reflected in the television screen and then looked out the window. A large hairy face was peering inside from a few feet away and looked directly at the child. The terrified child fled upstairs to a relative, and holes in the snow were later seen where the figure had stood.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Partial sighting

Sounds

Vocalization

Physical traces

Tracks

Described appearance

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Height src: close to 8 feet tall
Build src: broader than the 3' wide window
Hair length src: longer hair
Face src: like a gorilla
Eyes src: smarter eyes

Facts & provenance

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Date	2 February 1979 Stated BFRO report #12158 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day	dawn Stated BFRO report #12158 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Place	Cascade, Valley County, Idaho Stated BFRO report #12158 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	44.58, -116.08 (± 11 km) Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence BFRO map layer point for report 12158 with published boundary
Account type	First-hand Stated BFRO report #12158 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	1 Derived BFRO report #12158 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section · read with 80% confidence
Figures reported	1 Derived BFRO report #12158 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was	lying on couch waiting for morning cartoons Stated BFRO report #12158 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	a sasquatch Stated BFRO report #12158 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class A Stated BFRO report #12158 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by: Roland Wolfe (BFRO)

Tracks

individual step holes in deep snow where the figure reportedly stood, with no drag marks between prints, partly filled in when later viewed

BFRO report, “Also Noticed” section

Follow-up

An investigator re-contacted the witness years later and recorded additional details about the sighting.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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BFRO report #12158 Primary

Published 2005-07-25 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash 84b36c869ce0

BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization
BFRO map layer Reference

Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7

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The report refers to

“old local newspaper with a story”
Not in the Anomadex yet
“reports from that time period and county on the BFRO web site”
Not in the Anomadex yet