Hiker sees, attempts to photograph a sasquatch in the Columbia Gorge
Account
While hiking alone and descending a dry trail, the witness heard a loud crashing nearby and saw a large black ape-like animal running uphill, visible from the waist up. The animal tripped, caught itself, showed its face in profile, then disappeared while a fallen tree rocked and a possible face was glimpsed. The witness photographed the area, heard and saw nothing further, found no other tracks, and later found possible scat in the direction the animal headed.
What was reported
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Described appearance
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- Build src
- powerful back and shoulders
- Hair colour src
- black
- Face src
- distinct nose in profile, little else distinguishable
- Gait src
- running up steep hillside
- Age / size src
- large, a lot bigger than witness
- Other features src
- very large massive head rising to distinct hump
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
24 September 2002
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
about 4 p.m.
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| Place |
Cascade Locks, Hood River County, Oregon
Stated
BFRO report #5100
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
45.64, -121.87 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 5100 (4 decimals, no boundary)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
1
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
hiking alone on a trail
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| Witness's word for it |
what looked like a large guerrilla
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
What the source says was found or done. Claimed evidence is listed as claimed; the Anomadex has not examined it.
Digital photo of possible face and shoulders, poor quality; lightened version appears to show a head and a larger tan shape in background; investigator notes distance and foliage prevent detail.
The witness explored a nearby spur about two days later and found a flat tar-like scat pile of large-human size.
The witness returned to the site twice to relocate the exact photo position and check the view.
The witness explored a nearby spur about two days later and found a flat tar-like scat pile of large-human size.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #5100 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference
The report refers to
- “Reports on this website around Eagle Creek area”Not in the Anomadex yet
- “sightings that have taken place on the I-84 freeway”Not in the Anomadex yet