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Class A First-hand BFRO #20802

Woman picking berries with family has daylight sighting near Clark Fork

15 August 1985 Late afternoon, full sunlight, clear day Clark Fork, Bonner County, Idaho 2 witnesses

Account

The witness was picking huckleberries with family members in a clearcut area when she sensed a presence and looked up. At about 100 yards she saw a very tall dark-brown hairy biped crest a knoll, step over stumps, glance toward her, and continue down a steep brushy slope out of sight. She felt no fear and noted its human-like arm swing and ease moving bipedally.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting

Described appearance

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Height src
very tall
Build src
large, powerful
Hair colour src
dark brown
Arms src
swung from side to side like human walking in stride
Gait src
stepped over stumps with ease
Posture src
on its back legs

Facts & provenance

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Date
15 August 1985
Stated BFRO report #20802 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day
Late afternoon, full sunlight, clear day
Stated BFRO report #20802 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Clark Fork, Bonner County, Idaho
Stated BFRO report #20802 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
48.26, -116.15 (± 7 km)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 20802 with published boundary
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #20802 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
2
Derived BFRO report #20802 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section · read with 70% confidence
Figures reported
1
Derived BFRO report #20802 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was
picking huckleberries
Stated BFRO report #20802 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
Sasquatch
Stated BFRO report #20802 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class A
Stated BFRO report #20802 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by
Nancy L. Jones (BFRO)
Follow-up

Witness joined students and teachers overnight at an old mine with tape recorders to follow up miners' stories and observed nothing unusual.

BFRO report, “Observed” section
Follow-up

A teacher took the witness's eyewitness report and sent it to a professor collecting sighting stories.

BFRO report, “Observed” section

Source timeline

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  1. BFRO report #20802 Primary
    Published 2007-08-12 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash c43e18448b3f
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization
  2. BFRO map layer Reference
    Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization

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