First-hand Bigfoot Society EP 322

Sasquatch sighting near Dillingham, Alaska (1983)

1983 Dillingham, Alaska 1 witness

Account

The guest as a young child slipped away from family at his grandmother's property to work on a tree fort. About seventy yards ahead in tall willows he saw a large shadowy figure he first mistook for an uncle. The figure gave a blood-curdling scream and the child ran back to the house.

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Date	1983 Stated Bigfoot Society EP 322 · transcript:00:04:06-00:06:08
Place	Dillingham, Alaska Stated Bigfoot Society EP 322 · transcript:00:04:06-00:06:08 · read with 80% confidence
Map point	59.0605, -158.5323 (± 15 km) Geocoded Bigfoot Society EP 322 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Dillingham city (GEOID 0218950), matched from nearest town 'Dillingham'
Account type	First-hand Derived Bigfoot Society EP 322 · transcript:00:04:06-00:06:08
Witnesses	1 Derived Bigfoot Society EP 322 · transcript:00:04:06-00:06:08 · read with 80% confidence
Figures reported	1 Derived Bigfoot Society EP 322 · transcript:00:04:06-00:06:08 · read with 80% confidence
Witness was	working on tree fort Stated Bigfoot Society EP 322 · transcript:00:04:06-00:06:08
Witness's word for it	big shadow Stated Bigfoot Society EP 322 · transcript:00:04:06-00:06:08
Creature	Sasquatch / Bigfoot Derived Bigfoot Society EP 322 · transcript:00:04:06-00:06:08 · read with 85% confidence

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Bigfoot Society EP 322 Podcast Interview

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