First-hand
Bigfoot Society EP 514
Sasquatch sighting near Dillingham, Alaska (1983)
1983
Dillingham, Alaska
1 witness
Account
As a child the witness slipped away from family at his grandmother's house to work on a tree fort. About seventy yards from tall willows he looked up, saw a large shadow, mistook it for an uncle, then it screamed at him and he fled back to the house.
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What was reported
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Sightings
Sounds
Described appearance
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- Other features src
- big shadow in the willows
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
1983
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|---|---|
| Place |
Dillingham, Alaska
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| Map point |
59.0605, -158.5323 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Dillingham city (GEOID 0218950), matched from nearest town 'Dillingham'
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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 |
building a tree fort
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| Witness's word for it |
big shadow
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| Creature |
Sasquatch / Bigfoot
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Source timeline
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