First-hand Oregon Bigfoot #4541

Soldiers hear and see a creature near Cat Lake

May 1990 pre dawn dark hours Fort Lewis, Pierce County, Washington 13 witnesses

Account

A soldier camped with his platoon near a lake during a training exercise heard huffing and barking sounds approaching down a hill with shaking, cracking and falling trees. With a teammate he watched a large upright heavy broad-shouldered man-like figure step into the moonlit clearing, huff loudly, then run upright swinging its arms across the clearing and disappear. The whole platoon awoke and rapidly packed to move in the opposite direction.

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What was reported

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Sightings

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Sounds

Vocalization Footsteps

Physical traces

Tree break

Described appearance

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Build src: very heavy looking with broad shoulders
Arms src: swung arms in large arcs
Gait src: upright loping heavy run
Posture src: up-right
Age / size src: large
Other features src: very man-like

Facts & provenance

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Date	May 1990 Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #4541 · Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled field: Date
Time of day	pre dawn dark hours Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #4541 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Place	Fort Lewis, Pierce County, Washington Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #4541 · Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled fields: County, Nearest Town, Nearest Road, Location
Map point	47.0955, -122.5674 (± 15 km) Geocoded Oregon Bigfoot report #4541 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Fort Lewis CDP (GEOID 5324915), matched from nearest town 'Fort Lewis'
Account type	First-hand Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #4541 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Witnesses	13 Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #4541 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section · read with 80% confidence
Figures reported	1 Derived Oregon Bigfoot report #4541 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Witness was	overnighting during military training exercise Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #4541 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section · read with 85% confidence
Witness's word for it	a large up-right form Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #4541 · Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
Conditions	Clear Stated Oregon Bigfoot report #4541 · Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled field: Conditions

Evidence & investigation

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Tree damage

smaller trees fallen or knocked over as the source approached

Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section

Source timeline

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Oregon Bigfoot report #4541 Primary

Published 2009-01-08 Retrieved 2026-09-29 Version 1 Hash faf5be596687

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The report refers to

“Cat Lake Monster”
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