Long range sighting of a tall, fast-moving animal traversing a snow field below Table Mountain (Mt. Baker area)
Account
The witnesses were having lunch outdoors when they noticed a dark figure standing erect and moving quickly uphill across a snow and ice field below a mountain. They watched it for several minutes until it went over a ridge, concluding its speed and sustained upright posture were unlike a person or bear. A ranger suggested a bear, but no one else present reported seeing the object.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Build src
- large
- Hair colour src
- black
- Gait src
- fast up the ice field
- Posture src
- stood erect
- Other features src
- very dark and taller than wide or long
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
9 September 2001
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
about 2pm
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| Place |
Glacier/Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington
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| Map point |
48.51, -121.25 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 3107 (4 decimals, no boundary)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
2
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
picnicking and eating lunch
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| Witness's word for it |
large black figure
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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.
Small-format photos of distant figure sent for enlargement; enlargements showed no discernible figure in one and only an indistinct shape in the other.
An investigator interviewed the witnesses by phone and had submitted film negatives enlarged, finding no discernible figure.
An investigator interviewed the witnesses by phone and had submitted film negatives enlarged, finding no discernible figure.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #3107 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference