Class A First-hand BFRO #495

Passing motorist observes a tall, hairy animal in the headlights along a side road just off of the Orting-Kapowsin Highway

7 October 2000 about 9pm, full dark Graham, Pierce County, Washington 1 witness

Account

The witness was driving at night toward a farm-sit property when she noticed a very tall, broad figure moving upright on the other side of a fence. The figure traveled quickly in the opposite direction and soon left her view. She concluded it must have been a Sasquatch and later could find nothing in daylight that explained it.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting

Described appearance

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Height src: extremely tall
Build src: broad
Gait src: gait of a man
Posture src: completely upright
Clothing src: no lines indicating clothing
Other features src: completely uniform in color with no lines of demarcation

Facts & provenance

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Date	7 October 2000 Stated BFRO report #495 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day	about 9pm, full dark Stated BFRO report #495 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Place	Graham, Pierce County, Washington Stated BFRO report #495 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	47.03, -122.30 (± 1000 m) Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence BFRO map layer point for report 495 (4 decimals, no boundary)
Account type	First-hand Stated BFRO report #495 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	1 Derived BFRO report #495 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported	1 Derived BFRO report #495 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was	driving to farm-sit Stated BFRO report #495 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	a Sasquatch Stated BFRO report #495 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class A Stated BFRO report #495 · BFRO classification label

Source timeline

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BFRO report #495 Primary

Published 2000-10-23 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash d4293b6c6f14

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BFRO map layer Reference

Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7

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The report refers to

“rumors of a couple other recent sightings in the area”
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