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Class A First-hand BFRO #3281

At night, soldier in training has sighting at Ft. Lewis

April 1979 between 8:00-10:00PM, dark In The Rainier Training Area North Of Rainier And West Of Yelm., Thurston County, Washington 2 witnesses

Account

During a nighttime military evasion exercise, the witness walked forward to look for his sergeant and heard heavy footsteps. A large dark hulking figure appeared briefly at the end of a clearing about 50 feet away and ran about 20 feet into the woods. The sergeant arrived from another angle and also reported seeing a dark form running away, and both later agreed it was not a deer, bear, human or other animal.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Partial sighting

Sounds

Footsteps

Described appearance

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Build src
large and hulking
Gait src
ran
Other features src
dark figure

Facts & provenance

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Date
April 1979
Stated BFRO report #3281 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day
between 8:00-10:00PM, dark
Stated BFRO report #3281 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
In The Rainier Training Area North Of Rainier And West Of Yelm., Thurston County, Washington
Stated BFRO report #3281 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
46.97, -122.69 (± 1322 m)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 3281 with published boundary
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #3281 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
2
Derived BFRO report #3281 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported
1
Derived BFRO report #3281 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was
participating in military escape-and-evasion training exercise
Stated BFRO report #3281 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
large, dark and hulking figure
Stated BFRO report #3281 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class A
Stated BFRO report #3281 · BFRO classification label

Source timeline

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  1. BFRO report #3281 Primary
    Published 2001-10-30 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash e0ffc1b7375c
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization
  2. BFRO map layer Reference
    Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization

The report refers to

  • “incident that took place in August, 1967 in the same area”
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