Class B First-hand BFRO #31427

Memory of a possible night-time sighting as a youth playing 'Hide and Go Seek' in Holden Village

August 1978 around 10:30 PM Lake Chelan WA, Chelan County, Washington 1 witness

Account

A child playing a night game ran behind a maintenance shed and heard gravel move. About ten feet away, a huge dark figure crouched at chained garbage cans rose smoothly to stand very tall. The witness fled to tell adults, who suggested it was a bear or a person watching the children.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting

Sounds

Footsteps

Described appearance

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Height src: about 8 plus feet tall
Build src: huge, not stocky
Hair colour src: black
Arms src: long gangly arms with hair hanging from them
Posture src: hunkered over garbage cans then stood upright
Other features src: looked more like a man than a bear, had no ears

Facts & provenance

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Date	August 1978 Stated BFRO report #31427 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day	around 10:30 PM Stated BFRO report #31427 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place	Lake Chelan WA, Chelan County, Washington Stated BFRO report #31427 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	48.20, -120.77 (± 1000 m) Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence BFRO map layer point for report 31427 with published boundary
Account type	First-hand Stated BFRO report #31427 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	1 Stated BFRO report #31427 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported	1 Derived BFRO report #31427 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was	playing hide-and-seek with other children in the dark Stated BFRO report #31427 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	bear-man Stated BFRO report #31427 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class B Stated BFRO report #31427 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by: Darrel Verney (BFRO)

Source timeline

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BFRO report #31427 Primary

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