Class B First-hand BFRO #4604

Daytime sighting by young camper at Lost Lake

BFRO YEAR: 1994-96 about 2 or 3 pm Lost Lake OR, Hood River County, Oregon 2 witnesses

Account

While hiking near a creek behind a store at Lost Lake, the witness saw a crouched dark-gray figure that looked like a fallen tree or stump. The witness left to retrieve a camera, marking the spot with a rock pile. When returning about 15 minutes later, the figure was gone and the rock pile had been knocked over. A companion was also present and saw the figure.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting

Interaction

Property disturbance

Context & caveats

Possible misidentification

Described appearance

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Hair colour src: dark and light gray, like driftwood
Eyes src: dark features that kind resembled eyes
Arms src: arms coming across a leg
Legs src: a leg with arms across it
Posture src: sitting over feet in a crouched position
Other features src: looked like fallen tree with broken stump

Facts & provenance

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Time of day	about 2 or 3 pm Stated BFRO report #4604 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place	Lost Lake OR, Hood River County, Oregon Stated BFRO report #4604 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	45.50, -121.82 (± 1000 m) Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence BFRO map layer point for report 4604 (4 decimals, no boundary)
Account type	First-hand Stated BFRO report #4604 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	2 Derived BFRO report #4604 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported	1 Derived BFRO report #4604 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 70% confidence
Witness was	camping and hiking Stated BFRO report #4604 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	what appeared to be a fallen tree with a broken stump about 6ft up Stated BFRO report #4604 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class B Stated BFRO report #4604 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Follow-up

An investigator spoke with the witness and recorded that the figure had looked like a stump until it disappeared.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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BFRO report #4604 Primary

Published 2002-07-05 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash 79b0b46e3c8d

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Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7

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