Class B First-hand BFRO #6864

Campers hear footfalls, rock clicking and find foorprints

August 2003 between 2:00am - 3:00am Maple Falls, Whatcom County, Washington 2 witnesses

Account

The witness was camping overnight with friends in the Mount Baker National Forest near the river. Between 2 and 3 a.m. she heard movement approach her tent and brush against it, while a companion in a truck reportedly felt a nudge and saw a fleeting shadow. The next morning the witness found multiple large footprints around her tent, the trail and vehicles and made a plaster cast of the clearest one. While waiting alone in camp later that day she heard persistent clicking from the woods and felt watched.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Physical traces

Described appearance

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Hair colour src
black
Hair length src
about an inch and a half in length
Feet src
12 1/4" in length and 7 1/4' in width
Age / size src
adolescent
Other features src
definitely larger than any man's foot

Facts & provenance

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Date
August 2003
Stated BFRO report #6864 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day
between 2:00am - 3:00am
Stated BFRO report #6864 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Maple Falls, Whatcom County, Washington
Stated BFRO report #6864 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
48.91, -121.70 (± 1000 m)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 6864 (4 decimals, no boundary)
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #6864 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
2
Derived BFRO report #6864 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Witness was
camping overnight with friends
Stated BFRO report #6864 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
something
Stated BFRO report #6864 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class B
Stated BFRO report #6864 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

What the source says was found or done. Claimed evidence is listed as claimed; the Anomadex has not examined it.

Investigated by
Dr. Wolf H. Fahrenbach (BFRO)
Tracks

12 footprints found around tent, trail and vehicles with one suitable for casting

BFRO report, “Also Noticed” section
Cast

Plaster cast of footprint beside tent

Measurements: 12 1/4" long, 7 1/4' wide, 7/8' deep

BFRO report, “Observed” section
Hair

Black hairs about an inch and a half long embedded in cast

Measurements: about an inch and a half in length

BFRO report, “Observed” section

Source timeline

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  1. Published 2003-09-09 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash 9263db0dd05d
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  2. BFRO map layer Reference
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