Two boys see a large animal wading in pond near Morton
Account
Two companions had spent the day fishing at dredged ponds and were leaving at dusk when they heard splashing. On the far side of a pond they saw a dark, broad-shouldered figure standing chest-deep in water with its back to them, repeatedly raising its arms to slap the water. They ran to a nearby house to report what they had seen.
What was reported
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Sightings
Context & caveats
Described appearance
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- Build src
- very broad shoulders
- Hair colour src
- real dark
- Arms src
- bring arms up to slap water
- Hands src
- down under the water
- Gait src
- wading away
- Posture src
- in water up to chest
- Age / size src
- much larger than human
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Date |
June 1996
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
getting dark
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| Place |
Morton, Lewis County, Washington
Stated
BFRO report #1781
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
46.56, -122.30 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 1781 (4 decimals, no boundary)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
2
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
fishing and walking out
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| Witness's word for it |
a sasquatch
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
What the source says was found or done. Claimed evidence is listed as claimed; the Anomadex has not examined it.
An investigator tracked the main witnesses accounts from 1996 onward and noted they remained consistent through winter 2001.
An investigator also spoke to the friends at the house where the witnesses ran, who said the witnesses appeared scared.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #1781 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference