Class A
First-hand
BFRO #1772
Family encounters large "gorilla" along road west of Morton
11 October 2000
early evening about 6:40 as light fading
Morton, Lewis County, Washington
3 witnesses
Account
A driver traveling home with two children stopped after spotting an animal hunched in a ditch. The animal stood upright and walked slowly across the road in front of the car, appearing injured with blood on its side, then descended an embankment toward woods leading to a river. The occupants described it as bear-like at first but then gorilla-like, muscular, and walking on two legs.
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What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Build src
- athletic and muscular from waist down, big strong upper body, wide triangular back and shoulders
- Hair colour src
- sandy brown and black
- Face src
- sad expression
- Arms src
- arm slouched to one side
- Hands src
- big hands
- Feet src
- big feet
- Gait src
- walked on two legs, really slow
- Posture src
- stood upright, slouched forward and to one side
- Other features src
- apparent gunshot wound in right lower back with blood and matted hair, pointed ears protruding through hair, black leathery skin around nose and eyes
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
11 October 2000
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| Time of day |
early evening about 6:40 as light fading
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| Place |
Morton, Lewis County, Washington
Stated
BFRO report #1772
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
46.57, -122.30 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 1772 (4 decimals, no boundary)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
3
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
driving home from a shopping trip
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| Witness's word for it |
a gorilla
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Source timeline
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