Class A First-hand BFRO #8777

Boy observes sasquatch on hillside near Orting

BFRO YEAR: 1998 ?- evening, starting to get dark but still light Orting, Pierce County, Washington 1 witness

Account

A child crossing a creek to climb a wooded hillside behind home heard a noise and saw a large muscular figure standing in the woods. The child ran back across the creek, looked back, and watched the figure look, then turn and walk uphill out of sight. The account was relayed years later by a relative after the child recognized a picture on a television tape.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting

Sounds

Vocalization

Described appearance

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Height src: about as big as house with eight-foot ceilings
Build src: big and muscular
Arms src: arms to about its knees, way longer than people's
Posture src: standing

Facts & provenance

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Time of day	evening, starting to get dark but still light Stated BFRO report #8777 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Place	Orting, Pierce County, Washington Stated BFRO report #8777 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	47.10, -122.24 (± 1000 m) Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence BFRO map layer point for report 8777 (4 decimals, no boundary)
Account type	First-hand Stated BFRO report #8777 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	1 Derived BFRO report #8777 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported	1 Derived BFRO report #8777 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was	crossing creek and climbing wooded hill behind house Stated BFRO report #8777 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	someone in a suit Stated BFRO report #8777 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class A Stated BFRO report #8777 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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

Follow-up

A relative revisited the hillside spot in May and found it brushy and swampy with a shallow creek.

BFRO report, “Observed” section

Source timeline

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BFRO report #8777 Primary

Published 2004-05-31 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash 4f74492810a7

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BFRO map layer Reference

Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7

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The report refers to

“recording of bigfoot sounds from Shaw Road in 1972”
Not in the Anomadex yet
“first encounter in Orting”
Not in the Anomadex yet