Young horseback rider has a face-to-face encounter in the Rattlesnake Wilderness Area
Account
When the witness was about 10 or 11, they were riding a horse through a meadow bordering wilderness near Missoula in summer. The horse stopped and the witness saw a tall figure peeking from behind a tree about 10 feet away. The figure stood silently watching, and the witness turned the horse around and rode home.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- at least 7 or more feet taller than myself
- Posture src
- peeking out from behind a tree, stood there looking
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
Summer 1977
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| Place |
Outskirts Of Missoula MT, Missoula County, Montana
Stated
BFRO report #1614
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details
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| Map point |
46.98, -113.84 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 1614 (4 decimals, no boundary)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
1
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
riding a horse
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| Witness's word for it |
a bigfoot
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Source timeline
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BFRO report #1614 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference