Class A
First-hand
BFRO #5453
Large bipedal animal seen 5 miles East of Packwood on Hwy 12
15 November 1969
about 1-2 am
Packwood, Lewis County, Washington
1 witness
Account
The witness was driving west over the pass late at night when headlights revealed a tall hair-covered biped coming up a roadside bank on the right. The animal stepped over a guardrail without reacting to the car and walked up the hill as the witness slowed and passed in the left lane. The brief sighting lasted seconds, and the witness concluded it was not a bear or known ape.
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- eight feet tall or taller
- Hair colour src
- black with brown highlights
- Face src
- did not have typical bear head and pointed nose, nor ape-like
- Arms src
- long arms
- Gait src
- very graceful and smooth
- Posture src
- standing and walking on two legs
- Other features src
- completely covered with hair
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
15 November 1969
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| Time of day |
about 1-2 am
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| Place |
Packwood, Lewis County, Washington
Stated
BFRO report #5453
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
46.67, -121.59 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 5453 (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 |
driving west at night
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| Witness's word for it |
animal
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Source timeline
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