Class A First-hand BFRO #31009

Woman recalls afternoon sighting as a child near Port Angeles

September 1983 late afternoon, early evening Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington 5 witnesses

Account

In fall 1983 five children playing in a driveway noticed a pastured buffalo act spooked, then a tall dark biped across a creek and field. The witness stared at what looked like a dark stump under a tree that then ran bipedally with long swinging arms before turning back toward the woods when the children screamed. The next day they found flattened grass but no footprints where it had run and where it entered the woods on a deer path.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting

Described appearance

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Height src: 7 feet tall
Build src: slender, not bulky, very athletic
Hair colour src: dark brown or black
Hair length src: uniform length of approximately 3 inches
Face src: flat, dark, wide
Arms src: very long, down to knees, swinging when running
Hands src: right hand used to swat dog
Legs src: two legs
Gait src: ran on two legs, not like a person
Posture src: standing upright, leaning forward with slouched posture
Other features src: no discernible neck

Facts & provenance

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Date	September 1983 Stated BFRO report #31009 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day	late afternoon, early evening Stated BFRO report #31009 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place	Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington Stated BFRO report #31009 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	48.09, -123.37 (± 2 km) Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence BFRO map layer point for report 31009 with published boundary
Account type	First-hand Stated BFRO report #31009 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	5 Derived BFRO report #31009 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported	1 Derived BFRO report #31009 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was	playing Chinese jump rope in a driveway Stated BFRO report #31009 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	a bigfoot Stated BFRO report #31009 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class A Stated BFRO report #31009 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by: Kirk Brandenburg (BFRO)

Follow-up

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BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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BFRO report #31009 Primary

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