While target shooting a family observes a large bi-ped in a blackberry patch near the town of Rainier
Account
The witness and four companions were pausing in a hay field during a target-practice outing when the witness spotted a large dark figure rising from a blackberry patch. The figure walked across a trail, paused by a fir tree and looked toward the group, then continued into an adjacent field. The group went to the spot, found flattened brush and a bent-grass trail, estimated the figure's height against the tree, took photos, and then heard knocking beats and hooting sounds after birds flushed and dogs barked in the distance.
What was reported
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Described appearance
In the source's own words, field by field. Hover a field's marker to see where it was read.
- Height src
- at least 8.5 feet
- Build src
- massive, big shoulders, wide body
- Hair colour src
- brown, very dark brown
- Hair length src
- long on head to shoulders; shorter on body
- Arms src
- long arms with fringe hair on back, big arm swings
- Gait src
- lumbering, yet lanky walk
- Posture src
- stood up and walked upright
- Other features src
- all covered in brown hair, coarse looking, fringe hair on back of arms
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Date |
20 March 2012
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| Time of day |
about 5:40 pm
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| Place |
Rainer, Thurston County, Washington
Stated
BFRO report #34710
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
46.79, -122.75 (± 3 km)
BFRO map layer point for report 34710 with published boundary
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
5
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
target practicing
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| Witness's word for it |
a figure
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
What the source says was found or done. Claimed evidence is listed as claimed; the Anomadex has not examined it.
- Investigated by
- Scott Taylor (BFRO)
photos taken by the group at the tree and trail area
bent-grass trail showing where the figure crossed the field
blackberry branches bent down flat like a bed where the figure got up
height estimate made by comparing the fir tree to a 6-foot person
Measurements: at least 8.5 feet compared to 6 feet
investigator photographs of the berry patch and trees from the witness vantage
An investigator interviewed the witness by phone, revisited the location following the same route, and took photographs of the patch and trees.
An investigator interviewed the witness by phone, revisited the location following the same route, and took photographs of the patch and trees.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #34710 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference