Class A First-hand BFRO #4779

Large animal lures men away from possible younger animal near Mt. St. Helens

October 1999 late afternoon Randle, Skamania County, Washington 4 witnesses

Account

Four relatives drove to the Mt. St. Helens area to look for Bigfoot in poor winter weather. From a viewpoint, a relative using a spotting scope watched a large dark upright figure move across a distant meadow and later return with a smaller figure first mistaken for a stump. The group searched the area without regaining visual contact. Shortly afterward at a nearby creek, the driver found a large bare footprint in mud and made a plaster cast of it.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Physical traces

Described appearance

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Build src
large
Hair colour src
charcoal black
Feet src
large humanoid with noticeable toes and no claws
Gait src
walking upright
Posture src
upright
Age / size src
large adult with young
Other features src
second individual first looked like small black stump

Facts & provenance

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Date
October 1999
Stated BFRO report #4779 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day
late afternoon
Stated BFRO report #4779 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Randle, Skamania County, Washington
Stated BFRO report #4779 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
46.31, -122.03 (± 1000 m)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 4779 (3 decimals, no boundary)
Account type
First-hand
Derived BFRO report #4779 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
4
Stated BFRO report #4779 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported
2
Derived BFRO report #4779 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 85% confidence
Witness was
searching for Bigfoot by car and on foot
Stated BFRO report #4779 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
large sasquatch
Stated BFRO report #4779 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class A
Stated BFRO report #4779 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

What the source says was found or done. Claimed evidence is listed as claimed; the Anomadex has not examined it.

Tracks

large humanoid footprint with noticeable toes and no claws imprinted in mud on slope beside broken tree

BFRO report, “Observed” section
Cast

plaster cast of footprint made by witness, kept by witness and examined by investigator

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Cast

An investigator met with the witness to discuss the sighting, examined the cast, and spoke with the relative who had the visual.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Follow-up

An investigator met with the witness to discuss the sighting, examined the cast, and spoke with the relative who had the visual.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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