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Class A First-hand BFRO #26487

Man remembers his nighttime sighting at Bloom Lake north of Sandpoint

October 1993 around midnight Sandpoint, Bonner County, Idaho 1 witness

Account

On a Halloween night in the early 1990s, the witness was walking at the back of a large group heading to a mountain lake after a hayride. At a trail fork he saw a being crouched at the base of a tree very close to him. As he passed, the being stood to about eight feet, kept its gaze averted, and then walked silently away up the trail out of sight.

Summary drafted by AI from the source report and checked by code before I publish it. The witness's own words remain with the publisher — read the original report .

What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting

Described appearance

In the source's own words, field by field. Hover a field's marker to see where it was read.

Height src
about 8 feet tall
Build src
lean (but not lanky) yet muscular, broad torso
Hair colour src
greyish-silvery
Hair length src
six to eight inches long
Face src
sparse hair on face, facial skin darker than surrounding hair, flat nose
Arms src
long arms swinging with strides
Gait src
large, silent steps
Posture src
crouched then stood upright
Other features src
ears not visible due to hair covering sides of head

Facts & provenance

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Date
October 1993
Stated BFRO report #26487 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day
around midnight
Stated BFRO report #26487 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Sandpoint, Bonner County, Idaho
Stated BFRO report #26487 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
48.50, -116.42 (± 1000 m)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 26487 with published boundary
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #26487 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
1
Derived BFRO report #26487 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported
1
Derived BFRO report #26487 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was
walking to a lake on a group hayride outing
Derived BFRO report #26487 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 85% confidence
Witness's word for it
Bigfoot
Stated BFRO report #26487 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class A
Stated BFRO report #26487 · 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.

Investigated by
Charles Lamica (BFRO)
Follow-up

An investigator interviewed the witness by telephone and found the story credible.

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

An investigator taught a Wilderness Survival class at Bloom Lake in May 2009.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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  1. BFRO report #26487 Primary
    Published 2009-08-25 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash 97b83a70d165
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization
  2. BFRO map layer Reference
    Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization

The report refers to

  • “encounter told of in the Pack River area”
    Not in the Anomadex yet
  • “close to the Clark Fork area encounters”
    Not in the Anomadex yet