Class B First-hand BFRO #8197

Hartstine Island homeowners find footprints and hear strange vocalizations

September 2003 sometime in the morning Shelton, Mason County, Washington 1 witness

Account

The witness was inspecting a dug-up septic drain field at a house construction site and found three large barefoot human-like tracks in loose soil where shoes barely left marks. The prints were estimated at about 14 inches long. Photos were taken after rain without a scale object, and no one else was present.

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Facts & provenance

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Date
September 2003
Stated BFRO report #8197 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day
sometime in the morning
Stated BFRO report #8197 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Shelton, Mason County, Washington
Stated BFRO report #8197 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
47.23, -122.89 (± 1000 m)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 8197 (3 decimals, no boundary)
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #8197 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
1
Derived BFRO report #8197 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Witness was
checking house construction progress and looking for deer remains
Stated BFRO report #8197 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Source classification
Class B
Stated BFRO report #8197 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Tracks

three large human-like barefoot prints with big toe and smaller toes in loose dirt

Measurements: 14 inches long

BFRO report, “Observed” section
Photograph

photos of the prints taken after rain without a size reference

BFRO report, “Observed” section
Follow-up

An investigator spoke with both homeowners and recorded additional details about the vocalizations coming from nearby woods.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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  1. Published 2004-03-07 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash a01f71ed8068
    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

  • “a story on your website about a siting on the Island”
    Not in the Anomadex yet
  • “alot of activity in the Olympic Mountains just a few miles away”
    Not in the Anomadex yet