Class A First-hand BFRO #71773

Nighttime motorist sighting 25 miles NW of Spokane

22 October 2021 9:40 pm Springdale Wa, Stevens County, Washington 4 witnesses

Account

The driver was driving south at night with three child passengers after a football game when a large dark figure was noticed in tall grass in a roadside ditch. The driver reports it was an ape-like, black-haired being crouched in the ditch that stared at the vehicle and stepped back on two legs as they passed. After passing, the driver turned around for another look but the figure was gone, which the child passengers also observed.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting

Described appearance

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Build src: very large
Hair colour src: black
Hair length src: short
Face src: well defined, lower forehead, eyes and nose lacking hair/fur
Eyes src: staring at witness, eyes locked
Arms src: two arms, very well defined
Hands src: two hands
Legs src: two legs, very well defined
Gait src: took two steps away from road while hunched, walking on two legs
Posture src: hunched down in ditch, sitting on ditch edge, haunched over
Other features src: ape-like figure, head more like human than bear or wolf, covered with short hair/fur

Facts & provenance

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Date	22 October 2021 Stated BFRO report #71773 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day	9:40 pm Stated BFRO report #71773 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place	Springdale Wa, Stevens County, Washington Stated BFRO report #71773 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	47.98, -117.73 (± 1000 m) Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence BFRO map layer point for report 71773 (4 decimals, no boundary)
Account type	First-hand Derived BFRO report #71773 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	4 Stated BFRO report #71773 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported	1 Derived BFRO report #71773 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was	driving south after a school football game Stated BFRO report #71773 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	ape like figure Stated BFRO report #71773 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class A Stated BFRO report #71773 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by: Matthew Moneymaker (BFRO)

Follow-up

An investigator spoke with the driver by phone about the incident.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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BFRO report #71773 Primary

Published 2021-10-27 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash b89db8bc98e5

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Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7

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