Daylight observation from Beacon Rock, along the Columbia River
Account
From atop Beacon Rock, the witness watched a huge black figure climb a railroad bed in two strides and then stride across a pasture toward the river, passing among cows that looked only half its height and seemed undisturbed. A smaller figure that moved on all fours trailed behind it. The larger figure squatted for a time at a tributary before crossing back across the meadow and being lost from view.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Build src
- huge
- Hair colour src
- all black
- Gait src
- long "keep on trucking" strides
- Posture src
- squatted down
- Age / size src
- large
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
April 1978
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
Late afternoon to just before twilight
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| Place |
Stevenson, Skamania County, Washington
Stated
BFRO report #1651
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
45.63, -122.02 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 1651 (4 decimals, no boundary)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
2
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| Figures reported |
2
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| Witness was |
looking out from Beacon Rock
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| Witness's word for it |
This large creature
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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.
Long dark hair found on barbed wire during return visit the next weekend; witness does not remember saving any.
The witness returned the next weekend with a relative to search the area but found no footprints after rain, only some long dark hair on barbed wire.
The witness returned the next weekend with a relative to search the area but found no footprints after rain, only some long dark hair on barbed wire.
An investigator later contacted the witness's former wife, who confirmed she remembers the incident and observations.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #1651 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference