Recalling possible daylight sighting near Trout Lake as Mount St. Helens erupts
Account
The witness, then nine years old, was traveling with family on Highway 141 to collect rocks on the morning Mount St. Helens erupted. From about 200 yards away the witness saw a very tall, big brown figure run across the highway in two steps with arms swinging during an observation of about two seconds. The parents, who were looking out the side windows, did not see the figure.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- very tall
- Build src
- big
- Hair colour src
- brown
- Hair length src
- long but not flowing
- Arms src
- arms swinging
- Gait src
- ran across highway in two steps, moving fast
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
18 May 1980
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| Time of day |
between 8am and 9am
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| Place |
Trout Lake, Klickitat County, Washington
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| Map point |
45.96, -121.61 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 58031 with published boundary
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
1
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
riding with family to collect landscape rocks
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| Witness's word for it |
bigfoot
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| Source classification |
Class B
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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.
- Investigated by
- Kevin Llewellyn (BFRO)
An investigator spoke with the witness by phone to document additional details.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #58031 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference