Boy has a close encounter with a small sasquatch on Moscow Mountain
Account
In summer 1963 an 8-year-old child accompanied his father to a cedar-clearing work site on Moscow Mountain. After the father felled a large cedar snag, the child climbed onto the downed trunk when a small, muscular, dark-furred being jumped onto the log face-to-face with him. The child screamed and the being ran away on two legs toward the top of the tree and disappeared into brush. Both had felt watched just before felling, but no animal had been seen in the standing tree.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- about the same height as I stood
- Build src
- heavier built, much more muscular
- Hair colour src
- dark
- Hair length src
- short
- Face src
- looked just like a chimpanzee's
- Eyes src
- dark brown with black pupils
- Gait src
- took off on its legs like a human
- Age / size src
- child-sized, same size as witness
- Other features src
- clean and neat look
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
10 June 1963
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
between 10am and 11am
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| Place |
Troy, Latah County, Idaho
Stated
BFRO report #6758
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
46.7380, -116.7732 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Troy city (GEOID 1682360), matched from nearest town 'Troy'
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
2
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
helping father fell cedar at work site
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| Witness's word for it |
a big monkey
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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The witness's teacher contacted the university to ask about escaped circus animals and was told none had escaped.
An investigator spoke with the witness by phone to record follow-up details.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #6758 Primary