A couple travelling by train observe a sasquatch for several minutes as it observes the train during an unscheduled control stop about 10 minutes outside The Dalles along the Columbia River
Account
Two passengers in a private sleeping compartment looked out during an unscheduled daytime train stop west of The Dalles. They watched a dark, hairy figure in a snow-covered clearing between the train and the river for about eight minutes as it alternately crouched and walked a few steps. Contrasty light prevented detailed feature viewing, and the train departed with the figure still watching.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Hair colour src
- dark
- Hair length src
- hair on legs stuck out
- Arms src
- outside knees when hunkering
- Legs src
- hair stuck out on snow surface
- Gait src
- walked a few steps
- Posture src
- hunkered down
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
February 1993
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
about 2 pm
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| Place |
Wasco County, Oregon
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| Map point |
45.1645, -121.1651 (± 44 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Wasco County (GEOID 41065); the report gives only the county
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| Account type |
Investigator summary
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| Witnesses |
3
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
riding in train sleeping compartment
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| Witness's word for it |
dark sasquatch
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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- Investigated by
- Dr. Wolf H. Fahrenbach (BFRO)
The witnesses discussed the sighting with a research group and presented it to a class the next year.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #698 Primary
The report refers to
- “repeated sightings over the years”Not in the Anomadex yet
- “accompanying birds have been mentioned before”Not in the Anomadex yet