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Sasquatch sighting in Washington (1876)

1876 Washington 1 witness

Account

In 1876 a man towing a boat in Woodward's Bay saw movement in beach grass. He approached a small hair-covered figure about three feet tall with longer head hair that had been under a log. It stood and ran away too fast to follow.

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Described appearance

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Height src
about three feet high
Hair colour src
light hair
Hair length src
about an inch and a half long, longer on head

Facts & provenance

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Date
1876
Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #f6d857df-e3db-48c7-adaf-4d0fa463d47c · transcript:00:40:53-00:42:45 · read with 85% confidence
Place
Washington
Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #f6d857df-e3db-48c7-adaf-4d0fa463d47c · transcript:00:40:53-00:42:45 · read with 80% confidence
Account type
Press report
Derived Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #f6d857df-e3db-48c7-adaf-4d0fa463d47c · transcript:00:40:53-00:42:45 · read with 75% confidence
Witnesses
1
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Figures reported
1
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Witness was
towing a boat
Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #f6d857df-e3db-48c7-adaf-4d0fa463d47c · transcript:00:40:53-00:42:45 · read with 80% confidence
Witness's word for it
a boy
Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #f6d857df-e3db-48c7-adaf-4d0fa463d47c · transcript:00:40:53-00:42:45 · read with 80% confidence
Creature category
SASQUATCH
Derived Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #f6d857df-e3db-48c7-adaf-4d0fa463d47c · transcript:00:40:53-00:42:45 · read with 75% confidence

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    Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts)