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First-hand Bigfoot Society EP 380

Sasquatch sighting in Washington (1987)

August 1987 late morning before lunchtime Washington 1 witness

Account

The witness was hiking at Mount Rainier with his wife and two other couples in August 1987 when he walked ahead of the group and heard trampling off the trail. He went about fifty feet into the woods, smelled a strong foul odor, and saw a very tall reddish-brown hairy creature partly obscured by trees. He made eye contact for about thirty seconds, felt a low grunt reverberate, then watched it walk uphill away as his party approached. He told no one at the time and only told his wife about a year later.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Partial sighting

Sounds

Growl Footsteps

Other senses

Odor

Described appearance

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Height src
eight feet or tall
Build src
huge, easily five hundred pounds or more
Hair colour src
reddish brown
Hair length src
really shaggy, not short
Face src
almost human, grayish, flat mouth like a line, human-like nose, huge forehead
Eyes src
red, bloodshot, really far apart
Arms src
pretty long to knee, huge thick
Hands src
cupped palm, fingers not seen due to hair
Legs src
knee part seen
Posture src
leaning holding tree, then upright walking away
Apparent sex src
assumed male
Other features src
pointy oblong head, no ears seen, mustache-like hair, flaring nostrils

Facts & provenance

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Date
August 1987
Stated Bigfoot Society EP 380 · transcript:00:24:15-00:26:15
Time of day
late morning before lunchtime
Stated Bigfoot Society EP 380 · transcript:00:24:15-00:26:15
Place
Washington
Stated Bigfoot Society EP 380 · Bigfoot Society episode show notes
Map point
46.8528, -121.7604 (± 5 km)
Geocoded Bigfoot Society EP 380 · gnis:1533614 · read with 45% confidence
USGS GNIS summit 'Mount Rainier', Pierce, matched from place name 'Mt. Rainier'
Account type
First-hand
Stated Bigfoot Society EP 380 · transcript:00:04:05-00:06:05
Witnesses
1
Derived Bigfoot Society EP 380 · transcript:00:02:05-00:04:05 · read with 80% confidence
Figures reported
1
Stated Bigfoot Society EP 380 · transcript:00:10:05-00:12:05
Witness was
hiking and investigating noises off trail
Stated Bigfoot Society EP 380 · transcript:00:00:05-00:02:05
Witness's word for it
this thing
Stated Bigfoot Society EP 380 · transcript:00:04:05-00:06:05
Creature
Sasquatch / Bigfoot
Derived Bigfoot Society EP 380 · transcript:00:00:05-00:36:23 · read with 85% confidence

Source timeline

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  1. Bigfoot Society EP 380 Podcast Interview
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