Second-hand Bigfoot Society EP 918

Sasquatch sighting in Washington (1975)

1975–1984 Washington 2 witnesses

Account

The witness relayed his father's account from when his father and his father's friend were teenagers camping at Happy Lake. From a ridge they saw a huge black thing crouching by the lake that stood up and walked into the tree line. For years they told themselves it was a bear standing and walking.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Described appearance

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Build src
huge
Hair colour src
black
Gait src
walked into woods on two legs
Posture src
crouching then stood up

Facts & provenance

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Date
1975–1984
Stated Bigfoot Society EP 918 · transcript:00:14:21-00:15:37 · read with 70% confidence
Place
Washington
Stated Bigfoot Society EP 918 · transcript:00:14:21-00:15:37 · read with 70% confidence
Map point
48.01, -123.69 (± 10 km)
Stated Bigfoot Society map layer · Bigfoot Society published map layer · read with 64% confidence
Show's sighting map pin 'Happy Lake', matched to this account (score 0.8)
Account type
Second-hand
Derived Bigfoot Society EP 918 · transcript:00:14:21-00:15:37 · read with 85% confidence
Witnesses
2
Derived Bigfoot Society EP 918 · transcript:00:14:21-00:15:37 · read with 85% confidence
Figures reported
1
Derived Bigfoot Society EP 918 · transcript:00:15:37-00:16:43 · read with 80% confidence
Witness was
camping and hiking, overlooking lake
Stated Bigfoot Society EP 918 · transcript:00:14:21-00:15:37 · read with 85% confidence
Witness's word for it
huge black thing
Stated Bigfoot Society EP 918 · transcript:00:15:37-00:16:43
Creature
Sasquatch / Bigfoot
Derived Bigfoot Society EP 918 · transcript:00:14:21-00:16:43 · read with 70% confidence

Source timeline

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  1. Bigfoot Society EP 918 Podcast Interview
    Published 2025-10-10 Retrieved 2026-09-29 Version 1 Listen from 0:14:21 (account ends about 0:16:43) Hash 49ac068222a8
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  2. Retrieved 2026-09-29 Version 1 Hash 8e2a6aac3bb8
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  3. Retrieved 2026-10-01 Version 2 Hash a756e4e146d6
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