Second-hand Bigfoot Society EP 480

Full-body sighting in Washington (1940)

1940–1969 Washington

Account

The guest's grandfather [name withheld] was hunting in heavy timber in the Mount St. Helens-Mount Adams country. He watched what he took for a black bear approach a log over a creek, stand on hind legs, and walk across. The guest notes bears do not normally do that.

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Sightings

Full-body sighting

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Date	1940–1969 Stated Bigfoot Society EP 480 · transcript:00:22:18-00:24:19 · read with 30% confidence
Place	Washington Stated Bigfoot Society EP 480 · transcript:00:24:19-00:26:21 · read with 40% confidence
Account type	Second-hand Stated Bigfoot Society EP 480 · transcript:00:24:19-00:26:21 · read with 70% confidence
Witness was	hunting Stated Bigfoot Society EP 480 · transcript:00:24:19-00:26:21 · read with 60% confidence
Witness's word for it	a bear Stated Bigfoot Society EP 480 · transcript:00:24:19-00:26:21 · read with 70% confidence
Creature	Unidentified Derived Bigfoot Society EP 480 · transcript:00:24:19-00:26:21 · read with 50% confidence

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Bigfoot Society EP 480 Podcast Interview

Published 2024-07-21 Retrieved 2026-09-29 Version 1 Listen from 0:24:19 (account ends about 0:26:21) Hash 2eb6c6739f65

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