Man remembers running home when he and his friend spot a tall hairy creature near Woodinville
Account
The witness and a companion were catching crawdads among ponds near a wooded hillside on a rainy afternoon. The witness looked upslope and saw a tall dark upright figure moving uphill. The witness shouted and ran toward home, with the companion following after also seeing the figure. The encounter lasted only seconds.
What was reported
Every kind of observation in the account. Select one to find other encounters with it.
Sightings
Described appearance
In the source's own words, field by field. Hover a field's marker to see where it was read.
- Height src
- 8 feet tall
- Build src
- big
- Hair colour src
- black or dark brown
- Hair length src
- short to medium
- Posture src
- walking upright
- Other features src
- looked like the bigfoot from the patterson-gimlin film
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
October 1974
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
around 4pm
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| Place |
Woodinville, King County, Washington
Stated
BFRO report #24562
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
47.75, -122.20 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 24562 with published boundary
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
2
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
catching crawdads in ponds
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| Witness's word for it |
bigfoot
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
What the source says was found or done. Claimed evidence is listed as claimed; the Anomadex has not examined it.
- Investigated by
- Dave Illig (BFRO)
An investigator spoke with the witness about the encounter and judged the account truthful and sincere.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #24562 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference