Claimed encounters in Klickitat County, Washington
13 entries reported in Klickitat County, Washington, each linked to the report or podcast segment it came from. Narrow them down with the filters, or see them on the map.
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Kayaker describes daylight sighting on river near town of White Salmon
After rafting, the witness rested beside a calm stretch of the White Salmon River. After about 30 minutes without kayakers, a tall skinny black-haired hominid emerged from woods about 80 yards away and waded across the river toward the witness's side. At about 50 yards it turned its head and shoulders toward the witness, then entered riverside brush and moved up an embankment out of sight.
Nighttime sighting by a motorist near BZ Corner
Late at night the witness was driving slowly on a rural road when reflective eyes were seen ahead on the opposite side. A large thick-legged figure crossed the road in front of the car, briefly turning its torso to look at the driver before continuing into a roadside ditch. The witness drove slowly past within a few feet, then sped away feeling watched without looking back.
Two turkey hunters near Trout Lake are screamed at by a large black animal
Two companions on an early-morning turkey hunt first heard a limb snap and saw a large dark animal walking away. About half an hour later while calling from a ground blind, the woods went quiet and a short siren-like scream came from behind them. They then saw a large dark furry animal running away through small trees, pushing them aside, and they left the area.
Vocalizations and tense sighting reported by couple hiking and camping near Trout Lake
On a hot midday in 2004, the witness was walking alone on an overgrown forest road while cave hunting with her husband nearby in dense brush. After hearing gravel move behind her, she saw a huge cinnamon-colored hairy human-like figure cross a ditch in one or two fast quiet steps and stop motionless behind trees, leaving only a massive shoulder and long muscular arm visible. Frozen with fear, she slowly backed away about 100 yards before shouting for her husband, who arrived after the figure had vanished.
Hunter finds unrecognizable scat near Guler Mountain.
The witness was hunting elk along a ridge trail and noting elk, coyote, cougar and deer sign. About a mile from a spur road, just off the trail behind a small tree, the witness found an unusually large dark tubular scat that did not match known animals. The witness examined its size, color and contents with a stick and suggested it could possibly have come from a large primate-like animal.
Large prints found in mud and then vocalizations heard south of Yakama Reservation
The witness drove to rented pasture to check fences where cattle had been getting out. He found a large tree knocked through the fence with strange hair on the wire, moved the tree and repaired the fence, then found very large fresh footprints in mud near a creek. He heard a grunt near the repair site and later a high-pitched scream from the same direction, found items tossed from his truck bed, then left and did not return.
Hunters observed creature just before vocalization screams were heard
The witness and his father were turkey hunting near a clearing at dusk when a dark figure emerged from timber and approached before abruptly fleeing downhill into a steep canyon. They later walked to the spot and estimated its height at about 6-foot-6 to 7 feet based on a tree limb. Later that night at a nearby camp they were awakened by an extremely loud, prolonged AHHH-like yell from the clearing direction, repeated about half an hour later from farther up the canyon.
Young girl sees road-crossing figure during car repair stop
When the witness was in elementary school, the witness stopped with parents and companions on a back forest road in Washington while they looked at a truck with trouble. The witness saw a very tall dark silhouette with thick long limbs cross the road in front over a small bridge, moving quickly. No one else in the party noticed it, and the witness recalls no sound or odor.
Family hunting near Wahkiacus is stalked by a large animal
During a deer-hunting drive in foggy woods, the witness and his father found large bipedal tracks over their tire marks and concluded a bear could not have made them. As they circled back, an unseen animal tracked them, producing a strong foul odor and a high-pitched squeal before thrashing off toward the mother waiting at the truck. They later found uprooted small trees, additional tracks in camp, hair on fencing, and a woody debris structure, and heard screaming and a howl that prompted a relative to leave camp.
Hunter observes trio of animals near Nestor Peak Lookout
While hunting at dawn in the Nestor Peak area in fall 1982, the witness watched a smaller hairy biped notice him, scream and crouch to hide. A much larger similar animal then approached, touched the smaller one, and stared at the witness while breathing heavily, before the two walked uphill. A third slightly smaller animal joined them at the ridgetop and all three disappeared over the hill into the canyon.
Recalling possible daylight sighting near Trout Lake as Mount St. Helens erupts
The witness, then nine years old, was traveling with family on Highway 141 to collect rocks on the morning Mount St. Helens erupted. From about 200 yards away the witness saw a very tall, big brown figure run across the highway in two steps with arms swinging during an observation of about two seconds. The parents, who were looking out the side windows, did not see the figure.
Odor near White Salmon, Washington
The day before the sighting the witness heard snapping, rustling and movement going over the hill toward the canyon and smelled a strong musty manure-like odor.
Scream near Trout Lake And Glenwood, Washington
Other hunters told the witness about unidentified screaming noises and sounds heard in the same hunting area.