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26 June 2025 Plain, Chelan County, Washington Class A #78920

Two campers using binoculars observe a bigfoot along Wenatchee River

While camping with a companion overlooking the river, the witness was handed binoculars to look at a treeline across the water. Through the binoculars the witness observed a tall, broad, reddish-brown hair-covered figure standing upright, moving branches, then turning its head, looking toward the camp, ducking, and running upright into the woods. The companion also watched the figure and confirmed it was moving.

Full-body sighting
2 October 2016 Coles Corner / Leavenworth, Chelan County, Washington Class A #56827

Motorist has daytime sighting along the highway near Coles Corner

The witness and a companion were driving on a highway in the morning when they saw a tall, dark, hairy figure walking toward them on a bluff beside the road. As they got close they could see its face and body clearly, noting it wore no clothes and had a peaked head. It looked toward their car, then turned and walked into the woods up a bank. The two occupants confirmed with each other that they had seen what they called Bigfoot.

Full-body sighting
December 2014 Coles Corner, Chelan County, Washington Class B #48932

Snowplow driver has possible night-time sighting near Coles Corner

The witness, working as a snowplow driver at night, reported seeing a large shaggy figure standing on a train trestle over the highway in the headlights. The figure reportedly paused and turned to look at the plow, then was gone when the driver returned about ten minutes later.

Full-body sighting
27 August 2008 Chelan, Chelan County, Washington Class A #25280

Man startles creature while mountain biking near Chelan

The witness was riding a mountain bike alone on a trail northwest of Chelan in the morning. After rounding a bend, the witness saw a tall, dark-brown, long-haired bipedal animal running away through the forest for about 10-15 seconds. The witness stopped and then searched where it crossed, but found no clear tracks on the trail and no hair or broken vegetation.

Full-body sightingTracks
23 August 2007 Lucerne, Chelan County, Washington Class A #21189

Daylight sighting by boaters where Holden Creek flows into Lake Chelan

While riding a tour boat that was dropping off firefighters, the witness saw a large dark figure walking on the shore near a creek mouth. The witness's wife also saw the figure and described it as orangutan-like but more upright. The witness photographed it as it walked back into the woods and later saw the figure when zooming in on the images.

Full-body sighting
21 August 2004 Levenworth, Chelan County, Washington Class A #9277

Driver has road-cross sighting on Highway 2, north of Leavenworth

The witness was driving on Highway 2 when the car ahead stopped to avoid an animal crossing the road. The witness stopped behind that car and watched the animal from behind as it reached the left side of the road and walked into the bushes. The witness later concluded it was too tall and thin to have been a bear.

Road crossingPartial sighting
October 2002 Ardenvoir, Chelan County, Washington Class B #5162

Man hunting deer finds unusual feces and hears animal

While hunting deer alone in the morning, the witness heard repeated sounds like logs or poles being thrown, then found a tree with bark removed, a large packed bed, a human-like track, and unfamiliar scat. After glimpsing brown fur duck behind a log, the witness heard an extremely loud low roar-like yell from behind with crashing, then heard crashing and throwing sounds staying out of sight while leaving for about 200 yards. No full animal was clearly seen.

TracksScatPartial sightingVocalizationObject throwing +3
August 1978 Lake Chelan WA, Chelan County, Washington Class B #31427

Memory of a possible night-time sighting as a youth playing 'Hide and Go Seek' in Holden Village

A child playing a night game ran behind a maintenance shed and heard gravel move. About ten feet away, a huge dark figure crouched at chained garbage cans rose smoothly to stand very tall. The witness fled to tell adults, who suggested it was a bear or a person watching the children.

Full-body sightingFootsteps
30 August 1968 Leavenworth, Chelan County, Washington Class B #925

Backpacker observes a tall, early morning visitor in camp

The witness and a companion camped near a lake after the rest of their party failed to arrive. After hearing scream-like sounds earlier in the evening, the witness lay awake and watched a tall figure move behind a windbreak, squat to rummage through a pack, then stand and walk away. The witness woke the companion, who did not see the figure but both heard movement in the trees. In the morning the pack contents were scattered and only cookies were missing from their package.

Partial sightingScreamProperty disturbanceFootsteps
a year before Stevens Pass, Chelan County, Washington Related account #927

Sasquatch sighting near Stevens Pass, Washington

The witness saw a black bear at the same area a year earlier that fled quickly toward the river upon seeing people.

Full-body sighting
BFRO YEAR: 1973? Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington Class A #2070

Two men see something walk up and over ridge behind home

The witness arrived by motorcycle to visit campers and noticed a dark bipedal figure moving on an open hillside below the treeline about 250 yards away in snow near dusk with fog. The figure was described as very tall and large, walking uphill toward timber with a long effortless stride and looking back several times without breaking stride before disappearing into the trees. The witness was bothered by the sighting for about a year before telling a relative decades later.

Full-body sighting
BFRO YEAR: 1954-55 Holden WA, Chelan County, Washington Class A #14534

Multiple witness sighting in daylight in a remote area near Holden

As a young boy playing by a creek with a friend, the witness noticed a hair-covered man-like figure across the water stepping between rocks while looking down. He fetched his father, who returned with other adults and binoculars, and the group watched for 10 to 15 minutes while debating what it was. The figure eventually noticed them and walked away upstream into wilderness.

Full-body sighting