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Rocks thrown at two hikers on Heather Lake Trail
Around 2001 the witness and a companion hiked Heather Lake Trail in the late afternoon as the last hikers on the trail. While taking turns stepping away to urinate near the top, each had a rock thrown at them from an unseen source. As they hurried and then ran back down, they heard heavy stomping and breaking branches moving parallel to them, and another rock was thrown after they briefly hid behind a tree, prompting them to flee to their car frightened.
Bow hunters find footprint and hear vocalizations near Indian Heaven Wilderness
Two elk hunters stopped to wash in a creek off a forest road and found a single very large footprint in soft sandy soil. The print was estimated to be much larger and deeper than an adult's print and lacked clear toe marks. No animal was seen, and no other tracks are described.
Lifelong hunter and fisherman has possible vocalization experiences near Packwood
In November 1998 the witness and a companion were truck camping on a gravel overlook between two lakes to hunt elk. In the evening while sitting by a fire they heard a loud screaming howl from the treeline about 100 yards away that seemed to move closer. They also heard what sounded like logs or limbs being thrown toward them and spent the night in the truck cab.
Two hunters hear vocalizations they cannot identify near Randle
The witness and his brother were deer hunting and sitting separated in old-growth forest when they heard loud unusual sounds two or three times. They reunited and confirmed both had heard the sounds but could not identify them. About six months later they heard examples on a Bigfoot research site that they thought were very similar to what they had heard.
Family finds track and scat pile while hiking southeast of Mt. St. Helens
The witness and relatives stopped at a meadow while fishing and scouting for elk sign. The witness found three large fresh scats of unrecognized plant-based material and a large humanlike footprint beside one scat. The cousin and two teenagers also viewed the track, photos were taken and the scats were collected for later examination.
Witness saw a large man-like figure deep in the woods
The witness was horseback riding with a companion through woods in the hills when she felt watched. She then noticed a large human-like figure deep in the woods beside the trail. She did not tell the companion at the time but urged a faster pace and later told a relative. The witness now avoids riding alone in those hills.
Hunters have something take up perimeter around camp near Mt. Baker
Three people camping while bear hunting heard loud howls and screams from the treeline surrounding their camp at night. The sounds appeared to circle the camp and continued despite banging pots and pans and firing a shotgun into the air. The group packed up and waited in their truck until about 4 a.m. while the sounds persisted, then left. They later found openly left food untouched and found no tracks.
Screams wake campers on consecutive nights at Cle Elum Lake
The reporter and a relative were camping overnight in a tent. Around 4 a.m. they were awakened by extremely loud, unfamiliar screaming that the reporter recognized as matching a BFRO recording. Other campers in surrounding sites were also awake, and gunshots were heard along with the screams.
Witness heard what sounded like sticks being beaten on wood
The witness stopped on a bridge over a washed-out creek to videotape the creek bed while sightseeing. While filming he heard heavy wood-on-wood strikes from the left answered from the right at varying intervals, which he verified was not an echo. Feeling anxious, he returned to his idling vehicle and left, and a relative later reviewed the tape where the beats were faintly audible and recorded an interview with the witness that evening.
Two unsusual man-like tracks discovered
The witness reports finding two unknown animal footprints on a sandy area near a river bar, with one print destroyed by stepping and the other identified as a clear right foot. The prints appeared to be a week or more old and were heading from the forest toward the river. The witness photographed the remaining print and hoped to return for a cast and measurements.
Huge footprints discovered in a Duvall garden
The witness discovered two very large footprints in the freshly tilled soil of a front-yard vegetable garden about four or five years before reporting. The witness called over two relatives, and all three viewed the prints, which were described as deep, wide, and spaced too far apart to be human. No photograph or plaster cast was made. The garden sits on an unfenced property in the Cascade foothills surrounded by heavily wooded land with a creek nearby.
Late at night, man hears powerful vocalizations south of Port Townsend
Late at night the witness was inside a trailer in the woods when a loud, strange bellowing was heard twice from the woods. The witness stepped outside onto the porch to listen and judged the sound came from 100 to 150 yards away and from a very large, nocturnal animal. After waiting, the witness walked up a nearby dirt road with a flashlight but found nothing.
Screams heard by hunters
Two people talking loudly while hunting heard two or three loud, high-pitched screams described as like a sick cow. They took cover behind a log as loud branch-breaking and thumping sounds seemed to approach them, then the sounds stopped abruptly and they left the area quickly.
Campers hear loud guttral, high pitched sceams.
The witness was camping and sitting by the fire at dawn with an accompanying young child. Both heard a loud, guttural scream repeated three times with abrupt stops that carried across the valley. The witness interpreted the sound as a Bigfoot vocalization and suggested it was a warning about campers being present.
Marines on a training mission have a possible night encounter on Fort Lewis
The witness was serving as point man on a night patrol exercise at Ft. Lewis when he encountered a very large human-like figure at close range in moonlight. Frightened, he fired blanks from his squad automatic weapon at it. The figure ran away bipedally through thick brush with huge steps and disappeared over a hill. Marines behind him reportedly also saw it.
Memory told of hearing a possible vocalization from a tent during noon storm at Goose Lake
The witness was fishing near Goose Lake by Trout Lake and took shelter in his tent during a noon thunderstorm. He heard one loud, powerful vocalization estimated 50 to 100 yards away that echoed down the canyon and felt in his chest. After the rain stopped he smelled a wet-dog and urine-like odor for about an hour.
Hikers find tracks and a possible nest
Two people backpacking found several large fresh bipedal footprints on a steep forest slope. One track was measured at 16 inches long, with a stride over four feet that was difficult to replicate on the slope. They followed the tracks uphill to a large volcano-shaped nest of pine needles and photographed the track and nest.
Hiking couple hears calls and finds footprints near Mt. Adams
In late fall 1997 the witness and her husband were camping in the Mt Adams Wilderness Area when around 4 a.m. they heard a loud strange vocalization from 800 to 1000 meters away. The sound combined roaring, warbling and guttural yodeling with a high-pitched scream element and was repeated four or five times before all went quiet. Neither witness saw an animal.
Hunters hear unusual animal stalking them at night.
Two hunters camped overnight on a wooded slope while elk hunting. After dark they smelled a strong putrid odor, heard distant whistle/howl sounds and a closer loud howl, then heard deliberate footsteps crunching in snow approaching the firelight. After shouting and firing a pistol shot, they heard a grunt and running footsteps, then fired repeatedly and drove off the mountain the same night.
Worse than something dead smell encountered by two fishermen
The witness and a companion fished in a restricted watershed and stayed late to leave under cover of darkness. While biking out on the service road they hit a strong rancid smell they could not source and both felt they were being watched in still, quiet conditions. They left without seeing anything and did not return.