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373 encounters
Fall 1990 Elbe, Lewis County, Washington Class B #568

Loud low moan then rose quickly to a high pitched scream heard

The witness and a cousin were resting against a tree while hunting when they heard a loud moan rising to a prolonged scream from several hundred yards away. A few minutes later they heard a much louder similar scream that sounded immediately behind the tree. They did not see anything, heard something move away through brush, then left for the logging road where other hunters had heard nothing.

ScreamFootsteps
Spring 1990 White Salmon, Klickitat County, Washington Class B #9665

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.

SilhouetteRoad crossingPossible hoax
14 October 1988 Wahkiacus, Klickitat County, Washington Class B #5953

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.

TracksScreamHowlOdorFootsteps +4
July 1987 Yelm, Thurston County, Washington Class B #20435

Woman recalls childhood incident -- possible stalking near Yelm

As a nine-year-old, the witness took a wrong turn while walking through woods toward an orchard and felt watched for an extended time. The witness heard a branch snap and saw underbrush moving without seeing the source, then later found a large footprint near a caution-tape marker. The witness came to believe years later that a sasquatch had followed and protected them until they recrossed the fence to their property.

Movement onlyUnidentified soundTracks
Fall 1987 Maple Falls, Whatcom County, Washington Class B #10258

Loud vocalizations repeatedly disturb family

The witness, then a child, was sleeping in the family's A-frame when very loud, high-pitched screams from behind the house woke the household. The father fired a handgun from a loft window and later used a spotlight, hearing something move away upslope but never seeing the source. Similar late-night screams recurred several times over the following week, and daytime searches found broken small trees and a rotten-egg smell but no tracks or other samples. The family moved away within a month.

ScreamOdorTree breakMovement only
15 August 1986 Twisp, Okanogan County, Washington Class B #9392

Campers hear multiple vocalizations at Loup Loup Campground

A couple camping at a campground in the north-central Washington Cascades heard loud, powerful calls beginning shortly before dusk and continuing through the night. The sounds were described as unfamiliar, alternating between deep guttural tones and high-pitched tones, and seeming to come from two sources that moved toward each other along a creek drainage. The witnesses spent the night in their car and left at dawn without searching the brush for tracks.

VocalizationScreamGrowl
1986–2008 Kettle Falls, Ferry County, Washington Class B #29045

Possible howls and footprints in Colville National Forest

The witness and a companion were driving remote back roads at night scouting for deer sign in snowy conditions. They discovered very large human-like bipedal tracks in fresh snow and traced them along the roadway for close to a mile. The tracks stayed mostly on one side of the road before descending into a creek where they were lost, leading the witness to conclude they were not made by a known animal or person on foot.

Tracks
July 1985 Yelm, Thurston County, Washington Class B #1585

Witness reports bad smell and a scream

During a week-long military field exercise, the witness spent the final night alone in a forward foxhole on guard duty. Around 2 a.m. he heard loud bipedal footfalls pass his position, followed by a strong putrid odor. About 45 minutes later he heard a distant loud scream. He saw nothing and remained at his post until morning, when the odor still lingered.

FootstepsOdorScream
July 1985 Lake Chelan, Chelan County, Washington Class B #77373

Unidentified sound near Lake Chelan, Washington (1985)

Two hikers ascended from Lake Chelan toward Cub Lake on a sunny summer afternoon. After entering the lake basin they repeatedly heard large trees falling nearby about every two minutes and felt the ground thud, with about five falls on the way in and five more while leaving. They never saw any trees fall or anything unusual. Feeling unsafe, they turned back and descended to camp, interpreting the sounds as something trying to drive them away.

Unidentified soundTree break
July 1985 Trout Lake WA, Skamania County, Washington Class B #270

Campers awakened by late-night visitor in the Indian Heaven Wilderness

The witness was camped with a companion, a child relative and a dog at a campground. During a daytime hike the dog became reluctant to continue and stayed close, and the witness noticed rustling in brush. Late that night the dog barked and dug frantically at the closed tent door, then after voices inside the tent heavy two-footed footsteps were heard running away.

FootstepsMovement only
28 June 1985 Creswell Heights, Clark County, Washington Class B #937

Witnesses hear odd, loud vocalization while in the forest traveling on a logging road

Three young people were walking along a logging road after being dropped off from a truck. From about 10 yards downhill they heard vegetation rustling followed by an extremely loud, guttural, high-pitched yell that did not match any known local animal to them. Frightened, they ran about a mile back to the truck without looking back.

VocalizationMovement only
December 1984 Shelton, Mason County, Washington Class B #9168

Boy wakes and has sighting through bedroom window in Shelton

The witness was sleeping alone in the family home when they awoke suddenly in the early morning and saw a dark head-shaped outline at the bedroom window, apparently peering inside. The figure immediately fled off the deck and ran around the house into the woods behind, moving very fast and making loud crashing noises. The witness was frightened and spent subsequent nights at a relative's house nearby.

Partial sightingSilhouetteFootstepsMovement only
10 August 1984 Alpenthal Ski Resort, King County, Washington Class B #8670

Hiker hears roar north of Alpental Ski Resort at Snow Lake

The witness was camping overnight at an alpine lake with a dog when a loud high-pitched scream shifting to a low roar was heard for a couple minutes very close to camp. The dog became agitated with raised hackles and the witness was frightened. A young couple camped a few hundred yards away heard the same sound outside their site with snapping branches and pacing, and both parties left the lake the next morning.

ScreamGrowlMovement only
August 1984 Snoqualmie Pass, King County, Washington Class B #1385

High pitched wailing scream echoed off mountainside.

Two people hiking toward Franklin Falls heard three or four loud, high-pitched wailing screams echoing off the surrounding mountainsides. Despite extensive outdoor experience in Washington, neither recognized the sound and both were badly unnerved. They turned around, returned to their car and drove away, feeling watched on the way back.

Scream
1984–1996 Shelton, Mason County, Washington Class B #7580

Various bigfoot-related incidents 3 miles west of Shelton

In early fall 1996 the witness stopped to pick mushrooms near the Satsop River after checking leases. While kneeling with the dog close by, the witness smelled a strong putrid odor, stood up, and saw a large dark hairy creature standing in a fern patch about 200 feet away. They made eye contact, the creature turned its head and torso showing long arm hair, then walked quickly away. The witness left the area and told no one for a couple days.

Partial sightingOdor
15 September 1983 Arlington, Snohomish County, Washington Class B #9128

Boy walking near Jim Creek in afternoon hears unknown vocalizations.

The witness and two dogs were walking through a field to check for salmon when an extremely loud hoot-like sound stopped them. After a second loud call they fled toward the house while a third call sounded from behind. They reached the house in terror and later listened from the backyard with a relative but heard nothing further.

Vocalization
September 1983 Yakima, Kittitas County, Washington Class B #77

Couple hear vocalizations while camping at Milk Lake

The witness and a companion camped overnight near a pond without making noise. In the middle of the night the pond frogs stopped croaking and a loud whistling and clicking sound continued for about 15 minutes. The companion suggested the sound was a Bigfoot.

WhistleUnidentified sound
August 1983 Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington Class B #24310

Camper diverts tall creature approaching him near Puyallup

In 1983 the witness was camping and was awakened around 11 p.m. by loud screams repeated every 15-20 seconds that approached through brush. The witness then saw a tall dark shape about 7-8 feet tall striding through undergrowth and yelled, after which it veered to go around and continued on screaming. A foul odor was noticed as it passed, and broken branches were found the next morning.

ScreamSilhouetteFootstepsOdorTree break
March 1983 Sequim, Jefferson County, Washington Class B #23068

Unknown animal heard crashing through property near Blyn and Sequim Bay

The witness left her remote cabin in the evening to go to the outhouse when her guard dog hid under the cabin and she heard something large crashing through nearby alders. She went back inside to get her husband, who also heard crashing through the trees. The next morning they found alders snapped off about four feet up along a flattened trail but found no tracks.

Movement onlyTree break
15 November 1982 Lake Quinault, Jefferson County, Washington Class B #42408

Elk Hunter recalls observing what he thought was another hunter near Lake Quinault

The witness spent the night in a truck at the end of a logging road after light snow and watched the road in the morning. A large black figure appeared about 1000 feet away, stood motionless for one to several hours scanning the valley, then took a large step off the road down a steep slope. The witness walked to the spot, found no tracks in the snow, concluded it was not a man, and left the area.

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