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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.
Motorist returning from fireworks display gets a good look at a bigfoot near Ashford
After midnight while driving west toward Elbe, the witness saw a large hairy figure cross the highway ahead and enter fir trees. As the car closed the distance, the figure stepped onto the grass and pushed a fir bough from its face, showing a gorilla-like ear. The witness braked and turned toward the trees but the car stalled and the adult passenger became upset, so the witness left and returned the next day to look for sign.
Man remembers his daylight sighting of a bigfoot standing on a stump next to Discovery Bay
The witness, traveling with four companions for target practice, left the truck and saw a tall upright figure standing on a stump overlooking the bay. The figure turned to look at the witness, stared, then turned away, turned again after the witness shouted, and walked quickly into dense forest. The companions did not see the figure but all later found prints, heard crashing branches, and noticed a faint unusual odor.
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.
Morning sighting by hiker, near Shuksan
The witness, alone on a trail, reported feeling watched, stopping, then seeing an adult and a child blending with a tree. The adult reportedly maintained eye contact, brought the child into view briefly, and kept a hand on it before the child moved back behind the tree. The witness also reported a wet-dog-like odor and finding tracks at the start of the encounter.
Young hunter sees an upright walking animal
The son left a family barbecue to hunt nearby and ran back reporting a tall, dark, hairy biped stepping over a wire fence about 100 yards from camp. Three relatives went to the spot minutes later and found pressed-down grass but no clear prints. They noted a strong pungent odor that lingered, but the creature had left the area.
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.
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.
US Army Ranger training mission near Greenwater finds large barefoot human shaped tracks
During a military alpine navigation exercise, the witness's squad stopped to rest at a stream and discovered large, deep footprints on a gravel bar and in soft soil. They measured the prints and stride with a tape measure and noticed occasional additional marks downstream before the trail ended. No maker was seen, and the squad leader suggested instructors may have made the prints as a joke.
Young Man Has Surprise Encounter at High School Graduation Party
On graduation night in 1982, the witness hid at the edge of a field to blow a predator call as a prank on camping classmates. After calling without effect, the witness heard a branch snap, turned with a flashlight, and saw a tall male sasquatch-like figure about 10 feet away holding brush aside. After a few seconds the witness switched off the light, heard a noise, and the figure was gone when the light returned.
Grays Harbor County Sheriff's Department Offense report/summary
The writer was contacted about large tracks in a secluded clearcut area and was escorted to a spur road. Two large human-like footprints were found in mud where a wide trail of broken vegetation came down a hill to the road. The writer photographed both prints, cast the left one, and collected a hair from between the toes for analysis.
Hikers off Lewis River Trail find large footprint east of Cougar
In spring 1981 the witness was camping with family and hiking off-trail when the group found a large footprint on the edge of a creek. Water was running over the print, suggesting it was fresh. The find was kept private for years until reported, and an investigator later documented its size.
Memory told of a possible encounter while fishing near Salkum
While fishing about forty yards apart on a riverbank, the witness and a relative felt watched and noticed movement in brush at the base of a cliff. The pair fled down a trail toward camp, and the witness looked back to see a large hair-covered arm and hand reaching out of the brush right behind him before it disappeared. The next day they returned and found indistinct tracks in soft dirt at the bottom of the cliff face.
Thumping noise heard at night, footprints found in morning
Late at night while camping in a trailer, the witness heard loud heavy footsteps pass by outside. The next morning the witness found about 20 large human-like footprints passing the campsite, including one that pressed into a rubber mat at the trailer steps. No casts or photos were made, and no other sounds or odors were noted that weekend.
Tracks found near a mountainside clear cut
The witness reported finding large five-toed tracks measuring 13-14 inches long and 6-7 inches wide. The find occurred at the edge of a clear cut overlooking Packwood from the south while cutting wood. No creature was seen.
Two hunters find large track
Two deer hunters found very large unfamiliar tracks in powder snow near old-growth timber. The woods became unusually silent and one hunter felt they were being watched. They never saw what made the tracks and left the area quickly.
25-50 Footprints found near Orting
The witness reports finding dozens of large five-toed footprints in wet, packed sand. Most were roughly boot-length but wider and over an inch deep, with a second deformed variant and a larger unclear print leading toward a cliff. The witness and a companion photographed the prints and the witness planned to cast them.
Man and his children find large barefoot tracks in snow
The witness took his children sledding along a forest service road, towing a sled behind his truck. After noticing droppings in the road, they found a trail of large bare human-like footprints with five toes leading up a bank. The witness compared his booted foot and stride to the prints, noting a much longer step and deeper impressions, then left because it was getting late and later reported the find to the sheriff's office.
Sasquatch sighting in Washington (1977)
The witness was walking home at night past a vacant lot filled with small alder trees when he noticed what looked like a bush that had not been there before. When he stepped toward it, the shape stood up, turned, and crashed through the alders and down over a hill toward a creek while he ran home. The next morning he found bent and snapped alders and deep impressions leading through brush over the hill.
Memory told of close encounter with a sasquatch while picking up clay pigeons near Sumner
The witness, then working at a gun club picking up clay targets, came through tall brush into a clearing and saw a large hairy figure standing behind a tree about 60 feet away. They stared at each other for nearly a minute before the witness heard children approaching behind him, turned to warn his partner to move the kids away, and lost sight of the figure.