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November 1979 Greenwater, Pierce County, Washington Class B #1589

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.

Tracks
15 July 1979 IIwaco, Pacific County, Washington Class B #26440

Hitchhiker hears loud vocalization just outside Ilwaco

Two people walking at night along a highway with heavy packs heard an extremely loud, unfamiliar growl from nearby marshland. They reported intense fear with physical reactions and freezing briefly before running a long distance down the road. No visual contact with the source was reported.

Growl
April 1979 In The Rainier Training Area North Of Rainier And West Of Yelm., Thurston County, Washington Class A #3281

At night, soldier in training has sighting at Ft. Lewis

During a nighttime military evasion exercise, the witness walked forward to look for his sergeant and heard heavy footsteps. A large dark hulking figure appeared briefly at the end of a clearing about 50 feet away and ran about 20 feet into the woods. The sergeant arrived from another angle and also reported seeing a dark form running away, and both later agreed it was not a deer, bear, human or other animal.

Partial sightingFootsteps
1979 Washington #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/03/20/sc-ep202-is-that-a-gorilla

Movement only in Washington (1979)

After a football game in 1979 the witness was with a group of high school children parked by an old dump. They heard something forcing its way through heavy brush toward the cars. Everyone panicked and drove away without seeing what made the noise.

Movement onlyUnidentified sound
11 November 1978 Grays River, Wahkiakum County, Washington Class A #6425

Two hunters have a close encounter

Two people hunting elk with muzzle-loaders waited by a river until near dark and then started hiking out along the river. The person in the lead came face-to-face at very close range with a tall creature with glowing red eyes. The creature turned and left silently within seconds, and the pair waited before hiking out to their truck.

Full-body sightingEyeshine
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
August 1978 Stevenson, Skamania County, Washington Class B #7593

Stevenson Ridge vocalization startles father and son

The witness and the witness's father heard loud, high-pitched screams from the forest behind their house while watching television late at night in August 1978. The sound lasted about a minute and was unfamiliar to both listeners. They went onto the porch to look around but stayed near the house in the dark and saw nothing. Years later the witness felt the sound matched an alleged Bigfoot call recording played by a relative.

Scream
July 1978 Roy/Spanaway, Pierce County, Washington Class A #72287

Close range daylight encounter involving two young teenage sisters near Fort Lewis

Two sisters had stopped with family in woods for a bathroom break while driving home from a camping trip and were walking back to their truck when they turned to see a large hairy figure leaning against a tree about 20 feet away watching them. They walked quickly back to the truck without running. When the witness grabbed a camera to photograph it, the figure was gone, and their father dismissed the report and told them to leave.

Full-body sighting
June 1978 Neilton, Grays Harbor County, Washington Class A #7003

Truck driver has brief roadside sighting

The witness was driving south in a delivery truck in daylight when he noticed a large dark figure standing motionless by the roadside ahead. As he approached, the figure turned away and disappeared into dense timber within a few steps, swinging its arms. The witness slowed but did not stop to search, and the sedan ahead did not appear to react.

Full-body sighting
30 April 1978 Orting, Pierce County, Washington Class B #1731

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.

Tracks
April 1978 Stevenson, Skamania County, Washington Class A #1651

Daylight observation from Beacon Rock, along the Columbia River

From atop Beacon Rock, the witness watched a huge black figure climb a railroad bed in two strides and then stride across a pasture toward the river, passing among cows that looked only half its height and seemed undisturbed. A smaller figure that moved on all fours trailed behind it. The larger figure squatted for a time at a tributary before crossing back across the meadow and being lost from view.

Full-body sighting
Summer 1978 Chehalis, Lewis County, Washington Class A #29055

Young girl recounts two encounters at the family farm near Chehalis

As an 11-year-old the witness was playing piano alone in the living room at night when she felt watched and turned to see a hairy biped looking in through a large picture window. She froze and then screamed, and the creature reacted with surprise and fled on two legs. Her father saw its back as it fled, and relatives in a camper outside also saw it run past toward a field and creek.

Partial sightingFull-body sighting
29 December 1977 Granite Falls, Snohomish County, Washington Class A #1880

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.

TracksScat
1 October 1977 Nisqually, Pierce County, Washington Class B #28197

Man recalls his possible nighttime encounter while instructing at Ft. Lewis

In 1977 the witness, an Army instructor at Fort Lewis, was alone grading trainees on a night exercise when he smelled a foul rotten-egg odor and heard brush rustling and branches breaking. He saw a pair of eyes staring at him as a creature moved left to right in front of him, then left the area, after which the odor and sounds stopped. He was frightened and hid, and a next-day search found no tracks.

EyeshineOdorFootstepsMovement only
October 1977 Forks, Jefferson County, Washington Class A #65807

Late night sighting on Highway 101 in between Forks and Kalaloch

The witness was riding as a passenger on a late-night drive between Forks and Kalaloch when she noticed a small upright figure standing on the right shoulder. As the car passed very close, she looked directly at its face for a few seconds while it stood still with its arms moving in front of its face. A companion who was driving did not see it. She later came to believe it was a young Sasquatch and stated it was not any known regional animal.

Full-body sighting
14 August 1977 Skykomish, King County, Washington Class A #4583

Early afternoon sighting by motorist on US Hwy 2, near Skykomish

After hiking, the witness was driving back toward the highway in early afternoon when a tall dark humanlike figure crossed the road about 50 yards ahead. The figure continued up a very steep bank while remaining upright. The witness was alone and stated it was not a bear and that they had never seen such a creature before or since.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
August 1977 Deming, Whatcom County, Washington Class A #1749

Three brownish figures seen moving on nearby foothill

The witness and two companions were talking on a porch in the afternoon when they noticed three brownish figures moving on a nearby foothill for about ten minutes. They walked to the spot after the figures left and found a heap of branches resembling a bed, with some branches torn from trees high off the ground. The witness noted an absence of claw marks or bear prints and questioned how the branches could have been placed without tools.

Full-body sightingStructure or nestTree break
August 1977 Monroe, Snohomish County, Washington Class A #10397

A bipedal subject seen standing in Hannan Lake

Four people in a boat on a lake saw a tall hair-covered figure standing knee-deep in a cove splashing water on its chest. When noticed, it stood upright, looked at the boaters, then calmly turned and walked out of the water into dense woods. The boaters tried to approach the shore but turned back in murky, weed-choked water.

Full-body sighting
July 1977 Yelm, Thurston County, Washington Class A #1682

Young boy awakened by a loud roaring scream (Part 3)

The witness rode a motorcycle to a pond at the edge of a field to look for amphibians. While walking around the pond, the witness heard cracking from the opposite treeline and briefly saw a large dark shaggy form break a branch and disappear into the forest. The lower legs were hidden by a mound, but the witness estimated the height at about seven feet and then left for the house.

Partial sightingTree break
summer of 77 Washington #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/07/29/sc-ep43-beachfoot-interviews

Sasquatch sighting in Washington (1977)

At age ten the guest was on a ferry from Seattle to Victoria crossing Admiralty Inlet. Passengers noticed a large black figure swimming in the wake toward Whidbey Island with plainly visible arms. Another passenger suggested it was a Bigfoot, which prompted the guest's later interest.

Partial sighting