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Bigfoot sighting near Lake Chelan, Washington
Aug 1978 · Lake Chelan WA, Washington, United States
A child playing hide and seek at Holden Village near Lake Chelan, WA, saw a dark figure about 8 feet tall at garbage cans around 10:30 PM in August 1978, then ran.
The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.
Facts
- Reported as
- Memory of a possible night-time sighting as a youth playing 'Hide and Go Seek' in Holden Village
- Date
- Aug 1978
- Place
- Lake Chelan WA, Washington, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 48.200, -120.774
- Located within
- 140 m
- Time
- about 22:00, night
- Witness was
- playing
- Witnesses
- 1
- Creatures
- 1
- Distance
- 3.0 m (10 ft)
- Duration
- 3 s
- Height
- 2.4 m (8 ft)
- Behaviour
- crouching, standing
- In the account
- alone, at camp, childhood memory, crouched, food source nearby, near home, no smell noted, only silhouette, reported years later, thought bear first, thought person first, very tall, whole body turn, witness fled
- Account
- firsthand
- Sources
- 2 independent (5 listings)
Sources
- BFRORead the report
- BFRO (full-text copy)Read the report
- BFRO (KML copy)Read the report
- ManganiRead the report
- BFRO (Renner copy)Read the report
Nearby sightings
- Multiple witness sighting in daylight in a remote area near Holden
- Bigfoot sighting near Holden, Washington
- Daylight sighting by boaters where Holden Creek flows into Lake Chelan
- Bigfoot sighting near Ardenvoir, Washington
- Bigfoot sighting near Darrington, Washington
- IMPORTANT LOCATION: Two days hikers hear a series of menacing tree pushovers at Cub Lake - 5mi east of Lake Chelan
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