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Bigfoot sighting in Washington, United States
Apr 1979 · In the Rainier Training area North of Rainier and West of Yelm., Washington, United States
During a night escape-and-evasion course in April 1979, a soldier saw a large dark figure run across a clearing in the Rainier Training area and heard heavy footsteps.
Facts
- Reported as
- At night, soldier in training has sighting at Ft. Lewis
- Date
- Apr 1979
- Place
- In the Rainier Training area North of Rainier and West of Yelm., Washington, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 46.965, -122.690
- Located within
- 1.3 km
- Time
- about 21:00, night
- Witness was
- other
- Witnesses
- 2
- Creatures
- 1
- Distance
- 15 m (50 ft)
- Behaviour
- running
- Sounds
- footsteps
- In the account
- alone, bipedal footsteps, branches breaking, field or clearing, only silhouette, raining, repeat location, reported years later, ruled out bear, told no one, vanished
- 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
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- Woman recalls childhood incident -- possible stalking near Yelm
- Man recalls his possible nighttime encounter while instructing at Ft. Lewis
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