Incident #1001463
Trout Lake, Lewis Cty, Washington
1981 to 1982
Account
Witness was fishing on Mosquito Lake. Saw a 7-foot, gorillalike creature, dark haired, walking in shallow water, looking down. When it noticed him it ran with long strides and swinging arms back into the woods. It was very fast and made the water fly. It had a humped back and a short, thick neck.
When
- Year
- 1981 to 1982
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
- Duration
- 6 to 15 seconds
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Lewis Cty
- Nearest Town
- Trout Lake
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 13
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 38
- Latitude
- 46073-
- Longitude
- 121453-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- water
- Near or/at
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- water
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- small lake, swamp
- Distance to Water
- contact
- Cover
- some trees
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- Undergrowth type
- berry bushes
- General undergrowth
- none
- Species
- fir
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- NASI publication
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JAN 15 1998
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- FEB 1999
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- slightly stooped
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Neck Length
- short
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- turned, watched observer, ran
- Walking Speed
- slow
- Running Stride
- long
- Running Speed
- fast
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Reaction
- fled from
- Water Activity
- wading
- Water Depth
- near shore shallow
- Additional Movement
- entered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Bigfoot Research Project
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- fishing, boat
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- kept going
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 51 to 60