YEAR: 1991

SEASON: Spring

MONTH: June

DATE: 8

STATE: Washington

COUNTY: Pierce County

LOCATION DETAILS: Mineral lake near the town of Elbe and Mt. Rainier.

NEAREST TOWN: Elbe

NEAREST ROAD: Hwy 7

OBSERVED: A Bigfoot-like creature was seen at a distance of 20 feet at midnight. Creature stepped out in front of person who was walking along some railroad tracks then the creature crossed the tracks and disappeared into the brush .

ALSO NOTICED: Later that night two reenactors came running down from a hill they were camping on saying they were shooting at a " banshee". At about 3 am that morning something came through the reenactor camp and threw things around and knocked things over.

OTHER WITNESSES: Witness was a Civil War reenactor and got lost while walking back to camp during a local Civil War reenactment that took place at the time.

ENVIRONMENT: Along some railroad tracks with brush and timber on both sides with an abandoned boxcar on some other tracks.

A & G References: Pg. 47, B6