YEAR: 2007

SEASON: Summer

MONTH: September

DATE: Sept.3,2007

STATE: Washington

COUNTY: Skamania County

LOCATION DETAILS: take hwy 12 to randle follow the 25 line south to iron creek picknick area and go left follow that to burly mt. road and go right go up the hill and follow this a tee on the left is burly mt. and on the right is the way to the camp go right untill you get to a y in the road on the right hand side there is a camp site go in there and thats it.

NEAREST TOWN: randle

NEAREST ROAD: 77 line in gifford pinchot ntnl forest

OBSERVED: Well it was about 8:30 in the morning I got up in to relive myself from the night, as i got out the tent I heard BIG steps, only four but it sounded like somebody was really pounding there feat in the ground going up the hill.
I had my gun with me and told my girlfriend there is something big over there knowing I had A bear tag I looked over and over.
About an fifteen minutes later I resumed making coffee and my breakfast about 9:30 to 10:00a.m. I started hearing this pounding like something taking a rock and hiting a tree over and over then pauses then hitting again I asked my girl friend who was still in the tent in a whisper "Hay, hay did you hear that" she said "what" I said"listen" and she heard it too then it stopped I heard steps in the woods then the steps stopped I just had an fealing I was being watched I then packed up and went home.

ALSO NOTICED: the night before my dog was growling which she doesn't do very much I have animals at my house and she just wants to play with them

OTHER WITNESSES: my girl friend was listning

OTHER STORIES: About two years ago my same girl friend was in the the same spot and heard this oooooooooohhhhhhh ooooohhhh ooooohhhh for like 2 in a half days straight I ask a friend he said it was a owl in mating, but for 2 in a half days staight I don't know

TIME AND CONDITIONS: 8:30 to 10:00

ENVIRONMENT: hilly, very dark forest, can't see not more than 20 yards in some spots a lot of old growth and dead trees.

Follow-up investigation report by BFRO Investigator Scott Taylor:

After interviewing the witness, there are three things that stand out about this report.

First, the evening of Sunday September 2nd, it was reported that the bird dog belonging to the witness spotted something in the woods which made it go "on point", and also frightened it so badly that it was shaking. They ended up putting the dog in the truck.

Second, when the witness awoke on Monday morning, September 3rd, he hear four loud footsteps of something big walking away from his camp site.

Third, both the witness and his girlfriend heard wood knocks for about 20 minutes starting around an hour after the heavy footsteps. The pattern was such that it could not have been a woodpecker or other cause.

Based on these three facts, I can only conclude that the witness and his girlfriend had a class B encounter with a sasquatch. It is very likely that they were observed through the night.

About BFRO Investigator Scott Taylor:

Scott Taylor is a retired aerospace manager. He lives in Mason County, Washington. He had his first bigfoot encounter in October 2005 where he was stalked and later heard vocalizations.

Scott has attended official BFRO Expeditions in the Washington Cascades in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. He also attended 2007 Central Oregon Cascades and 2007 Utah. He now organizes BFRO expeditions in Washington and has participated in bigfoot conferences over the past 17 years.

Scott will be leading a Washington BFRO expedition in 2025 (July 17-20) which is open to non-members. For more details and registration information for that trip click here.