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Klickitat County, Washington · 2019-07-10 · from the BFRO archive

A very tall figure in Klickitat County, Washington

On July 10, 2019, after whitewater rafting on the White Salmon River in Washington State I observed an extremely tall hominid walk across the river. I would estimate it's height in the 7 ft 6 inch plus range but it was skinny. I was resting after rafting and hiking in approximately 1 mile down a trail. This is a calmer stretch of the White Salmon River watching other kayakers go by occasionally. Here the river is usually no more than 2 ft deep. After a period with no kayakers, about 30 mins, I watched what I can only describe as a Sasquatch or Bigfoot walk out of the woods about 80 yards away on the opposite side of the river and cross the river. It was coming slightly in my direction as it crossed. I was startled (terrified) and had my camera phone on me but realized I could not open the camera app likely in time to get a pic or video, so I observed it closely for the dozen or so seconds it took to cross the river. As I said, at least 7.5 ft or taller, based on the fact that I could see its head at or above the trees on the riverbank that it went though. The hominid was covered in very black hair, with noticable bare areas across the chest and hip area. Also less hair under the armpit. The hair on its head was also black and looked very much like shorter dreadlocks. I could see the nose and lips (very humanlike) but not the eyes. It crossed the river not in a great hurry, but just like wanted to get out of the open. I believe it saw me at its closest approach (about 50 yards) because it turned its body slightly in my direction and that is when I could see the face, nose, lips. It crossed the river, went through the trees, and then I could hear it going up a large embankment. I was shocked and had an almost overwhelming sense of fear and would not talk about it for a while. I talked with an old timer lady in the area. She was confident I had seen one of their "teenagers" They're tall and skinny just like ours she said. ________________________________________________

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