BFRO #637: Campers' encounter just after dark in the Wrangell - St. Elias National Park and Preserve

📍 Location

📝 Description

My hiking partner and I arrived late to the Kennikot area. We were trying to make it to the camp sites near the glachier but it started getting too dark even for us . So we decided to camp at the first available site . We found a small spot right off the trail so we made camp and hung our supplies in a tree down the trail , started a fire and were just finishing a small meal when I walked to the trail to smoke.I was standing on the trail a few minutes when I noticed what I thought was a man on a bike coming down the trail. I let my partner know, but when I looked back it was still in the same spot. I started looking more closely to see a face or the bike or something. It was then I realized it wasn't a person.It was a large dark form legs spread apart, this is what led me to think it was a person on a bike. The arms were curled at it's side like someone with hands on handle bars. Too big for a bear and the legs were too far apart. I called my partner but when turned back to look at it again it moved very quickly into the woods on two legs. The next day we looked but found no evidence of anything on the trail. I've told this story to a few people but they all think I'm crazy. I hope that this helps. I know what I saw, I guess I'm just hopeing somebody belives me....

🔍 Circumstances

I was the only witness, there was one other in my party but he didn't see anything, he was at camp, I was about 15 ft from camp smoking a cigarett

🌤️ Weather Conditions

About 12:00 Midnight / full moon / clear / dim blue dusky light because the Alaska summer sun had just gone down about 1 hr prior.

ℹ️ Additional Details

About 12:00 Midnight / full moon / clear / dim blue dusky light because the Alaska summer sun had just gone down about 1 hr prior.

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