BFRO #78558: Man and his son hunting elk have an encounter with a possible sasquatch near Packwood

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📝 Description

This report was generated by Investigator Scott Taylor for the witness. The witness told the account on a recorded line. The narrative was transcribed and submitted to the witness for accuracy. These are his own words.My son and I were hunting on the 4830 road, which goes from Art Lake to Hagar Lake. The road follows the ridge line from Art Lake, until it drops down to Hagar Lake. About a mile South of Art Lake, headed toward Hagar Lake, there are some old-growth Douglas Fir. In that area there�s a small landing, where they probably parked equipment when there was logging in the area. It�s a good place to park and get off the road. We were elk hunting there in November, 2014. We pulled the pickup into that spot, got out and walked maybe 50 or 100 yards. The weather was very mild, no rain, no snow and no wind. Suddenly about a hundred yards or so above us, something either broke a large tree limb or snapped a small tree in half. It was very startling and was a sharp sound, almost like a rifle report. We were trying to figure out what it was, and we scanned the hillside above us, looking for a large animal and expecting to hear something else if a bear or elk were in the area. It was dead calm, but we heard nothing. It was late afternoon, maybe an hour before sunset. Suddenly we got hit with a nauseating, putrid smell. It smelled like a cross between a wet dog and rotten meat. The hair on the back our necks went up. We asked each other, �What do you think that is?� Then we got an ominous feeling, like something was wrong and that we should leave. We left and haven�t been up there since. The weather had been very calm that week, no rain, no snow, no wind, nothing that you could attribute to tree limbs falling from heavy, wet snow or wind and it didn�t sound like a tree limb falling and hitting the ground. It was the sound of something being snapped in half.

🔍 Circumstances

Two, myself and my son. He was hunting with me.

🌤️ Weather Conditions

3:30PM

ℹ️ Additional Details

3:30PM

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