Washington spring of 1969. 1 bigfoot creatures involved

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Encounter date: MAR 05 1969
Year: 1969
Season: spring
Time of day: 3 a.m. to dawn
Duration: brief
Story Originator: 1st person
Reported by: Don Cox intv. by Dick Grover. Also earlier intv. b
Terrain: valley;hillside
Lighting: headlights
State: Washington
Nearest Town: North Bonneville (Pop. 500)
County: Skamania County
Coordinates: Lat 45381- Lon 12159--
Distance to Town: 4 Miles
Number of Creatures: 1
Creature Types: one large, sex unknown
Photographed: NO
Tracks: not found
Tracks Cast: NO
Tracks Photographed: NO
Creature Fired At: Bullet Missed Creature
Effect of Firearm: n/a
Superhuman Action: Leaped up 8-foot bank by road in two strides
Trees Undergrowth: Species n/a, Variety: n/a, Tree Cover: heavy, Tree Condition: mostly mature, Tree Type: n/a, Tree Abborations: n/a, Undergrowth: moderate, Undergrowth Type: hard stemmed
Slope: easy, Slope Was Facing: South
Nearby water: river
Distance to water: quarter mile
Substratum: forest litter
Snow condition: n/a
Weather condition: wet, Heat: normal, Wetness: normal, Snow: n/a, Temp: cool, Wind: n/a, Clarity: fog, Humidity: high
JG Incident type: 1
JG File Date: MAR 69
JG Source date: JUN 70
JG Source type: computer survey
JG Source reliability rank: 8
JG Source incident rank: 5
JG Visibility Index: 6
Related incident id: n/a

Don Cox was going fishing at 4 a.m., driving north of the Columbia River near Beacon Rock, when he saw what at first appeared to be a tree leaning towards the road from the South side. He was driving slowly because he had been in fog. Slowed more and put on high beams as a dark, fur-covered human form with a face like an ape ran across the road from the field below and leaped up a 40 degree bank and disappeared into the woods. Police notified and deputy John Mason returned with Cox to scene. Only one imprint in the bank where creature took a step on the way to the top of an 8-foot bank. Estimated height 8 to 10 feet tall.