YEAR: 2025

SEASON: Summer

MONTH: June

DATE: 26

STATE: Washington

COUNTY: Chelan County

LOCATION DETAILS: 47.81524° N, 120.68677° W

NEAREST TOWN: Plain, WA

NEAREST ROAD: Chiwawa loop Rd

OBSERVED: I was out camping with a buddy at the Wenatchee River along the bank couple miles down the river from the mouth of river/lake. Nobody around us for days except the occasional group of people floating or kayaking the river. Our camp was up the cliff side from the river so we had an awesome view point across and down the river.

Saturday night we were sitting around camp relaxing and trying to get out of sun as we had been on the water swimming and fishing all day. We were having a normal conversation and my buddies face went blank like he had seen a ghost, I just kept talking and he wasn’t responding so after a minute or so I go what’s going on. He asked me to get up quickly and quietly and go grab the binoculars. I retrieve them, hand then to him and he starts looking again, staring through them not saying a word or answering me. About a minute again after just staring off through binoculars he starts pointing goes look down my hand you see those two trees on the tall tree line, then points out the tree in front of those a very leafy looking tree about 20ft tall if I had to guess. I need to go back out and look around and measure it up. He says look to the left of that tree and handed me the binoculars. This is where it gets crazy.

I start looking through the binoculars and see a creature standing there on two legs, damn near half the height of the tree so I’d guess 8-10 ft tall standing there. Had very dark reddish-brown hair that covered it’s whole body except it’s face and hands. Was super thick and wide, not just tall. It’s face looked very ape like with its features, big mouth poking out big ol nose kinda flat though at same time just very monkey ape like.

As it is standing it’s using its arms and hands to move stuff around like branches and brush. I shook my head in disbelief at what I was seeing. When I looked back through the bincos I see same thing I saw before. As I’m looking this time, I ask my buddy "You saw whatever this is moving right? He goes "Oh yeh"

I hadn’t seen it’s face until this point yet. The creature turned its head and I was staring at its face just from the side. I was mind blown at what I was seeing. In that instant it looked over at river scanned up river a bit, looked straight up at us on top of the cliff and it ducked down for about 15 seconds then sprinted off into the woods on two legs upright.

I regret not having my phone with me. I will now be investing in a camera and investing some time up in area searching until I find again. I have added coordinates that’ll be very close but will go back for exact this weekend

ALSO NOTICED: I will be going back to check this weekend for foot prints, fur, himself, I had fallen I’ll next morning so had to go home

OTHER WITNESSES: 2

OTHER STORIES: Yes I have actually heard and smelt interesting things I could not explain as well as the ones posted on your site

TIME AND CONDITIONS: Was around 7pm on [June] 26th, 70 degrees out, little to no clouds, sun wasn’t setting but was tucking behind the trees creating shaded areas along the river was still bright though.

ENVIRONMENT: Right off Wenatchee River, on some bends where there is tons of fish, downed logs and trees, a shoot off of the river creates a swampy area as well, while looking at maps it appears there’s a swap looking body of water in the woods it ran off towards, very tree covered area as well when not in the water, beaches are minimal

About BFRO Investigator Matthew Moneymaker:

Matthew Moneymaker is originally from the Los Feliz District of Los Angeles, California.

- Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).

- Juris Doctorate (Law degree) from University of Akron School of Law

- Founder of the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization,1995.

- Writer and co-producer of the Discovery Channel documentary "Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science", 2001.

- Co-producer of the TV Series "Mysterious Encounters" for the Outdoor Life Network (OLN Channel), 2002.

- Producer of the "2003 International Bigfoot Symposium" (Willow Creek Symposium) DVD set, 2004.

- Co-host of "Finding Bigfoot" on Animal Planet Channel, 2010 - 2017.

- Current Director of the BFRO

- Available for private bigfoot expeditions and conferences. To inquire please email ContactUS@BFRO.net