Prince of Wales County, Alaska

Near Hydaburg

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Prince of Wales County Alaska (Class A) BFRO

February 2004

This incident happened last night just after 11pm. My daughter was home alone. She lives with a relative, who was out of town. She called me at 11:22 pm; she was terrified. She said she could hear something walking back and forth by her bedroom window. She also said she looked out the window when she first heard it, and saw "something" big and black, really big. She described the "thing" to have been about 3-4 feet above the bottom of the window. When I went down to look behind the house this morning, I stood by the window. I am 5'4" and my eyes just reach the bottom of the window, so I figure this "thing" must have been 7-8 feet tall. We live in a small village of less than 500 population. There are a lot of bushes and trees in between the houses. Their house is close to the beach, and there is forest surrounding the town. Now, I've never known my daughter to afraid of anything, but last night when I went to pick her up, she was shaking like a leaf, she was hysterical, it took me almo...

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Prince of Wales County Alaska (Class B) BFRO

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Prince of Wales County Alaska (Class A) BFRO

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