I grew up in Crosby, Kitsap County, Washington. In fact our house wasn’t more than 100 yards north of Hite Center Road, and was next door to the old Lewis house. I’ve walked up and down Hite Center Road many times. Even stayed overnight with a friend who lived at the very end of it. I spent most of my youth prowling around in the local woods as well as fishing the local lakes and streams and never saw or heard anything but black bears, deer and an occasional coyote, and I think I heard a mountain lion once (it sounded like a baby crying). I never heard of anyone else seeing or hearing anything unusual either, not even from loggers who were in the woods every day.

The Lewis family were pioneers in that area as were the Emels, Christophers and Hagens. 1932 would have been around the time that McCormick’s big high-lead logging operation quit as most of the old growth timber was already harvested by then. Everything was second or third growth by the time we moved there in the early 60s. I don’t know if that has anything to do with BF sightings or not.

In the 70s I did a lot of backpacking in the Olympics and again, never saw anything nor heard of anyone else doing so.

Now I read on BFRO”s site about sightings in Port Orchard, Suquamish and Indianola. I wonder if bigfoot’s population may be increasing or their range spreading like other animals are doing (cougars in Michigan, wolves in Utah)?