Possible encounter with soldier training training in the Olympic National Forest witnessed in Clallam County, Washington

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My name is Ken Gosline. In 1966 while stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington with the 4th Inf. Div., I had an encounter with, what I believed to be a bear, but now I know it was a bigfoot. The encounter itself did not happen at Fort Lewis. We were on operations up in the Olympic National Forest prior to leaving for VietNam. Myself and about seven other guys volunteered to play the enemy and try to sneak through the Company Lines. We waited till way past sunset before we attempted to infiltrate the lines. We were moving extremely slow, so it had to be past midnight when we were discovered and all hell broke loose. I lucked out and was not captured. I laid under a tree, avoiding capture for well over an hour. When I finally made it back to the logging road it had to be 3-4 a.m. When I got close to my Company area, I heard what I thought was another soldier coming down the side of a hill toward the logging road. I couldn't make out any details, just the outline of a "Big" G.I. If I could...