Class C
First-hand
BFRO #1282
witnesses heard bizarre loud screams while out catching bullfrogs in a swamp.
Summer 1978
a little after 1:00 at night
Ascension Parish, Louisiana
4 witnesses
Account
The witness, then 8, was camping with relatives at a boat-access camp far back in the swamp. A little after 1 a.m., after a relative blew a hunting-dog horn to elicit an owl response, the group heard a single loud scream while lying on cots in the moonlight. The witness describes it as indescribable and unlike other swamp sounds, and says the group did not know what it was.
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| Date |
Summer 1978
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
a little after 1:00 at night
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| Place |
Ascension Parish, Louisiana
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| Map point |
30.2064, -90.9125 (± 16 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Ascension Parish (GEOID 22005); the report gives only the county
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
4
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| Witness was |
camping overnight and lying on cots listening
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| Source classification |
Class C
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BFRO report #1282 Primary