Class B First-hand BFRO #58396

Hunters experience possible vocalizations, wood knocks, felled trees, over eight days in Squaw Valley

8 October 2017 daytime and nights Coolin Idaho, Near Priest Lake, Pend Oreille County, Washington 2 witnesses

Account

Two hunters spent eight days camping in a tent while hunting. Most nights they heard moaning/howling and reciprocal wood knocks that seemed to move closer, and one night heard growls outside the tent but saw nothing when they rushed out with guns and flashlights. Twice they returned from hunting to find trees blocking or inside camp, including a large healthy green pine pushed over. After losing sleep they left for a family cabin and returned next morning to find the tent zipper partly open with the lantern still on.

Summary drafted by AI from the source report and checked by code before I publish it. The witness's own words remain with the publisher — read the original report .

What was reported

Every kind of observation in the account. Select one to find other encounters with it.

Physical traces

Interaction

Facts & provenance

Each value names where it came from.

Date
8 October 2017
Stated BFRO report #58396 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day
daytime and nights
Stated BFRO report #58396 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Coolin Idaho, Near Priest Lake, Pend Oreille County, Washington
Stated BFRO report #58396 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
48.49, -117.06 (± 1000 m)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 58396 with published boundary
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #58396 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
2
Derived BFRO report #58396 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Witness was
camping and hunting from a tent
Stated BFRO report #58396 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class B
Stated BFRO report #58396 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

What the source says was found or done. Claimed evidence is listed as claimed; the Anomadex has not examined it.

Investigated by
Kevin Llewellyn (BFRO)
Photograph

Photos of smaller tree with fresh rootball placed across camp entrance

BFRO report, “Observed” section
Photograph

Photos of larger pushed-over tree and tent condition

BFRO report, “Observed” section
Tree damage

Twenty-foot tree and sticks placed across camp entrance with rootball intact

Measurements: twenty foot long, four to five inches diameter at bottom, root ball eighteen inches with roots to twenty-four inches

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Tree damage

Thirty-foot tree down in camp snapped off at ground

Measurements: thirty foot long, twelve to eighteen inches diameter, snapped off at ground

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Photograph

An investigator interviewed the witness by phone to reconstruct the daily sequence and review photos.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Measurement

An investigator interviewed the witness by phone to reconstruct the daily sequence and review photos.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Follow-up

An investigator interviewed the witness by phone to reconstruct the daily sequence and review photos.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

Every record this entry is built from, earliest known first. Records are versioned and never edited in place.

  1. Published 2017-10-22 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 4 images at source Hash ec36cacf3fa2
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization
  2. BFRO map layer Reference
    Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization