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Class B First-hand BFRO #6559

Multiple screams heard

25 June 2003 between 3:00am and 4:00am Cougar, Skamania County, Washington 2 witnesses

Account

The witness was camping with family and woke between 3 and 4 a.m. to a high-pitched howling/screaming that started with one voice and grew to several in unison before stopping abruptly after 10-15 seconds. The witness's wife also woke and heard it. The witness said the sound was unfamiliar and unlike elk, deer, cougar, or coyote known from prior experience.

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What was reported

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Sounds

Howl Scream

Facts & provenance

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Date
25 June 2003
Stated BFRO report #6559 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day
between 3:00am and 4:00am
Stated BFRO report #6559 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Cougar, Skamania County, Washington
Stated BFRO report #6559 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
46.22, -121.92 (± 1000 m)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 6559 (4 decimals, no boundary)
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #6559 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
2
Derived BFRO report #6559 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Witness was
family camping
Stated BFRO report #6559 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
some sort of animals
Stated BFRO report #6559 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class B
Stated BFRO report #6559 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Follow-up

An investigator spoke with the witness by telephone, listened to an imitation of the sound, and compared it to elk calls and a reference tape.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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  1. BFRO report #6559 Primary
    Published 2003-06-29 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash af5b5a35d21f
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization
  2. BFRO map layer Reference
    Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization

The report refers to

  • “there had been other people that had heard it too”
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  • “some mentioned having rocks thrown at them out of the dark”
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