Sound reports from resident in South Lake Tahoe
Account
The witness reports hearing loud mournful screams and wails almost nightly for three months at a home south of South Lake Tahoe, often described as paired calls that converge then stop. Recordings were made mostly from a bedroom window between late evening and morning. The witness with a companion also backpacked, made all-night forest forays, and camped with bait to locate the source, finding tracks and bed-like structures with torn branches, while noting dogs refused some areas and little wildlife was seen.
What was reported
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Sounds
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Facts & provenance
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| Date |
June 2000
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
9:00pm to 7:30am
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| Place |
El Dorado County, California
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| Map point |
38.93, -119.98 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 147 (4 decimals, no boundary)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
3
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| Witness was |
listening and recording from home at night and searching surrounding forest by backpacking and overnight camping
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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several recordings of screams and wails made mostly from bedroom window
tracks found in area
photographs of tracks found in area
bed-like structures with torn branches
An investigator visited the area, listened to the witness's recordings, camped overnight at the suspected sound source, heard stick-like banging followed by two loud howls, and found nothing the next morning.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #147 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference