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BFRO #17449
Animal behaviour near Elkins, West Virginia
about an hour before we heard the call
Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia
Same witness, another occasion.
This event is described inside another report — Possible vocalizations heard by backpackers in Otter Creek Wilderness. It is catalogued separately because it is a different occasion, not a duplicate.
Account
About an hour before the calls in daylight at the same campsite, the dogs barked at apparently nothing with raised hair while sniffing upwind.
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| Date |
about an hour before we heard the call
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| Place |
Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia
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| Map point |
38.9238, -79.8540 (± 15 km)
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