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Class B First-hand BFRO #26494

Campers experience powerful screams at remote campsite

25 August 2009 between 1100 and 1145 pm Estacada, Clackamas County, Oregon 2 witnesses

Account

Two adults sitting by a campfire late at night heard loud high-pitched screaming whoops that seemed to surround them and grow closer. They retreated to their truck, honked the horn, and listened for several minutes as the sounds moved farther away before tearing down camp and driving out. Afterward they compared the sound to coyote calls without a match and said it exactly matched a 1978 whooping screams recording.

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What was reported

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Sounds

Scream Whoop

Facts & provenance

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Date
25 August 2009
Stated BFRO report #26494 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day
between 1100 and 1145 pm
Stated BFRO report #26494 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Estacada, Clackamas County, Oregon
Stated BFRO report #26494 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
45.2982, -122.3324 (± 15 km)
Geocoded BFRO report #26494 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Estacada city (GEOID 4123800), matched from nearest town 'Estacada'
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #26494 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
2
Stated BFRO report #26494 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Witness was
sitting by campfire talking
Stated BFRO report #26494 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Source classification
Class B
Stated BFRO report #26494 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by
Kristi Sanders (BFRO)
Scat

purple-black pile of minimally digested blackberries in middle of road, thought at time to be from small bear, later described as fresh moist bear scat

BFRO report, “Also Noticed” section

Source timeline

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  1. BFRO report #26494 Primary
    Published 2009-08-26 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash fdb0d5927b7a
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization

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