Class B First-hand BFRO #3390

Campers are disturbed by strange vocalizations in Piney Woods of East Texas

October 1996 around 7 o'clock Etoile, Nacogdoches County, Texas 2 witnesses

Account

A couple camping overnight on family land heard a loud human-like howl from a creek bottom that quickly closed to within a few yards and repeated several times. The wife fled to a storage shed and sprained her ankle while the husband retrieved a pistol and searched with a flashlight but saw nothing. They abandoned the camp the same evening and drove home.

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What was reported

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Facts & provenance

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Date
October 1996
Stated BFRO report #3390 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day
around 7 o'clock
Stated BFRO report #3390 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Etoile, Nacogdoches County, Texas
Stated BFRO report #3390 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
31.33, -94.33 (± 1000 m)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 3390 (5 decimals, no boundary)
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #3390 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
2
Derived BFRO report #3390 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Witness was
overnight camping and cooking over a campfire
Stated BFRO report #3390 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Witness's word for it
whatever it was
Stated BFRO report #3390 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class B
Stated BFRO report #3390 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Follow-up

An investigator separately interviewed both witnesses about the vocalizations and prior activities.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

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