Class B
First-hand
BFRO #2142
Campers smell foul odor
August 1981
about midnight to 1 AM
Humboldt County, California
10 witnesses
Account
Around midnight during a meteor shower outing, the witness was alone in a clearing, felt watched, then heard nearby rustling and ran back to camp. Shortly after, the group noticed an extremely strong sulfurous musky odor coming from a stand of trees. They pursued stomping and thrashing sounds uphill but never saw the source, and the pursuers fled after the sound and smell abruptly stopped.
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| Date |
August 1981
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
about midnight to 1 AM
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| Place |
Humboldt County, California
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| Map point |
41.5331, -124.0811 (± 20 km)
USGS GNIS stream 'Klamath River', Del Norte, matched from place name 'Klamath River'
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
10
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| Witness was |
watching meteor shower and socializing at cabin camp
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| Witness's word for it |
this smelly thing
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| Source classification |
Class B
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BFRO report #2142 Primary