Loud vocalizations repeatedly disturb family
Account
The witness, then a child, was sleeping in the family's A-frame when very loud, high-pitched screams from behind the house woke the household. The father fired a handgun from a loft window and later used a spotlight, hearing something move away upslope but never seeing the source. Similar late-night screams recurred several times over the following week, and daytime searches found broken small trees and a rotten-egg smell but no tracks or other samples. The family moved away within a month.
What was reported
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Facts & provenance
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| Date |
Fall 1987
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
between 2 and 5 a.m.
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| Place |
Maple Falls, Whatcom County, Washington
Stated
BFRO report #10258
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
48.93, -122.02 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 10258 with published boundary
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witness was |
sleeping at home when awakened
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| Witness's word for it |
the creature
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| Source classification |
Class B
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Evidence & investigation
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- Investigated by
- Dr. Wolf H. Fahrenbach (BFRO)
Father obtained tape recording of long high-pitched scream
Small trees found broken in half in area where screams heard
Birch trees found broken
Moss ripped off vine maples
The witness's father and a companion searched the area where the sounds were heard for tracks, hair, or blood and noted broken trees and a rotten-egg smell.
The witness's father and a companion searched the area where the sounds were heard for tracks, hair, or blood and noted broken trees and a rotten-egg smell.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #10258 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference