Class B First-hand BFRO #4589

Howls and wood knocking heard in vicinity of Napoli / Little Valley / Salamanca

September 2000 circa 9 pm Napoli, Little Valley,salamanca, Cattaraugus County, New York 1 witness

Account

In September 2000 the witness was near home bordering extensive forest when a long howl was heard approaching from a distance at dusk. The witness went into the woods with two dogs, a spotlight and a weapon to intercept what was first assumed to be a hunter's dog, but saw no hunter lights while the sound moved rapidly to within about 120 yards on the same level. The dogs behaved unusually and the witness felt terror, concluding the source was not a known dog or coyote, a view reinforced by later failure to match the sound to recorded wolf sounds and by nearby residents reporting similar howls.

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Sounds

Howl

Facts & provenance

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Date	September 2000 Stated BFRO report #4589 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day	circa 9 pm Stated BFRO report #4589 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place	Napoli, Little Valley,salamanca, Cattaraugus County, New York Stated BFRO report #4589 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	42.2494, -78.7988 (± 15 km) Geocoded BFRO report #4589 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Little Valley village (GEOID 3642829), matched from nearest town 'napoli, little valley,salamanca'
Account type	First-hand Stated BFRO report #4589 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	1 Derived BFRO report #4589 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 80% confidence
Witness was	pursuing approaching howl into woods with dogs Stated BFRO report #4589 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	maybe wolf Stated BFRO report #4589 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class B Stated BFRO report #4589 · BFRO classification label

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BFRO report #4589 Primary

Published 2002-07-03 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash 2b6073681510

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