Class B First-hand BFRO #31749

Vigorous wood knocking and vocalizations unnerve a backpacker near Packwood

July 2011 about 1:00 a.m. Packwood, Lewis County, Washington 1 witness

Account

The witness camped alone on the east side of a small lake after hiking in about three miles. Around 1 a.m. while stoking his campfire he heard loud wood knocks approaching from the hill and loud vocalizations from the opposite shore about 100 yards away. The source also threw sticks toward his camp. After he fired a rifle shot into the air the sounds stopped, and he remained at camp until the next afternoon before hiking out.

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What was reported

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Sounds

Scream Whoop Wood knock

Interaction

Object throwing

Facts & provenance

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Date	July 2011 Stated BFRO report #31749 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day	about 1:00 a.m. Stated BFRO report #31749 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place	Packwood, Lewis County, Washington Stated BFRO report #31749 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	46.68, -121.60 (± 1000 m) Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence BFRO map layer point for report 31749 with published boundary
Account type	First-hand Stated BFRO report #31749 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	1 Stated BFRO report #31749 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported	1 Derived BFRO report #31749 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 80% confidence
Witness was	camping and stoking campfire before bed Stated BFRO report #31749 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	a bigfoot Stated BFRO report #31749 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class B Stated BFRO report #31749 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by: Scott Taylor (BFRO)

Follow-up

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BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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BFRO report #31749 Primary

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