Class B First-hand BFRO #57323

Memory of hearing the "Umatilla Screamer" on Indian Reservation

November 2012 around 12:30AM Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon 1 witness

Account

The witness was sleeping at home with the bedroom window open when he woke abruptly around 12:30 a.m. He then heard very loud wailing, screaming, laughing and whoop-like yells coming from a field several hundred yards away. The sounds repeated several times while seeming to move farther away, as if the source was running.

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What was reported

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Facts & provenance

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Date
November 2012
Stated BFRO report #57323 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day
around 12:30AM
Stated BFRO report #57323 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon
Stated BFRO report #57323 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
45.67, -118.71 (± 1000 m)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 57323 with published boundary
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #57323 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
1
Stated BFRO report #57323 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Witness was
sleeping at home overnight
Stated BFRO report #57323 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Source classification
Class B
Stated BFRO report #57323 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

What the source says was found or done. Claimed evidence is listed as claimed; the Anomadex has not examined it.

Investigated by
Kevin Llewellyn (BFRO)
Audio

Phone recordings of the screams and laughter made by residents

BFRO report, “Observed” section
Follow-up

An investigator spoke with the witness by phone and recorded background and details about the vocalizations.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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  1. Published 2017-04-16 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash 0fdf4bb4a13b
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization
  2. BFRO map layer Reference
    Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization

The report refers to

  • “the local newspaper ran a story about "Bigfoot" scaring tribal members”
    Not in the Anomadex yet
  • “Umatilla Reservation Screams – Is it Bigfoot or Something Else?”
    Not in the Anomadex yet
  • “A Comparative Acoustic Analysis of the ‘Umatilla Calls’”
    Not in the Anomadex yet