Class B First-hand BFRO #26072

Trout fishermen encounter unnerving sounds & rock throwing in Joccasee Gorge

October 1998 night Salem, Oconee County, South Carolina 3 witnesses

Account

Three college roommates hiked to the Thompson River to fish and camp overnight. After dark they repeatedly heard a childlike crying sound from a nearby ridge, had small river stones tossed into camp, and later heard loud knocks alternating with the cries. At daylight they hiked out, noticing concentrated scat and disturbed ground near oak trees, and concluded the activity was not from a person.

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Facts & provenance

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Date
October 1998
Stated BFRO report #26072 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day
night
Stated BFRO report #26072 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Salem, Oconee County, South Carolina
Stated BFRO report #26072 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
35.01, -82.80 (± 20 km)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
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Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #26072 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
3
Derived BFRO report #26072 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Witness was
trout fishing and camping overnight
Stated BFRO report #26072 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class B
Stated BFRO report #26072 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by
Don Tart (BFRO)
Scat

concentrated large scat piles and disturbed ground around white oak trees noted on hike out

BFRO report, “Observed” section
Tracks

An investigative team later camped in the same area, reported rock throws, prolonged eyeshine, snapping branches and clacking rocks, and found two sets of measured tracks and stick formations.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Measurement

An investigative team later camped in the same area, reported rock throws, prolonged eyeshine, snapping branches and clacking rocks, and found two sets of measured tracks and stick formations.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Structure

An investigative team later camped in the same area, reported rock throws, prolonged eyeshine, snapping branches and clacking rocks, and found two sets of measured tracks and stick formations.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Follow-up

An investigative team later camped in the same area, reported rock throws, prolonged eyeshine, snapping branches and clacking rocks, and found two sets of measured tracks and stick formations.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

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