Class B First-hand BFRO #11453

Vocalizations and wood knocking in Mark Twain National Forest

15 April 2005 about 10:30PM Salem, Dent County, Missouri 1 witness

Account

The witness had gone to bed in his hunting cabin late Friday night when the forest went quiet and then heard a very loud scream from the southwest answered from the southeast. The exchange repeated four times with answering wood-on-tree bangs between the second and third calls, with the nearer sounds appearing to move farther southeast before all sounds stopped and normal night sounds resumed minutes later.

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Date
15 April 2005
Stated BFRO report #11453 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day
about 10:30PM
Stated BFRO report #11453 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Salem, Dent County, Missouri
Stated BFRO report #11453 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
37.63, -91.41 (± 11 km)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 11453 with published boundary
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #11453 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
1
Stated BFRO report #11453 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Witness was
staying overnight at hunting cabin after going to bed
Stated BFRO report #11453 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class B
Stated BFRO report #11453 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by
Tony Gerard (BFRO)
Follow-up

An investigator spoke with the witness by phone about the vocal details and comparison to recordings.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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  1. Published 2005-04-26 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash ea37182ac86a
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  2. BFRO map layer Reference
    Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7
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