Backpackers hear loud screams in the distance on the same day a crew of trail bridge builders has an encounter with a screaming bigfoot a few miles away
Account
Two companions on a multi-day backpacking trip were sitting in camp at dusk at a high lake when they heard a single loud unearthly screaming howl from a distance. They described it as having huge volume, trailing off rather than stopping abruptly, seeming sad rather than threatening, and unlike any human, bear, or other known sound. Exhausted, they slept in the tent and forgot the incident until days later when they read a newspaper account of a close-range sighting reported the same day a few miles away.
What was reported
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Facts & provenance
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| Date |
October 1988
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
dusk
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| Place |
Tulare County, California
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| Map point |
36.5661, -118.6237 (± 5 km)
USGS GNIS flat 'Bearpaw Meadow', Tulare, matched from place name 'Bearpaw Meadow'
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
2
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| Witness was |
backpacking and camping
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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A ranger accompanied the men back to the site the next morning and saw some large footprints in gravel that were not suitable for casting.
A ranger accompanied the men back to the site the next morning and saw some large footprints in gravel that were not suitable for casting.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #2183 Primary