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next morning at about 5:45am Place not stated Related account #4132

Vocalization

The next morning both witnesses were awakened by powerful yelps and growls coming from the direction of the previous day's hike.

VocalizationGrowl
Last year, 2003 Place not stated Related account #9648

Scream

In 2003 the witness and companion heard a strange apelike scream south of camp while processing a deer and felt watched in the dark.

Scream
BFRO YEAR: 1957 or 58 Eureka, Humboldt County, California Class A #528

Three children have daytime sighting near Eureka

As children, the witness and two companions were fishing and walked up an old logging road when they heard a noise and saw a creature across the road in the trees. The creature stayed in cover across the road and kept pace as they ran back down toward a clearing, at times getting ahead then stopping to watch them. Once they reached the clearing, it was gone.

Partial sightingUnidentified sound
about late October 1985 Place not stated Related account #2176

Howl

The witness and a friend camped in a tent with dogs and heard multi-voiced howling like loud talking and howling from about 100 yards away.

Howl
Previously that summer Place not stated Related account #2142

Growl

Earlier that summer the group heard moaning or low growling sounds from the forest along the top edge of the property.

GrowlVocalization
On another night Place not stated Related account #4642

Vocalization

The witness heard a repeated hooting ape-like call from the Preston Peak area.

Vocalization
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #4642

Vocalization

The witness heard an ape-like call from a cabin on the Illinois River.

Vocalization
the previous year (2006) Place not stated Related account #23811

Vocalization

The witness and family had heard similar strange calls around the same campground area in prior years, more distant and less frequent the previous year.

Vocalization
On a second trip Between Eureka And Crecent City, Oregon, Humboldt County, California Related account #369

Howl near Between Eureka And Crecent City, Oregon, California

On a later return to the same area the witness heard the same rhythmic howling from much farther away for about five minutes but failed to record it.

Howl
On Friday evening, Nov 1st, 2019 Place not stated Related account #63645

Scream

The night before the gate encounter, the witness reports hearing continuous very loud guttural screaming for over five minutes from a wooded slope above a rented cabin at dusk.

ScreamVocalization
Last July 2018 Place not stated Related account #63645

Wood knock

The witness reports being awake in a tent around 3 a.m. and hearing loud, randomly timed wood knocks from a few hundred meters upslope that echoed down the canyon.

Wood knock
The next day Place not stated Related account #17458

Unidentified sound

The next day near camp the group heard pots clinking and later found table items shuffled slightly with nothing taken.

Unidentified soundProperty disturbance
As we approached Fleming Lake Place not stated Related account #4929

Footsteps

While hiking toward Fleming Lake earlier, the party heard something moving through thick brush in the ravine below, breaking branches, which a companion thought was a bear.

Footsteps
6:30 or 7:00 AM Place not stated Related account #18325

Howl

The witness reported hearing a deep bellowing howl in the morning before the evening encounter.

Howl
other times Place not stated Related account #4790

Vocalization

On other riding outings the witness recalled hearing something like voices but not voices.

Vocalization
BFRO YEAR: 1976-77 Pollock Pines, El Dorado County, California Class B #4790

Family finds large footprints and hears strange sounds near Pollock Pines

During a family walk on a mountain logging trail in the late 1970s, the group heard branches breaking around them. Near a recently fallen tree they found a wet blood-like substance on the log and a very large fresh human-like footprint that dwarfed an adult man's boot. The group quickly left the area and returned toward the cabin.

TracksUnidentified sound
probably 1-4 AM Place not stated Related account #47165

Footsteps

The night before the treetop sighting, the witness and companion heard wading-like sloshing steps in the river near the tent, then found nothing when searching with a light.

Footsteps
for several years Sugar Pine, El Dorado County, California Related account #3822

Scream near Sugar Pine, California

The witness's family hears scream-like calls most nights during yearly multi-day stays at Sugar Pine, described as two individuals calling back and forth.

Scream
Later on in the night Place not stated Related account #913

Unidentified sound

Later that night the witness and companion heard a moving noise outside that the companion thought was a deer.

Unidentified sound
While growing up Georgetown, El Dorado County, California Related account #11948

Wood knock near Georgetown, California

As a child camping in the same general area, the witness repeatedly heard knocking and whoop-like sounds.

Wood knockWhoop