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Howl
A week or two earlier the witness and a friend heard similar distant vocalizations and an unfamiliar bullfrog-like sound that did not last long.
Scream
The witness stopped to check a topographic map and heard a modulated guttural scream without seeing the source in open forest.
Footsteps near Plumas County
The witness heard soft, careful footsteps moving through camp early in the morning the night before the screams, with no one else reportedly up.
Growl near Grass Valley, California
A relative of the witness reported hearing heavy breathing outside a trailer and sensing a close unseen presence at the door that made a snarl-like sound.
Whoop
A relative later mentioned hearing whoop-like sounds in the area.
Footsteps
Late Saturday night the witness and a companion heard something pacing back and forth in the marsh beside the camp for about an hour and a half.
Scream
Later that night after one of the later sightings, multiple campers complained of high-pitched screaming in the area.
Sasquatch sighting
Halfway through a later fire season, the witness and a coworker chased what they thought was a turkey in the trash area and saw only the upper body of a fast-moving creature with a turtle-shaped head going down a slope.
Tree break near Malakoff Historical State Park Campgrounds, California
On the group's first night at the same campsite, they heard several distant tree breaks they dismissed as regular forest noises.
Tracks
Over about a decade the household reported additional visits involving footprints, screams, and smells, sometimes multiple in one summer.
Footsteps near Pope Valley, California
A relative heard footsteps in gravel in the evening, encountered something that fled, leaving a musty skunk-like odor that lingered.
Howl
While fishing at the lake a very loud howl came from a forested area above, frightening several in the group.
Footsteps
That night the group was awakened in their tents by sounds of bipedal walking moving through camp, pausing when they talked and resuming when they quieted.
Unidentified sound near Lee Vining, California
Several days later the witness with relatives heard debris falling down the canyon wall at night.
Scream
A friend told the witness that he heard a frightening scream in the backcountry and stayed awake the rest of the night.
Unidentified sound
A companion reportedly heard large splashing sounds in the river the previous night.
Vocalization near Laytonville Ca., California
On later visits to the same land, the witness heard faint calls but found no footprints.
Howl
About 30 years earlier in Southern California the same witness heard a similar howl and felt watched.
Whoop
A family member heard whooping sounds in brush to the north of the house the previous summer.
Whoop near Redwood Valley, California
A family member heard whooping sounds on the same hillside as the main event.