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Whoop
The witness and another household member previously woke at night to unexplained whooping sounds outside the house.
Unidentified sound
Three relatives heard an unusual sound at a ranch that they said was unlike known animals, without seeing anything.
Vocalization
A local resident said his daughter heard strange high-pitched grunting animal sounds.
Footsteps
On the prior night at a tent site deeper in the bush, the witness and companion heard loud circling footsteps breaking branches, shouted warnings, fired rifle rounds, then fled on foot to a highway ditch until morning.
Whistle
The witness and relatives heard a low steady whistle lasting several seconds at a time for 15-20 minutes on more than one night that summer, during which other animal sounds stopped.
Wood knock
About a year later the same couple returned to Highway 128, made whoop calls, then heard wood knocks and tree breaks and smelled a dead animal/skunk odor for about three minutes.
Footsteps near Not Sure. Very Small Towns., California
During the night a relative heard tramping and movement outside his car and woke the witness.
Vocalization
The next morning both witnesses were awakened by powerful yelps and growls coming from the direction of the previous day's hike.
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.
Rock throwing
The witness had heard hunters say rocks were thrown at them from mountaintops at night and cries were heard at campfires.
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.
Growl
Earlier that summer the group heard moaning or low growling sounds from the forest along the top edge of the property.
Whoop
Other people from the area reportedly heard the same whoop-like sounds.
Scream
Base and uphill companions heard a high-pitched scream from a distance about ten minutes after the main sounds stopped.
Vocalization
The witness heard a repeated hooting ape-like call from the Preston Peak area.
Vocalization
The witness heard an ape-like call from a cabin on the Illinois River.
Whistle near Orick, California
Another person reportedly heard unusual whistles and screams in the same creek area on an earlier occasion.
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.
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.
Scream near Redcrest, California
On a prior hike on the same trail with only the witness's parents present, they heard a similar loud vocalization and reported a sense of being watched with movement in the brush.