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July 2011 Packwood, Lewis County, Washington Class B #31749

Vigorous wood knocking and vocalizations unnerve a backpacker near Packwood

The witness camped alone on the east side of a small lake after hiking in about three miles. Around 1 a.m. while stoking his campfire he heard loud wood knocks approaching from the hill and loud vocalizations from the opposite shore about 100 yards away. The source also threw sticks toward his camp. After he fired a rifle shot into the air the sounds stopped, and he remained at camp until the next afternoon before hiking out.

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17 May 2009 Salkum, Lewis County, Washington Class B #25976

Fishermen at boat launch hear monkey-like vocalizations near Salkum

The witness and two companions were sitting in a drift boat on the river in the evening when they heard loud chimp-like screaming and wailing from dense brush on the opposite cliff. The sound continued intermittently for a minute or more, but nothing making the sound could be seen. The witness noted the slope was extremely steep and difficult to access.

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August 2008 Randle, Lewis County, Washington Class B #24373

Hunter scouting for elk hears stick breaks & a loud scream-howl close to his tent near Randle

The witness and a relative were camped in a tent by a small lake after backpacking and scouting for elk. Around 4 a.m. the witness awoke to branches breaking about 50 yards away followed by an extremely loud scream/howl he said he had never heard before. After a few minutes he heard more branches breaking, then nothing further. Frightened, he packed up and left with the relative about half an hour later.

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5 September 2005 Battleground (I Think), Lewis County, Washington Class B #12523

Campers hear possible vocalizations in Gifford Pinchot NF, near Tarbell Trail

A group was camping near a river and three men took a late-night hike down the river to throw rocks into the water. On the return they heard sounds suggesting something was following them, and the women in camp reported rocks being thrown near camp and brush moving. After going to bed the group heard a loud screech/scream twice, and before sunrise one woman was awakened by a close growl near the tent. No creature was seen.

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11 November 2004 Mossy Rock, Lewis County, Washington Class B #9811

Hunters hear early morning vocalizations near Mossy Rock

The witness and her husband were hunting in a clear-cut next to timber in the morning when they heard two loud human-like screams from the stand of trees. Both heard the second scream very close by. The witness associated the sound with Bigfoot vocalizations she had heard in documentaries and said neither she nor her husband had ever heard anything like it.

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November 1998 Packwood / Randle, Lewis County, Washington Class B #43823

Lifelong hunter and fisherman has possible vocalization experiences near Packwood

In November 1998 the witness and a companion were truck camping on a gravel overlook between two lakes to hunt elk. In the evening while sitting by a fire they heard a loud screaming howl from the treeline about 100 yards away that seemed to move closer. They also heard what sounded like logs or limbs being thrown toward them and spent the night in the truck cab.

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October 1990 MORTON, Lewis County, Washington Class B #3379

Loud vocalizations heard above Riffe Lake

The witness and a companion were cutting cedar blocks by a creek when they heard a loud, long drawn-out scream resembling a man yelling for help coming from below them. The sound was loud enough to be heard over a running powersaw and was heard three times over several minutes before stopping. No creature was seen and no roads were noted below the sound's location.

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Fall 1990 Elbe, Lewis County, Washington Class B #568

Loud low moan then rose quickly to a high pitched scream heard

The witness and a cousin were resting against a tree while hunting when they heard a loud moan rising to a prolonged scream from several hundred yards away. A few minutes later they heard a much louder similar scream that sounded immediately behind the tree. They did not see anything, heard something move away through brush, then left for the logging road where other hunters had heard nothing.

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