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15 June 1997 Helen, White County, Georgia Class B #8880

Possible vocalization and camp stalking in Raven Cliffs Wilderness Area

The witness and two companions made a late-night camp in a forest clearing. While trying to sleep the witness heard movement in the treeline followed by a grunt and a loud unfamiliar scream estimated 50 to 100 yards away. In the morning the group found unfamiliar prints beside the fire pit and then left the area.

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May 1997 Tuscola County, Michigan Class B #823

Witness heard screams coming from the direction of the hay field.

The witness arrived at a relative's farm in the early morning darkness to pick the relative up for work. After getting out of the car, the witness heard a scream from the hay field and then again from the other side of the house, but saw nothing. The screams stopped when the resident came outside.

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May 1997 Government Camp(village), Clackamas County, Oregon Class B #2026

Campers hear vocalizations near Timberline Lodge

The witness and companions were camping and sitting around a campfire at night when they heard a very loud, unfamiliar scream-like sound from the woods below camp. They listened for about 25 minutes as the sound circled the camp while hearing something large moving through brush. No visual sighting was made, and the group only jokingly suggested Bigfoot at the time.

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April 1997 Burlington County, New Jersey Class B #1428

Campers in the Pine Barrens hear loud, terrible scream

The witness was sleeping outside on the fringe of a large group camp in a remote pine forest when awakened around 1:30 a.m. by a loud, unfamiliar scream and sounds of a large animal moving through brush within about 20 yards. Too frightened to look, the witness hid in a sleeping bag. A similar scream was heard again one to two hours later farther off, and other campers also reported hearing the wails.

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March 1997 Giles County, Virginia Class A #2281

Shocked hikers watch hairy human-like animal run by them 10 feet away

The witness and a companion were hiking in the evening when they heard a muffled gibberish-like scream and called out with no response. As they walked toward the sound, they heard crashing and saw a large, hunched, hairy human-like figure run past about 10 feet away down the mountainside. They were too shocked and scared in the fading light to follow it.

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Summer 1997 Van Etten, Chemung County, New York Class B #4901

Possible scream/howl heard near residence in Van Etten

In late summer or early fall 1997 around 10pm, the witness and the mother sat quietly on a relative's back deck watching stars in darkness. A strange vocalization lasting about five seconds came from 20 to 30 feet down the yard, then repeated seconds later from closer. The witness tried to turn on a light and searched the yard with a flashlight but saw nothing, and both went inside. No trace was found when checked the next day.

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1997–1999 West Virginia #209a4251-35b1-41b4-81b7-8bc74d8eb99b

Scream in West Virginia (1997)

The witness and his stepfather had just reached the foot of the mountain to hunt when they heard a loud scream repeated four or five times followed by a sigh-like sound. Both men aborted the hunt and walked back to the house.

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1997 Oklahoma #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/RsyXRPunfx7DktDqTBta7_58n7fE3JARvOCpjCzJcwo

Whistle in Oklahoma (1997)

The witness was deer hunting alone from a power line easement and walking back to the truck when a rock struck his chest. A creature screamed and ran toward him, then appeared at his truck and climbed onto the bed. He shot it with a .22 Magnum above the eye, it fled screaming, and a large rock later struck his truck on a bridge as he drove out.

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1997 Mississippi #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/04/14/sc-ep27-its-a-trap

Scream in Mississippi (1997)

The witness's cousin was inside a bedroom at the aunt's property when something caught her attention outside. The cousin then reported something screaming loudly at her and called for the grandmother to come. The family later had the mother move into the property.

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1997 Oklahoma #2f7eaa58-0d7a-4bf5-9858-57aac63df1d2

Scream in Oklahoma (1997)

The witness and his cousin had separated a short distance while hunting when an extremely loud yell-scream came from right behind the cousin. The cousin backed toward the witness holding his gun. Neither wanted to return that way, so they bushwhacked down the mountain to camp.

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Spring 1997 White Salmon, Skamania County, Washington Class B #9863

Hiking couple hears calls and finds footprints near Mt. Adams

In late fall 1997 the witness and her husband were camping in the Mt Adams Wilderness Area when around 4 a.m. they heard a loud strange vocalization from 800 to 1000 meters away. The sound combined roaring, warbling and guttural yodeling with a high-pitched scream element and was repeated four or five times before all went quiet. Neither witness saw an animal.

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December 1996 Between Salitpa And Jackson., Clarke County, Alabama Class A #1907

Motorist sees Bigfoot like creature, hears scream

The witness was in a car in daylight when a large hair-covered creature crossed the road ahead just below a hilltop. The creature was described as moving sideways while crossing. The witness also heard a scream described as unlike anything heard before.

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November 1996 Fouke, Miller County, Arkansas Class A #26100

Truck driver sees a tall red eyed creature south of Fouke near the Sulphur River

The witness was driving an 18-wheeler north on Highway 71 near the Sulphur River around 1 a.m. when headlights revealed a trunk-like shape with red shining eyes on the roadside by the water. As the truck got closer, the shape turned and walked on two legs into the swampy brush with large quick steps. As the truck passed the spot, a loud scream was heard over the engine noise with the windows closed, and the witness continued driving without stopping.

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November 1996 Raymond, Pacific County, Washington Class A #1102

Father and son glimpse large, upright animal while hunting near Smith Slough

A hunter and his son paused on a ridge while elk hunting in the morning after hearing a noise and a snap. The father saw a brown, long-haired biped from the shoulders down standing in old cuttings, which grabbed a tree and swung behind it to keep the tree between them. The son reported hearing a high-pitched scream and grunting that the father could not hear. They searched the spot but found no sign, noting an unusual absence of deer and elk sign.

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26 October 1996 Loucks Mills, Potter County, Pennsylvania Class B #10805

Campers hear loud vocalizations and find footprints near Loucks Mills

Three people camping at night heard loud crashing, howling, hooting and screaming sounds circling their camp and then moving up a neighboring hill until gone. The owls they had been calling to fell silent for the rest of the night. The next morning they found large human-like footprints in mud around the camp and broken tree limbs.

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October 1996 GRAND RIVERS, Trigg County, Kentucky Class A #12641

Mussel poachers have night time encounter near Lake Barkley

Two people were sitting in a parked car by the lake late at night when they saw a large hairy figure approaching on the road. After turning on the headlights the figure ran into the woods, followed by a strong animal odor, loud crashing and scream-like vocalizations. A log was then thrown with enough force to move their car, prompting them to drive away.

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October 1996 Etoile, Nacogdoches County, Texas Class B #3390

Campers are disturbed by strange vocalizations in Piney Woods of East Texas

A couple camping overnight on family land heard a loud human-like howl from a creek bottom that quickly closed to within a few yards and repeated several times. The wife fled to a storage shed and sprained her ankle while the husband retrieved a pistol and searched with a flashlight but saw nothing. They abandoned the camp the same evening and drove home.

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10 September 1996 Deschutes County, Oregon Class B #665

Witness heard underbrush snapping and small trees crashing to the ground

The witness was alone at a lakeside camp at night when a loud road-blasting shot triggered a rockslide. Right afterward the witness heard a large animal crashing through brush and then prolonged howling and screaming from across the lake for about half an hour. Friends arrived later and heard nothing further that night.

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24 August 1996 Ione, Pend Oreille County, Washington Class B #1572

Campers hear loud scream in National Forest

The witness and a relative were camping in the Colville National Forest when they heard a loud howl or scream from the woods northwest of their campsite in the early morning. The sound was compared to a recording attributed to a Bigfoot group and followed a couple of hours of complete forest silence. No visual contact was reported.

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8 August 1996 Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado Class B #140

Characteristic vocalization heard by hunter on Hayden Mountain

The witness and a companion were archery hunting in high-elevation basins in western Colorado when they heard a single, extremely loud scream lasting several seconds from the direction of their camp. They initially attributed the sound to a mountain lion, but acquaintances who hunt mountain lions did not recognize the described sound. Years later, after hearing a purported Bigfoot vocalization on television, the witness reconsidered the 1996 incident as possibly Bigfoot-related.

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