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28 June 2013 Orr, St. Louis County, Minnesota Class B #42295

Possible encounter makes campers leave Lake Jeanette campground near Orr

The witness and a companion camped for two nights beside a lake in pine forest. On both nights they exchanged wood knocks with unseen sources and heard a whoop, and something large walked past their tent. On the second night they watched red eyes near camp, then heard a very close loud grunt and packed up and left feeling unwelcome.

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11 August 2011 Cass Lake, Cass County, Minnesota Class B #44793

US Forest Service employee unnerved by possible vocalizations near Lydick Lake

While working in a national forest around noon in August 2011, the witness heard high-pitched yelps or screams from one direction answered by very low guttural whoops from another direction. The two sets of sounds were described as about a mile apart and about a half mile away, repeating in a call-and-response pattern that sounded like communication. The witness, who described experience with wolves and other wildlife, stated the sounds were not wolves and searched nearby roads by truck without seeing the source.

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10 June 2007 Sturgeon Lake, Pine County, Minnesota Class B #19655

Possible vocalizations south of Sturgeon Lake

The witness was asleep at home when a very loud screaming and howling sound woke him around 3 a.m. He went to the front door to listen as the sound quieted, describing it as similar to recorded whoop-howls and unlike coyotes he had heard before. He estimated a single caller a quarter to a half mile to the southwest, noting dogs and livestock reacted to it before it stopped.

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Early Summer 2004 Hinckley, Pine County, Minnesota Related account #27028

Whoop near Hinckley, Minnesota

In early summer 2004 the same witness heard a loud whooping howl from north of the house while lying in bed.

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a few nights in a row Cohasset, Itasca County, Minnesota Related account #69601

Whoop near Cohasset, Minnesota

A local resident told the witness about an unknown animal making a whooping noise several nights in a row near where he lived.

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