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Tuolumne County, California · 1977-10-01 · from the BFRO archive

Screaming or howling in Tuolumne County, California

A witness reported that at around 1:00 a.m., approximately two minutes of extremely loud screaming was heard. The scream appeared to less than 50 meters from the recreational cabins. The scream was loud and high pitched. The cabin was located in the southeast portion of the lake, with no other cabins behind it.

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1977-12-30

After midnight, I heard more than a minute (possibly 2), a horrible, extremely loud screaming, unlike anything I've heard before or since. I was in a cabin getting ready for bed, but wide aw…

both described screaming or howling · in the same place

1977-07-01

As a new High School graduate in 1977, I planned a camping trip to an area near a boy scout camp (Wolfboro) I was familar with, with my new girl friend. As an Eagle scout and an athelete (I …

both described screaming or howling · 29 km away

1977-01-10

It was January 1977, and Little Ruben Rios and Danny Mirales had talked Ruben Hernandez, my husband, into taking them snow camping. Ruben had the experience and the equipment, but was reluct…

both described screaming or howling · 44 km away

1993-11-01

While walking on a road headed toward Bert Reed's historic cabin on the Stanislaus National Forest, the forest suddenly went silent, and then something in the brush screamed at me and the pe…

both described screaming or howling · 2 km away

2008-06-15

The town of strawberry is about 10 miles from Beardsley Lake. Myself, my ex, both of her parents, and some friends (who happened to be in another car ahead of us) were on our way up to Beard…

both described screaming or howling · 4 km away

1994-06-01

We were camping in tents with our horses tied on a rope between the trees. In the middle of the night I was awakened by a terrifying scream kind of like a woman screaming and then I heard wh…

both described screaming or howling · 7 km away

2003-11-09

My partner and myself were elk hunting in the "Saddle Mountain Unit." It was approximately one hour after daylight. We were standing near our vehicle on a pullout off an old logging road try…

the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details

2000-09-10

Myself and my two cousins were out hunting. I had met up with my younger cousin and we both hiked up to an old logging road. We then heard a very loud scream come from across a valley. It wa…

the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details

2002-05-11

This was recorded very soon after it happened in our camp journal. It was the weekend of May 11th 2002. My wife and I were at our seasonal camp on Lake George for the early season. We had be…

the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details

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