Kittitas County, Washington · 2020-07-15 · from the BFRO archive
July of 2020 my girlfriend and I went camping off of NF 4390. When we arrived we checked out the area and found some rock piles on the creek bed next to our site. Figured these were probably made by kids from the last party that was there, thought it was a little weird the way they were spread out but didn’t think really anything of it. After setting up camp we saw quite a few deer and fawns were crossing over the river and through our campsite which we found pretty weird but we had set up next to a flat with a bunch of green berry bushes, next to a river, so bear territory and figured that was maybe why. Long story short right after night fall our first night we heard what we though was a bear. It was just inside of the tree line, about 10 feet away from us. It made a deep loud growl. My girlfriend headed up to the Jeep immediately after that and stayed there for the night. About an hour later I was up at the Jeep with her. Across the road (west side of 4390) I heard 3 solid knocks on a tree. It sounded very close. It sounded like the loud crack of a baseball bat, hard and solid against a tree. I shined my flashlight over in the direction of the sound but saw nothing. Pretty quickly I heard some branches snapping in the same direction. I shined my light again but saw nothing unusual. About 3-4 minutes later another solid smack against a tree. It was just one knock but 30 feet or so further away this time. I am 41 and have been in the forest consistently since I was 10 and have never seen anything weird. This has just really stood out to me. After 2 years it’s still really just bugging me so I figured I would reach out and see if through your experience maybe this could be logically explained?
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both described growling · knocking · 148 km away
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