YEAR: 1997

SEASON: Winter

MONTH: October

STATE: Washington

COUNTY: Okanogan County

LOCATION DETAILS: Below a forest service tower. We were pretty remote. We have hunted there for 15-plus years and were in a spooky surrounding that we haven't been in before.

NEAREST TOWN: Winthrop

NEAREST ROAD: FS Rd First Bute

OBSERVED: My friend and me were talking loudly (for hunting) and did not recognize where we were. When we heard two or three loud screams that sounded like a sick cow, but alot higher pitch and longer in length. We were stunned and infact took cover behind a log. It seemed as it was coming twards us. Very loud branches breaking and thumping. But just like that, it stopped and we high-tailed it out of there.

ALSO NOTICED: I wish I could go there again, or I wish we would have looked at where this was coming from.

OTHER WITNESSES: Yes, my friend he was talking to me.

TIME AND CONDITIONS: Early morning.

ENVIRONMENT: The landscape was mostly pine cones, very dry, dirt, and very dark surroundings.

A & G References: Pg. 113, D8