YEAR: 1977

SEASON: Fall

MONTH: October

STATE: California

COUNTY: Tuolumne County

LOCATION DETAILS: Take Highway 108 to Strawberry, California. The recreational residences are located around Pinecrest Lake.

NEAREST TOWN: Strawberry

NEAREST ROAD: Highway 108

OBSERVED: 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.

TIME AND CONDITIONS: late night.

ENVIRONMENT: Pine forest at about 6,000 feet elevation.