YEAR: 1999

SEASON: Summer

MONTH: August

STATE: California

COUNTY: Humboldt County

LOCATION DETAILS: About 2 miles downriver from Bluff Creek Resort we have a small mobile home.

NEAREST TOWN: Bluff Creek/Weitchpec

NEAREST ROAD: Highway 96

OBSERVED: It was about 2:00 a.m., I was playing solitaire at the kitchen table when I heard a series of low, resonant yelling turning into high pitched screams. Immediately, I recognized the call as it has been described to me so many times by my dad and mom, and aunt and uncle. I'm 54 years old and I finally heard it! I'm thrilled! I'll never forget it. I've been going to this region since 1946. I'm thrilled!

OTHER WITNESSES: No, my husband was sleeping.

ENVIRONMENT: In the mountains, of course.