YEAR: 2024

SEASON: Summer

DATE: Sept 3

STATE: Montana

COUNTY: Lincoln County

LOCATION DETAILS: [Investigator (MM) Notes:

Rough GPS for Weasel Cabin near Otter Creek:

48.977343, -114.735930 ]

NEAREST TOWN: Eureka MT

NEAREST ROAD: Highway 93

OBSERVED: Sept 2-4, 2024. My brother-in-law (BIL) and I went on a camping trip in the northeastern part of the Kootenai National Forest close to Eureka, Montana and the Canadian border. We were camping at Weasel Cabin beside Otter Creek, off of Frozen Lake Rd. 48 58’42”N 114 44’07”W - Coordinates computed after returning home and may be off a little.

It was the second day of camping, Tuesday-3 Sept 2024. We were exploring around the camp site and came across a “footprint” just beside the creek that ran beside our campsite. We discussed what it was, jokingly we said Sasquatch. Unfortunately, I did not put my foot beside it in the attached pictures. I wear a size 13, and it was about the size of my boot, maybe a little bigger. But you could definitely see toes in the print. We laughingly decided it was either a young “squatch” or a bear double step.

We hiked around the area and found another possible partial print on a hill just in front of a fallen tree but did not get any pictures. We noticed toes in that print also.

During a hike further away from our campsite, we followed an abandoned overgrown trail and I noticed several broken branches about shoulder level (I am 6’2”) and thought it was odd, but thought no more of it.

Between 2000 and 2100 hrs, something either landed on top or was thrown against Weasel cabin with a loud impact. We investigated but found nothing. In all honesty I thought nothing of it other than weird. Sasquatch activity did not enter my mind. Now I definitely believe it was a Sasquatch trying to warn us away.

Later that night at approximately 2200 hrs, BIL and I were sitting around the camp fire talking. During the conversation I noticed a few whoops to the west of us coming from the vicinity of the forest we hiked earlier (there is nothing but thick uninhabited forest to our west for miles). I motioned for BIL to be quiet and we began to hear “whoop, whoop” (short pause) then another “whoop” at a slightly higher tone. This pattern of “whoops” went on for several minutes. I jokingly made a couple of “whoops” of my own in response. The whoops continued for about 3 more sets, then I heard a very low deep rumbling “whooooo, whooooo” like an owl, but in hearing owl sounds in the past I was certain it was not an owl making this sound (BIL did not hear it). Whatever made this set of “whooooo’s” was definitely large. After the double “whooooo” everything went quiet.

Both BIL and I are avid outdoorsman, spending years in the forests hunting camping and hiking, very familiar with the animals and animal sounds in the area. I am retired military, where I specialized in long range surveillance and reconnaissance and I am also a former police officer. BIL is a former police officer so we both are trained in observation and noticing details. We sat there trying to figure out what we were hearing. At first, we thought the initial “whoops” was a dog in the distance but it was quickly ruled out. Then we thought possibly an owl, but the both of us have heard them before and this did not sound like an owl at all. Definitely not a bear, moose, deer, elk, nor a mountain lion because we’ve seen and know what each of them sound like in the wild.

Around midnight we turned in for the night. I laid there thinking about the “whoops” and it dawned on me that the tone of the “whoops” sounded like it would have come from a female (woman/creature). The deeper toned set of “whoooo’s” sounded indicative of a large male (man/creature). There was nothing to indicate any human was beyond where we were. The road dead ended shortly past our location and no one had driven or walked by us. There is nothing but empty national forest beyond where we were for miles.

The next morning (Wednesday) we broke camp. While we were packing up BIL stated before I woke up, he heard the “whoops” a few times coming from the opposite direction from the night before, but then nothing. We departed without further incident.

Later that evening while watching “Expedition Bigfoot” one of the investigators recorded the very sound of the deep low “whoooo’s” on his parabolic microphone, it was chilling. It sounded like what I had heard during our trip

I have always believed in the possibility of Sasquatch but need definitive proof to be a believer. After discussion and eliminating all possible explanations BIL and I have come to the conclusion what we heard could have been nothing other than a couple of Sasquatch communicating and Sasquatch activity, nothing else makes sense.

8 September 2024- Went back to location, took pictures of surrounding area. Re-located the “print”, took measurements and additional pictures. Length- 13 inches, width- 6 inches.

OTHER WITNESSES: Brother in law

ENVIRONMENT: Heavily forest, mountains and streams

Follow-up investigation report by BFRO Investigator Matthew Moneymaker:

About BFRO Investigator Matthew Moneymaker:

Matthew Moneymaker is originally from the Los Feliz District of Los Angeles, California.

- Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).

- Juris Doctorate (Law degree) from University of Akron School of Law

- Founder of the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization,1995.

- Writer and co-producer of the Discovery Channel documentary "Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science", 2001.

- Co-producer of the TV Series "Mysterious Encounters" for the Outdoor Life Network (OLN Channel), 2002.

- Producer of the "2003 International Bigfoot Symposium" (Willow Creek Symposium) DVD set, 2004.

- Co-host of "Finding Bigfoot" on Animal Planet Channel, 2010 - 2017.

- Current Director of the BFRO

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