BFRO #23424: Son and father hear possible sasquatch vocalizations in the Emigrant Wilderness
π Location
Bear Lake, Emigrant Wilderness, Tuolumne County, California, Pinecrest / Strawberry, CA
Specific Location: Bear Lake area near CA-108 (Sonora Pass Highway) in Emigrant Wilderness
Coordinates: 37.83000, -119.64000
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37.8300Β°, -119.6400Β°
π Description
I was camping with my dad at Bear Lake in Emigrant National Wilderness. I had just woken up from a loud strange sound, I put my boots on and got out of the tent and heard a very loud howling noise comign from the top of the cliffs nearby. It was just a really loud howling sound almost like the sound a gorilla makes. But it lasted for about two hours. From 5am when the sun was just coming up til just before i ate breakfast, and that was around 7am. But during the course of this loud howling sound, what ever it had moved.. along the cliffs, I didn't see anything but I could tell the sound wasn't coming from where it was originally. The howling was echoing off the canyon walls, and it could be heard throughout the canyon, boy scouts had left very early that morning after they heard the sounds. There were many caves in the cliffs, the top of the cliff was about probably 8,000 ft, I was around 7,400 ft. What ever had been making the sounds I heard that morning eventually stopped and left the area I think, or I just didn't hear anything after that.
π Circumstances
My dad had heard some of the sounds, but he's a deep sleeper so he didn't wake up until about 6:30am. And there was another man, I think he's name was paul or shawn or something like that, but anyways he was with the boy scout troop that was there and he asked me if I had heard anything and we talked about it, and we're trying to come up with some logical reason for the sounds.
π€οΈ Weather Conditions
It occured at about 5am to 7am in the morning, clear blue skies, the sun was just coming over the mountain tops.
βΉοΈ Additional Details
It occured at about 5am to 7am in the morning, clear blue skies, the sun was just coming over the mountain tops.
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Case Information
- Case ID
- cmiy7kk4x00mt8fysccl9g58i
- Primary Source
- BFRO
- Added to Map
- December 9, 2025
- Last Updated
- December 10, 2025