BFRO #10308: Hikers report possible vocalizations in Ouimet Canyon Provincial Park

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📝 Description

Ouimet Canyon Provincial Park (Hwy 17, east of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada -- which is on the northern side of Lake Superior). Last week in May, 2001, rainy, drizzly day, late morning. My partner and I were hiking the 1 hour trail which starts from the Ouiment parking lot (at top of canyon). Follow the well marked trail which contains two lookouts, about 1,000 feet from bottom of canyon. We were on the first lookout (next to the landmark Indian Head rock) when we heard about 2 or 3 howls/screams? from across the canyon. The sound did not seem entirely animal in nature, I remembered it to carry a hint of possibly loud bird-like screeches (but it wasn't a bird). Whatever the creature, the call was definitely loud and big. We scanned the edge of the other side with our binoculars but saw nothing, then moving on to the next lookout where I heard a slight hint of the howl again...possibly moving away? Anyways, you can believe we would have shot out of there in a New York minute if those howls/screams originated from our side of the canyon! We completed the trail with each of us scanning the woods in full alert mode. To this day, we have no idea what it was and no park ranger was around at the time so we didn't report it. The reason I am relaying this information to you now if because my partner just mentioned to me that he just watched a show on "bigfoot" and the call was much like the one we experienced at Ouimet. I did a search for this call and found your website. Hope this information helps. Could you let us know if anyone else has had a similar experience in this region?

🔍 Circumstances

My partner and I, hiking.

🌤️ Weather Conditions

Late morning, rainy/drizzly day, about 10 degrees celsius (cool)

ℹ️ Additional Details

Late morning, rainy/drizzly day, about 10 degrees celsius (cool)

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