Oregonbigfoot.com file# 04046

REPORT OVERVIEW

Date: , 2002
Valley county, ID
Nearest town: Warren
Nearest road: Warren Wagon Road
Conditions: sunny/stormy w/ sprinkles earlier (am)
Time: noon
Location: From McCall, ID. proceed north on Warren Wagon Rd. Go 3 mi. east past the Burgdorph & Ruby Mtn. area. Take the Forest Serv. rd (#?) north (road to War Eagle Mtn.). Shortly after crossing Flat Creek, you come to a clear area with a marshy area around Grouse Creek. Here the road swings west then back north into some burnt trees. To the west there is a ridge runing east/west. Park and hike 1/2 mile on the south bank of the small stream closest to the ridge (north side of the ridge). Be prepared to climb over a myriad of fallen trees. Proceed until you come to a stone foundation next to the stream and tailings piles. There is a mixed thicket of spruce, etc. behind (south) the foundation. About 50 yds east of the foundation turn south. From there, the next 200 yds is where the incident occurred. The animal, if that is what it was, was just west of you, inside the treeline and was probably nesting in the thicket when we approached the foundation. You will still be climbing over lots of fallen logs in the clear area from the stream south toward the ridge. There is an easier back way to the thicket and stone foundation: Where the F.S. road swings west there is a smaller road branching off to the west which parallels the ridge then swings north and after 1/2 mile or so comes back down to the F.S road. An approach from that road would be a lot easier hike.

REPORT DETAIL

Description of event: After visiting the stone foundation, we retraced our steps east for about 50 yds and turned south. As we proceeded abreast of the southeast border of the thicket we heard a rather distinct thump about 30 ft west of us. It was outside the treeline in a "clear" area and the only thing there was a fallen tree trunk. Later I realized that the sound was probably a rock hitting the trunk.
In addition to a few sporadic, solitary thumps, two others stood out: Something hit a live tree on the treeline with considerable force. I looked up to see the lower branch (5 ft off the ground) swaying and the whole tree shivering. The sound, itself, was like someone with a baseball bat trying to make that tree a homerun ball. I had a clear view under the tree and there was nothing hiding there.
The trunk was around 1 to 1&1/2 ft. in diameter and was about 30 yds from us. The other sound was a rock smashing against other rock. My impression was that a fist sized rock was smashed against bedrock. That sound seemed about 100 yds southeast of us.

Source: oregonbigfoot.com
record updated:2007-12-13 00:12:43