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Edited to Add: Yes, I absolutely believe the Sierra Sounds are real. I may have shared these before, but they have some verbalization in them. I probably have some better examples I'll have to go look for. These took place in June of 2012. We had gone down for the night by maybe 1:30am, then at 2:24am something started to move in behind camp. These were recorded on a Zoom H2 about 75 - 80 feet east of my camper, under an oak tree. The vocalists were both west and south of camp. This lasted in spurts from 2:24am until right about 5am. The first clip is a condensed edit (removed dead air to keep it from being unnecessarily long) from 2:24am thru 2:30am. The second clip is roughly from 2:30 - 2:50 - condensed with dead time removed. If I can find some better examples of hearing them 'talk', I'll add it later. extended-vocal-display-1.mp3 extended-vocal-display-2.mp3 extended-vocal-display-3.mp3

I did .. maybe better. I deleted it. I didn't recognize it for what it was at the time, I thought it was humans .. Asians of some sort by the language, pre-puberty boys from the pitch, so I deleted it to have room on my recorder in case something interesting happened. It wasn't 'til later when I got to thinking about context that my interpretation fell apart. Last week of bow elk season, a little snow at 6500 feet, 3 boys that age, no parents, 5 brutal miles hiking each direction, and no other cars at the parking lot. Doesn't prove anything but it certainly puts my initial assumption into doubt. I had over 20 minutes of audio. Had. :( MIB

I had a decent blobsquatch photo of the one who yelled at me, and I wiped the screen to show it to a friend.... and deleted it. I just about had a coronary; I was sooo mad. Fortunately, I had emailed it to myself just in case, so I had a back up - but the resolution was not as good as the original. I'm not good with tech. I'd have had a better video of our sighting, too, if I'd known where the FLIR freakin' record button was, too. And don't even ask me about the audio recorder I dropped in the creek/waterfall not 10 minutes after telling NorthWind to remind me not to lose it. Or not taking a picture of the "person/creature" standing in the culvert, because we couldn't decide what it was. Stuff happens. The interesting stuff happens so fast... it's amazing that we get anything good.

It is very frustrating. One has to be ready every second as the opportunity is fleeting you may miss it. A month, or so ago, I was doing an overnight with a friend and we heard a few barred owls call. Immediately thereafter, and no more than 100 yards from us, I heard a distinct and very loud whistle where I could hear breath coming from it. It was not a bird whistle. Naturally, I tired to retrieve my audio recorder that has a 15-second buffer but I got to it too late. I then reached for my thermal but whatever made the noise was gone. It never seems to fail.

I have mentioned it on here before, but what would have been the best piece of audio evidence that we have ever heard went unrecorded because we were back at our camp getting something to eat. We took the opportunity to change batteries in our equipment and take a break. When the screaming and wailing started, we looked at each other and scrambled to get something…ANYTHING recording. It stopped as we hit play on our camcorder. Now, we try to have an action cam and a digital audio recorder running at all times.

This is an amplified version of a recorded but distant sound capture. Included are some gutterals, a whoop, some extreme bass sounds that recreate what it must sound like to bounce a heavy dumpster down a rocky creekbed or asphalt road, etc Permission given by former BFF member River to use for research purposes and @southernyahooassisted with retrieval of the file from the dustbin of our minds. Amped version provided through audacity as earbuds/ headphones are required to really hear some of the nuances even with that. riverscohuttafilengaamped.mp3

It does happen fast. People say “Well, everyone carries a camera in their pocket nowadays. There should be tons of clear photos. Where are the pictures?” Easier said than done. Action cams can run for extended periods of time, as well as handle abuse and motion…but, they suck at distances. Cell phone cameras are not really suited for this… You could walk around with a high definition camera with a telephoto lens pressed against your eye all day…until you trip on a rock on the game trail that you are following and drop it. I remember the first time I saw you post about your experience on the other forum. Your sighting has always stuck with me, the way that you describe what you saw…

Kicking yourself in the ass I can relate to . lol I won't go into the details of my sighting because I've posted about it here before but I wish I had my camcorder in my hand and running when we saw what we saw . I would have posted the video on line and here and asked you tell me what this is ? Daytime no trees in the way on a dirt road and irrefutable that's it's not a photo shop or fake . I would have said let any expert in the field of video dissect it I have nothing to hide . What is this thing because it's no known animal I've ever seen. I think lighting sometimes only strikes once in a lifetime.

Although it did not have language-like chatter in it, one of the better historical audio recordings I recall was captured by old BFFer River who gave several of us permission to reuse/repost the recording some years ago. I was going to start a separate thread and reissue that at one point, but life happened and a couple med procedures. So now that I am catching up with stuff from a year or so back here goes. Thanks to @southernyahoo for sending along the backup I may have to amplify the file and reissue it in a separate thread as I think it is a very distant capture. riverscohuttafilenga.mp3

Yes, we have had the forest sound like a jungle where it sounded like there were apes all around us. They sounded like they were speaking with each other as we were all standing there amazed. This all happen back in 2000 in Foley swamp, Northern Michigan. Yes, I did listen to Ron's tapes to get an understanding of these creatures incase I ever ran into them.

Check out Stan Courtney's website. His collection of vocals is quite amazing.

That's a giant-step forward PG.

Thank you all so much for responding. That was very informative. The reason I ask is being an ardent skeptic and mostly dismissing Sasquatch evidence. I have always been interested in sounds that can't be explained. Anyway,after much research and collaboration with fellow scientists without going into more explanation. I must admit I was wrong about the Sierra Sounds. I have reluctantly concluded and now after many years believing them to be hoaxed by humans. They are made by unidentified undocumented animals.

Over the last several years we've heard something similar, not quite as loud or nearly as close range, but weve heard it with multiple witnesses. We tried recording it both time but they were both durring early to mid summer, in different years, while the cicada were out and just killing our microphones.

I think the primary reason no one has ever recorded any equivalent is the clan of Bigfeet became accustomed to Mr. Morehead and company on their turf. The recordings took place over a span of several years, very deep in the Sierra Nevada mountains. They (bigfeet) must have felt very comfortable around the hunters, seeing as how it was essentially the same group of hunters (for the most part) coming year after year, and to the exact same location as well. As Mr. Morehead stated at one point in the recordings, and I'm paraphrasing here," On this particular evening they seemed glad to see us and welcomed into camp". It was on that particular night when they got the clearest and longest vocalizations.

I'm in West Virginia cruising to a fire watch tower at the top of the mountain, its very foggy here. I want to put some audio recorders there next spring.

Just my opinion, while very capable, I believe BF to be rather passive aggressive. Almost all cases of aggression towards humans are just bluffs and displays. No doubt their are situations where this would not be the case i.e. protecting young. In my case, my cousin and I at 12-13 years of age were not hanging around. I’d like to think the BF got a kick out of making us run like our heads were on fire and our asses were catching…..

I’ve never visually observed a BF, at best it was a class b. My experience was a small tree uprooted and thrown into the tree canopy and the shaking of nearby trees. Intimidation tactics is my thought. They worked, we exited the area hastily.

While I have heard on occasion what I thought was whispering or distant unintelligible voices out in the woods, I cannot say that I have heard anything quite like Ron's recordings.