BFRO #78583: Backpacker hears howls and knocks on different trips in Upper Dry Creek, seven (7) miles NE from Boise

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I have two stories to tell. One from 2023, and the other from 2025. I understand this is meant to get to the point and be matter of fact, but I am violating this rule to consolidate the stories into one.May 2023, Night TimeI and four other friends hiked the #78 Dry Creek trail approximately ten miles north of Boise Idaho. We took a trail that followed Dry Creek going north.We hiked for approximately six miles and found a camping site one of the four of us has camped before. It was just off the trail and it was secluded. We camped for one night that year.I went to bed with inadequate bedding and could not sleep all night however it allowed me to listen to these three "howls" in the valley. I cannot give you the time it took between all three howls. But I can tell you they sounded exactly like the "Ohio Howl" that was recorded by Matt Moneymaker. The only difference is the howl lasted a lot longer. I would say five seconds longer than the Moneymaker recording.I hazard to guess each howl lasted about ten seconds. Each howl was in different positions of the valley we had passed through to get to the camp site. The top of my head was facing in a south-westward direction and two howls came from the same direction. The other from the south or south-south east. (Closer to south, but also pointing east ward by thirty degrees.)Were I to approximate the distance of each howl, I would be incredibly inaccurate. I will, however, try my best to explain *where* I heard it from my position. It's the best guess I can give.The first howl I would assume it to be four-hundred to five-hundred meters in a south west direction on top of the valley, (west of our path along Dry Creek), we passed through. After some time passed I heard the second howl about five-hundred meters on the opposite side of the valley, (east of our path along Dry Creek), again on top of the valley. The sound of both howls were different due to the different locations of each howl, but each howl had the same level of volume. The third and final howl was quieter, but all the more present. The howl sounded like it was bouncing over mountains to reach my ears. The howl was directly south-east.There were no howls again that night. None of my other friends heard it. I was the only one.May 4th, 2025, Night Time.I and the same group of friends went out again to the same trail and same camping spot. I slept in a different spot, same camp site, my head pointing north-west this time. I didn't sleep any better, but I had warmer gear. I do this thing called "blink sleeping" where you blink and you know a couple hours have gone by. More or less.In and/or around the same area from the third howling noise, south-east, I heard tree knocking. I do not recall how many knocks that I heard exactly. I want to say that it was nine distinct and steady knocks so I am sticking with that number. They were precise like a metronome. Loud, yet distant. The knocks echoed against the valley. It was the only time I heard knocks that trip.I've been a hunter since I was 16. I've heard elk from distances from 100 meters too 1500 meters away. I was able to use this experience to approximate where the noises came from.At first glance you might wonder why a bigfoot would be down in the canyon this far below where it is solid forest cover all around. On closer view the camp site location is in a part of the canyon with dense forest on north facing slopes, but grassy terrain on south facing slopes. The attraction for being in this part of the canyon at this time of year: It is probably still much warmer down at this elevation and colder in the upper part of the Dry Creek basin. It follows that the bigfoots will move up slope into that upper basin when then temperatures get hot in the valley at height of summer.

🔍 Circumstances

While I had four others with me I was the only one who was sleeping light enough to hear the sounds.

🌤️ Weather Conditions

Night time, no ambient light. Cold.

ℹ️ Additional Details

Night time, no ambient light. Cold.

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