BFRO #77110: Young man walking home at 1:30am reports stalking and tree shaking near Deschutes River in Vail

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📝 Description

I live in Rainier Washington but I grew up out in Vail. A buddy of mine lived out in Vail as well, about 5 minutes from me driving and probably 25 mins walking [46.853568, -122.6668671].The whole thing started when we were all hanging out and watching a movie. My buddy fell asleep who was supposed to give me a ride home [46.842467, -122.647580]. Story short I decided to walk as it was not far away. We lived near the bottom of Baumgard Hill and the power lines. I had been walking for about 15 minutes when I first started having a very erie feeling as if I was being watched [46.848633, -122.669594]. I thought maybe it was an animal in the woods. No worries as I grew up out here. I continued walking. To the right of me in the tree line there were small trees, about 15 feet tall, that Warehouser had planted. That�s where I could hear something probably 30 feet away. It was pacing me. When I stopped it stopped. When I kept walking I could hear it walking as well through the brush. I thought maybe it could�ve been a bear for as large as it sounded. I grew up hunting with my dad. He always told me to make myself look as large as I could to scare predators off. So being a kid, I flipped my jacket up over my head, and begin yelling towards the sounds I was hearing. That�s when I heard some small deep grunts in the trees [46.844779, -122.664942]. Two of the trees, about 8 feet apart and 10-15 tall, started shaking. That�s when I called my buddy on the phone who lived close to my destination to come pick me up immediately. He could hear me screaming to whatever was in the woods. It was definitely not a bear or a cougar. I have also seen footprints and trees that are about 6 inches around, not broken, but twisted and laid across trails that we would ride ATVs across, blocking the trail. I have also heard whistles and whoops in that area. To send this message makes my hair stand back up and eyes water because I remember what it felt like when that happened. Not long after the incident, me and my buddies were four wheeling out in Warehouser land. We got our truck stuck. It was probably still October, November maybe. It was after dark. One of my buddies had grabbed a branch that was about 4 inches around. It had all the bark off of it. He tried to do a knock. He hit the tree in front of us twice [46.856542,-122.705620]. We heard nothing, but then as we walked away, about 300 yards up the slope, we heard a single loud knock. It terrified us. He says to me, "I�m going to pretend I did not hear that, and we are never doing that again." Prior to the summer before, a gentleman who drove a silver Jeep Wrangler TJ model drove down my buddy's driveway (under the big powerlines) out in Vail off Runyon Road. He introduced himself and said that he had been tracking Bigfoots from Utah to Idaho to here. He explained that if we thought he was weird he would leave, but we were interested in hearing what he had to say. He explained to us the various different colors that they come in. We took him out to the river out by the pipeline. We looked around for a while and then he found a track off the side of the pipeline road in the swampy tall grass [46.858083,-122.704660]. It was about 18 inches long and had five distinct toes.

🔍 Circumstances

Just me. My buddy was on the phone with me while I was screaming at whatever was in the woods to get away from me.

🌤️ Weather Conditions

Clear sky could see stars. Was clear enough I could see the ground around me, but dark out.

ℹ️ Additional Details

Clear sky could see stars. Was clear enough I could see the ground around me, but dark out.

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