Morton, WA
Gifford Pinchot Nat'l Forest, WA
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This vocalization was recorded shortly after 7 pm on July 14, 2009. I missed the first five vocalizations, recording number six onwards. Nearby coyotes started howling in response, covering the vocalizations that followed.
The call was made from a good distance away, and was much clearer than the recording illustrates. Between the high pitch siren-like calls, there was a barely audible noise that was much lower in pitch. I could not hear it clearly, and at first wrote it off to motor noises of whatever emergency vehicle I thought I was hearing. I soon realized that my location automatically negated the possibility of this being a siren from an emergency vehicle, and I rushed to turn the recorder on.
If this is a sasquatch call, it is a rare example of a daytime vocalization. At this time of year, there were still several more hours of light.
The recording level was boosted to make the vocalization more prominent, but a side effect to doing this is a grainy/hissy sound. I did my best to clean up the audio, but it is of inferior quality. I disabled the gain before the coyotes jumped in, and then faded the audio out.
| Date | 7/14/09 |
| Time | 7:15 pm |
| Latitude | 46.52784 |
| Longitude | -122.28471 |
| Altitude | 1965 ft |
| Temperature | 70 degrees F (estimated) |
| Source direction | N |
| Recording device | Roland Edirol R-09 |