We had hiked 8 miles into ";Indian Heaven Wilderness Area"; just north of MT.Adams, east of Mt St. Helens.We camped right near the trail,at the n.e. end of a small lake../I wanted to camp across the lake, but gave in Mike's wanting to camp by trail. The winds had died down about dark and as we were sitting around the campfire we began to hear the trees and bushes being thrashed about across the lake rather noisily,{where I had wanted to camp,mind you}.Then a loud moaning and screaming began, along with the thrashing. Mike asked what it was, and I jokingly said that it was bigfoot telling us that he didn't want us here, and to just ignore it.It went on for quite a while, and died down after we crawled into our tent to go to sleep.In the morning I wanted to go investigate but not by myself!!,so we left and went home.We told our mom and a few freinds about it but no one beleived us, so we forgot about it.6 months later I found a book about hiking in Indian Heaven and it has a story about some people who camped at the same lake we did, and they descibed experiencing the same thing we did,thrashing in the bushes,moaning, and screaming from across the lake. They said in the book that they thought it was sasquatch too. that was in 1946!!!!! When I showed the story to Mike his face turned pure white!! Also in 1990 I was trying to hike into an old mine in the mountains at the headwaters of the Washougal RiverN.E. of Vancouver,Wa.I was walking with my 9 mo. old timberwolf and a machete to clear the trail.After we crossed the creek and started walking down the old mine road which made a u-bend and went down the river, something started to follow us from the end of the ridge. I could hear it, but since it didn't seem to bother Kiche, I just ignored it.When we had gone about 1/2 mile, we came to a rock slide across the road so I started to see fossils in the debris, so I spent quite a while looking at rocks. This whole time I could hear the noises on the ridge above us. After a while it attracted Kiche's attention and she started to growl, and stare at the ridge. I looked and looked and could see nothing so I decided to take my rocks and go back to my car. Whatever it was on the ridge followed us back to where I first heard it.I could hear it but not see anything!So we left. Afterward I thought that we should have charged up that ridge and tried to see what it was.That's easy to say now, but not when it's happening!!!!!!!!!

Weather: high winds had just stopped

Witnesses: my brother. Micheal

Evidence:

we were all hitch hicking to the keys for work possiblities. it was starting to get dark so we decieded to start a camp right by the left hand side of the road.us two girls decided to stay back to unpack our sleeping bags. when all of a sudden the two guys came back talking quietly get up we are gone .we said why they said look pointing to along area of field then after that a wooded area .all of a sudden this open feild had objects as tall as the tree's coming towards us. we tried to gather are things up when all of a sudden we heard this sniff sniff grrr ugh, we bolted to the road and a light the stink was so bad it made us want to vomit. we decieded at the light to split up into couples because no one would pick up four people. we knew we were in trouble even separated we must have walk a while no car coming but we were at the begining of the keys going back the way we came .all of a sudden we got the horrable smell again . oh god we thought we we going to be killed and never be found .then it got so quiet it was unreal and we heard this blood cruddling scream . it was the couple that was ahead of us . again we heard another scream we started running to get up to our friends up ahead of us. when we got to them she was get screaming and he said they tried to grab her all he could do is scream and houler for us he said they let her go when he picked up a stick screaming let her go and hitting it while he said there were more in the woods watching you could see there eye glow are the street lights hit them right. the smell was bad I mean bad like something had crawled up and died around them and us. there were battered and looked like they seen a ghost white as sheet linen you could still smell it we all stayed together we walked for miles with these eye on the side of the road watching us the smell was like a fresh dead snunk only really fresh we were always hearing these stiff, stiff, grrugh. when we finally got a ride we were more into a town more lighted and into day light the smell stopped when the street came more lights.the brighter the light of day the less the sounds.we walked out of the begining of the keys with nothing left everything to keep alive . I say to this day it was mating season for these creatures. I know its there I'm glad I'm alive and seen smelled and heard them . it's just horriable don't mess with mother nature or god creations there out there as clear as your fingers on your hand .carnivorus don't know I'm alive they are to. just before you go into the start of the keys. and everyone told us we were crazy. now who is the crazy one

Weather: winter/spring/mating season I think

Witnesses: my self ex husband and two other married people

Evidence: no just horrified memories

Well, My fiance and I decided to go to stumpy meadows for the weekend to just to get away. Well we unpacked and set up camp and tied my dog between to two trees on a line. later that evening the dog kept whining and tried getting into the front of the tent but coudn't becuse of the leash. So we got over it and fell asleep. @ about 2 ami heard ratteling outside the tent and the dog was whining. Well my fiance snores extremly loud so i figured that maybe he the noise was keeping the dog awake,So I layed back down trying to keep my cool. All of a sudden I hear the tent rip and jump on my fiance to wake him up, Something was trying to get in through the top of my tent right near my fiances head. Half assleep he tried pushing the (what we thought) dog out. Yet it continued trying to make its way in. It looked like a hand trying to grab him out of the tent now, rather than trying to get in. Finally fully awake he pushed with all his might and got it out, and then it scattered away. The next morning my dog stayed in the same spot all day and barley ate and ran to hide at the sound of branches snaping.

Weather: partialy cold

Witnesses: My Fiance and Dog (stafford shire terrior)

Evidence: Just that our tent is slashed.