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BFRO Report 46973 — Berkshire County hiker (name withheld)
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- Provider
- Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization
- Provider report ID
- 46973
- Media type
- Written report · source link only
- Submitted
- 2014-11-06
- Reported event(s)
- October 20, 2014, about 5 p.m.
- Rights
- No original report text, photos, audio, or location data rehosted
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What this document supplies
A hiker reports hearing strong knocking sounds and a prolonged low howl near October Mountain State Forest in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, on October 20, 2014. Two barred owls were also calling; no animal was seen or independently identified.
Two people were reportedly hiking together; an independent original account from the companion was not recovered. Presence is not equivalent to independent corroboration. Jonathan Wilk later reported conversations with the witness; his knowledge of the area and other reports does not independently identify the cause of the sounds.
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Source and original sections reviewed November 12, 2026. No third-party report copied and no private coordinates published.