Campers at Lake Cushman hear possible vocalizations witnessed in Mason County, Washington

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Over the Labor Day weekend 2010 my girlfriend and Newfoundland dog were camping at Lake Cushman, WA at the upper Camp Cushman campsite. We had dinner, an evening walk and then to bed in our seperate tents. I was cuddled up with my dog when all of a sudden a very loud earie whooping call burst through the quiet night, awaking me and the dog. My dog growled and flipped himself over & broke the tent pole. He was very agitated, nervous and couldn't calm down. The whoop sounded longing, lonely or lost in tone. It was definatly a female tone, the whoops went "whooop whooop whoop, whoop whoooop.." then would stop for about 15-20min, then again "whooop whoooop...." on and on for about 2.5 - 3hrs. The noise came from up above the campsite away from the Lake. It sounded really close but could tell it was far away, perhaps about 1- 2 blocks away. It was difficult to tell due to the woods, lake and projection of the very loud voice. I thought it could be an owl but no owl sounds like that, then I ...