Campers hear vocalizations and find possible prints near Skookum Meadow witnessed in Skamania County, Washington

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Since my wife and kids were away visiting my parents in Ohio, two co-workers (A.S. and D.G.) and myself decided to try our hand at bigfoot "hunting" after hearing about the BFRO expedition to Skookum on the Medved radio show and then reading about it on the website. We decided to camp out two nights (starting Friday) at the Tillicum campsite which was about 4 miles from Skookum, hike into Skookum Saturday, and then leave Sunday morning. All three of us were sharing a four man tent and after going to bed Friday night, I was awoken by A.S. who mentioned that there were strange sounds outside. At that point all three of us were lying there awake. The first sound that I heard sounded just like coyotes but then I heard a weird gutteral growl like sound (which in all truth kind of gave me the shivers). That was the last sound I heard and before going back to sleep I remember commenting aloud "weird". The next morning before going out on the hike we talked briefly about the sounds and A...