Father and son hear vocalizations on Peavine Mt witnessed in Washoe County, Nevada

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I grew up in Northwestern Nevada along the California border in the foothills of the Sierra's. My father was a geologist who preferred working and camping in areas that were as sparsely populated as possible. Between 1970 and 1983 I had a number of encounters in Nevada, California, and Washington states. I plan to submit them individually in chronological sequence so that I can provide as much detail for researchers as possible. This first encounter occured in 1970 on Peavine Mountain Northwest of Reno, Nevada. I was ten at the time and tagging along with my father, who was hunting deer. We were on the Western side of the mountain, close to the California border. We were between two ridges crossing a meadow on the Western face of the East ridge. It was about 3:30 PM and the sun was beginning to drop behind the trees on the Western ridge. There were no clouds and it was still very bright in the meadow, but the shallow draw between the two ridges was heavily shadowed. As my father ...