Couple experiences vocalizations in Bradshaw Mountains and group detects odor while camping by Mogollon Rim. witnessed in Gila County, Arizona

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I have two incidents I'd like to relate. They both took place in Arizona, but were in locations miles apart and were separated by years. I was born and raised in Colorado and have been an outdoorsman my entire life. I have camped and hiked in just about every state west of the Mississipi no matter the weather or season. And most of the time, I've been by myself. I've always preferred camping and hiking alone. Most of the time, weather depending, I rarely use a tent when alone. I've been that way since I was 16. I once lived in a VW Bus for a year travelling throughout Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Washington, British Columbia, Oregon and Northern California, mainly camping in remote areas I found by exploring logging roads, two-tracks or what have you. I'd explored much of Utah and Northern Arizona mainly by myself. I know the outdoors and the animals which inhabit it. I've been a BF believer since I was 13 when I first saw a still from the Patterson film in a Readers Digest. I've rea...