Papoose Lake in the Trinity Alps Primitive Area witnessed in Trinity County, California

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A tremendous storm came in off the Pacific. My friend and I took shelter in a plastic "tube tent". About Midnight we heard a large animal walking around our camp. The animal had two legs, not 4. The animal had soft feet, not hooves. The animal was walking through brush and the forest floor. The weight of the animal was breaking branches, that, from the sound, were at least one inch in diameter. The animal walked around our campsite screaming for most of 4 hours. The screams were blood curdling, and almost human, but louder and unlike any animal I am familiar with. I have hiked the Trinity Alps all my life. I know the trails and the environment intimately. Better than Luther Linkhart who wrote the book on the Trinity Alps. This was not a bear, I have heard and seen dozens of them and chased lots of them out of camp. This was not a deer, I have seen hundreds of them and had them step over me at night when I camped on a trail. This animal had two legs, the difference between a 4 legged an...