Humboldt County, California

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Humboldt County California (Class B) BFRO

January 2022

We've been hiking a local trail in Redcrest, CA for the last 19 years called the Drury-Cheney trail. This is a trail that we hike regularly; I'm talking like 3-4x a week. It's always a family affair me (30 years old), my son (2), my mom and dad (50's). In the summer we hike the trail nearly everyday. We've never, ever gotten the creeps in those woods. The last two hikes have really changed that. After today's hike has me thinking that we may not ever go back, I'm not sure. We were hiking along, gabbing and visiting. It takes us quiet awhile to finish up an otherwise quick trail because my son (who's two) really sets the pace. We were nearly done, on our way out when a loud....and I'm talking loud....yell/scream/guteral screetch echoed through the woods. My family and I have grown up in the Redwoods, we've heard everything that nature has to offer in the way of animal sounds. It wasn't a raven, a fox, a bear, a lion, a deer bleet, a chipmunk, or a hawk. It was sounded like a hum...

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Humboldt County California (Class B) BFRO

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