Bow hunter recalls hearing screams near Wayne National Forest witnessed in Athens County, Ohio

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I am reporting a second incident which occurred in the same location as Report #3533 from 1998. This incident occurred in 99 or 2000. After the wood knocking incident from 1998 I made a decision to be as prepared as possible the next time I hunted my (now former) in-laws property. It was my goal to have a tape recorder and camera with me in case I was in the right place at the right time. That morning in late October I was heading into the woods for my first bow hunt of the year. I left the house around 4 or so with my gear and headed for the woods down the old logging road which lead away from the house. As mentioned before I had decided to carry with me recording equipment in case I had another opportunity to gather unusual sounds or video. To that end I was carrying my bow in one hand and a camouflaged bucket in the other (to be used as a seat) which contained the tape recorder and video camera, among other items. After leaving the house I walked fairly slowly down the log...