Hunters find possible footprints and possible tree breaks near Winthrop witnessed in Okanogan County, Washington

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This hunting season we went to the same place we go every year up Falls Creek Road out side of Winthrop. This is the same place we had rock smashing and wood knocking the year before as I explained in Report # 13487. This year we walked down towards falls creek to check out the area we heard rocks being smashed together the year before out of curiosity. The natural trail that was formed by cattle and deer follows all along the bottom and we use it to walk the bottoms near the creek. 3 of us walked down and as we walked the trail every 10-30 yards were fresh trees broken over at about 5 to 8 feet. These trees were anywhere from 6 - 15 inches in diameter. Something would have to have a lot of strength to pull down and snap and have to be quite tall to grab as well. They were all fresh. These were not wind falls or caused by snow. I can tell the difference. Normally there are a number a trees that are snapped by snow or fallen over by wind. These were random along a trail and where there ...