Lincoln County, Wyoming

Near Smoot, Wy

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Lincoln County Wyoming (Class B) BFRO

September 2002

There were two separate incidents within 12hr time of sounds so unusual that, to this day, I can't explain or rationalize out of my mind. I had arrived at a campsite near Thompson Pass, the evening before the start of deer hunting season. The campsite was about 500yds off the forest service road and in a dense pine forest, near a logging trail that led to a creek. I settled in for the night in a sleeping bag in the cab of my truck, waking up at about 0400, with the need to go to the bathroom. I rolled the window down and listened for any "critters", most notably bears. Grabbing a flashlight, I left the truck and relieved myself. As I was preparing to return to the truck, I began hearing the sounds of something breathing deeply to my left and to the rear. Shining my flashlight in that direction, I saw nothing, heard nothing move. I quickly got back in the truck, and then began hearing this warbling, like a man yodeling in a high pitch, from the direction of Thompson Mountain. I rolled...

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Lincoln County Wyoming (Class B) BFRO

Bear hunter has sighting while approaching bait site

Apr 20, 2003- A friend and I were carrying in supplies on foot to a bear bait site about 2 miles west of hwy 89. This area is restricted to foot or horseback only and is on the Idaho/Wyoming border. I...

April 2003

Lincoln County Wyoming (Class B) BFRO

Hunter catches glimpse of biped on snowy road

At about 0930 my son called me on his cell phone from about 40 miles outside Kemmerer, Wo. He said you won't believe what I just saw. As he came around the curve with his bright lights on there was a ...

February 2001

Lincoln County Wyoming (Class A) BFRO

Hikers see three upright animals near their vehicle

This sighting took place in Lincoln County Wyoming in the middle of August 1985. My friend was from Kemmerer and was interested in showing me where he and his family had hunted virtually his entire li...

August 1986