Mason County, Washington

Near Shelton

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Mason County Washington (Class B) BFRO

May 2023

On Sunday May 28, 2023, at around 7am, myself, my husband, and my brother went for a nature walk near his parents' property. We found an old logging road near the south end of the island in the center. Manke Lumber owns pretty much the entire center of the island so its all-evergreen tree farmland. Half of this 89-acre parcel was clear cut in about 2015 so it is new growth shrubbery. The other half is old growth evergreen forest with some wetland mixed in. At the entrance of the logging road is an orange locked gate indicating it is a logging road. The public isn't welcome to drive through it but it is open to walk through. When we first parked, we noticed that at the entrance of the path is multiple shot gun shells scattered around the gravel. In the brush surrounding the gravel road was one discarded women's Nike shoe, a pair of broken glasses, and some empty energy drink cans along with bundles of twigs wrapped together with what appeared to be purple leather, but on clo...

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Mason County Washington (Class B) BFRO

Horse trainer hears frightening vocalizations near Shelton

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January 2014

Mason County Washington (Class B) BFRO

Possible daytime encounter by a family hiking near Lake Cushman

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November 2010

Mason County Washington (Class B) BFRO

Possible vocalization heard near Lake Cushman and Dow Mountain

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August 2008

Mason County Washington (Class B) BFRO

Campers at Lake Cushman hear possible vocalizations

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September 2010

Clark County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

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October 2000

Armstrong County Pennsylvania (Class A) BFRO

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January 1976

Dubuque County Iowa (Class A) BFRO

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Rio Arriba County New Mexico (Class A) BFRO

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December 2004

Greenlee County Arizona (Class A) BFRO

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September 1993

Giles County Virginia (Class A) BFRO

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March 1997

Gadsden County Florida (Class A) BFRO

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December 1994

Ottawa County Michigan (Class A) BFRO

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November 2002