Is it Bigfoot? Mystery of bloodcurdling sounds coming from swamp on Indian reservation in Oregon

People living on a remote Indian reservation on Oregon have been waking up in fear to the eerie sounds of roars and screeches coming from a nearby swamp that have raised the specter of a Bigfoot in the area.
The mysterious noises have been emanating at night from a marshy, brush-covered spot on the Umatilla Indian Reservation east of Pendleton.
Local resident Sylvia Minthron told The Oregonian that she has seen grown men's hair stand on end when the high-pitched shrieks pierce the night air.
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Eerie: Nobody ventures into this soggy wetland on the edge of Mission on the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon after dark when the shrieks begin

Terrified: Daughter and mother Sylvia and Denise Minthorn have both heard the strange nighttime cries coming from the brushy wetland behind them

The community is split at to the possible source of the mysterious noises. Some believe that foxes or coyotes may be responsible for the night-time serenades, but others are certain that a Sasquatch, or Bigfoot, is too blame.
The isolated reservation, which about 1,500 people call home, covers 178,000 acres and extends into Oregon's Blue Mountains – a notorious hotbed of Bigfoot sightings.
The wetland, which has become the performance space of choice for the creature responsible for the shrieks, is located near the old reservation community center in a canyon north of the Wildhorse Resort and Casino.
The spooky sounds were first reported last month, and the tribal housing authority has fielded a half-dozen calls from concerned residents so far.
John Franken, the housing authority's interim director, told The Oregonian that some tenants living in the reservation’s 190 rental properties and 32 homes are gripped by fear, and one man even said that his dog were too terrified to venture out for a walk.
With reservation officials unable to pinpoint the exact cause of the auditory disturbance, rumours quickly spread that the creature shrieking in the night was a young Bigfoot that got separated from his family.

Remote locale: The reservation is made up of 192 rentals and 32 homes that are spread over 178,000 acres in Oregon's blue Mountains

Panic: Officials in the area have received a half dozen calls so far from fearful residents who have heard the bizarre cries coming from the swamp

Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch, is the name given to the mysterious ape-like creature that some people believe inhabits forests, mainly in the Pacific Northwest region of North America.
Scientists discount the existence of Bigfoot, usually described as a large, hairy, bipedal humanoid, and consider it to be a combination of folklore, misidentification, and hoax.

Mysterious place: The Blue Mountains have been a hotbed of Bigfoot tales ever since a teen spotted a large human-like footprint in 1966

Among some Native American tribes in the Pacific Northwest, however, the Bigfoot is not to be taken lightly.
Stories about the hominid hairy creatures roaming the forests of the region have been passed down from generation to generation in some tribal cultures, so when the screeches first drifted over the swampland, it did not take much to convince the locals that those were the cries of Bigfoot. 
Carl Sheeler, wildlife program manager for the tribes, said that several animals, among them cougars and foxes, are known to let out hair-raising noises.
'That wetland is a perfect place to have an echoing call sound eerie,' he said.
However, some members of the community, most of them well familiar with the forest and its ways, insist that they have never heard anything like the screams coming from the swamp before.
Denise Minthorn believes more than one creature is roaming in the brushy, waterlogged wetland in the darkness. She's heard shrieks from two directions at once
'It was like barroom brawls and laughter,' she said.
Armand Minthorn, a tribal spiritual leader, said that many years ago he found a huge human-looking manlike footprint measuring 16-18 inches long while hunting in the Blue Mountains.

Lore: Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch, is the name given to the mysterious ape-like creature that some people believe inhabits forests, mainly in the Pacific Northwest region of North America

The region has been rife with tales of Sasquatch activity ever since a cyclist from the Walla Walla tribe found 19-inch-long bare footprints in 1966 along Tiger Canyon Road.
The Bigfoot tradition even survived the shocking revelation made in 2002 that one Ray Wallace, of Centralia, Washington, had been using strap-on wooden feet to leave prints around the West since 1958.
According to Wallace's relatives, who made the information public at Wallace's funeral, the prankster was the source of most of the Bigfoot stories in the region.


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