Report Received From: The GCBRO Online Report Submission Form.
 
Report Posted To GCBRO Web Site On:   May 1, 2009

DATE:    09/00/70 
 

TIME:     10:00 pm 
 

LOCATION:   Dekalb County, Alabama
 

TERRAIN:    N/A 
 

OBSERVED:    Myself and 2 neighbors were coon hunting and the dogs started barking a trail bark as if they were chasing a coon. Soon after this we heard a moan or howl come from a cove where the dogs were. The male dog started barking tree bark as if he had something treed. during this time the female dog came back to where we were acting scared. We walked toward where the other dog was treed and when we got about 100 yards from the area the other dog quit barking and disappeared. we found no trace of a struggle and no blood. the dog just disappeared and we never found him. This was very unusual as this was an dog whom we could call in anytime during a hunt. We took several measures to try to retrieve the dog over the next 3 weeks to no avail.
 

Activities of Witness:   We had coon hunted the area around Fort Payne many times and had never encountered this before or after. 
 

Description of Creature:  We did not see any creature however the "moan or howl" that we heard sounded similar to a bull bellering only the pitch was different. I saw a documentary later in years on a bigfoot in Washington state that had recordings of what they thought were bigfoot howls. This was the same sound I heard that night 
 

Other Notes:    N/A
 

Other (Informational or Encounter History in the General Area) Notes:    I have always heard stories of a wild human-like creature that was seen in Desota State Park, on Lookout mountain and in Little River canyon while I was growing up in the area.
 

Additional Notes and or Follow up Comments:  N/A