There's a new link on the BFRO to a 911 bigfoot call...it's the recording of the 911 call. Check it out if you haven't already done so..very cool!

http://www.bfro.net/avevid/SierraSounds/911.asp

Thanks for the info!!!

Yes!!! That recorded 911 call really creeped me out, lol. The visual I imagined of that guy looking out his window as the squatch was looking back at him while on the phone with the 911 dispatcher was priceless. :help:

hi painthorse that is very interesting of a sasquatch being sighted on 911. bill green

I emailed Ron about that quite awhile ago and never got an answer. I'm glad to know the circumstances finally! Thanks for the post.....

That was very interesting! I can about feel the guys panic as he's looking at this "man". Sounds like a pretty good encounter.

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Same here Painthorse! You can hear the guy literally soil his drawers when he see's it looking back at him, im sure I would have the same reaction if taken off guard like that. tis sad that he couldnt tell the dispatcher he thought it was a bigfoot.
The link doesnt have the first part, wich is the first call made by this man when it killed his Dog. For those who dont have the CD he said he saw his dog come flying over the fence and was dead when it hit the ground. Believe that happened a few days prior. I cant wait to hear the mississpi howl :willynilly:

wow that would be a creepy scenario :S

Holy crap..... :willynilly: Is this what he saw?


BTW Thanks to Maheekat for originally posting this pic back in the Cowman thread!

Hey, a milestone. I just learned how to properly use the search engine, preventing me from starting another 911 thread. yay me.

OH. About the 911 call... When you listen to it, even repeatedly, does it occur to any of you that the caller could be hoaxing?

Somehow... I doubt it. I can hear real fear in that man's voice. I think that was for real.

Yet... The 70s were in the spate of bigfoot mania, no?

Washingtonians? what was it like then, with the Six Million Dollar Man's Bigfoot on the air etc.?

What do the rest of y'all think?

Edit: The guy did sound sincere as far as I could tell. I liked when he said "Jeeze Louise!"

That part seemed genuine.

I've answered phones for an ambulance service before (the county my parent's live in just got full 911 coverage in late 2000/early 2001 (last county in the state to do so) so you had to dial seperate numbers for fire and law enforcement (both dispatched by the sheriff's department) and ambulance (dispatched by the company that provided coverage) so I'm pretty good at detecting shock and fear in someone's voice and if they guy was faking he was doing a damn good job of it.

911 prank calls can bring much more trouble than fun.

I think that fella wanted somebody to come out and make whatever he was looking at go away.

I also found it interesting that his dog had been recently killed.

Notice how many times he reiterated "He's huge".

Also, he repeatedly said "he", not "she".

I think it could have been the real thing.

Too bad the man wasn't vengeful about his murdered dog.

Even though I'm a no-kill kinda guy, if a sasquatch killed one of my dogs, then kept coming around prowling around my house long enough for me to see him, I'm thinking he'd be leaving at least 180 grains heavier (if he left at all).

I kinda like my dogs. And I have daughters walking out to parked cars out there way after my bedtime.

And I damned sure can't rely on a telephone to make me feel safer.

I love that call.. it sounds totally spontaneous and unrehearsed (in other words, real), and you can hear the guy trying hard not to panic. Creeeeeeee-pyy!!

[/QUOTE]911 prank calls can bring much more trouble than fun.

I think that fella wanted somebody to come out and make whatever he was looking at go away.
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Huntster, good point. . . especially in the early days, dialing 911 was no laughing matter, was it?

Could it be the authors are using '911' as just a term for an emergency call... i don't even know if 911 itself was even established in Kitsap County in the early 70s.

Anyone?

When did dispatch start recording calls in Washington State/Seattle area?

From this timeline, you can see that the nation-wide single number for police was established in the late 60s but was slow coming to many areas...

http://www.911dispatch.com/911_file/history/911history.html

including my rural Tennessee home, which I'm pretty sure got 911 in the early 80s.

Most places have recorded 911 calls since at least the 1970's.....the local police here still have the telephone call that reported my grandfather's death (he died in 1968 after being struck by a train) on a reel-to-reel type recorder. My mother and aunt have heard the tape (or at least so they claim).

Ok, here I go being the skeptical one until I can prove other wise.

Does anyone know when this was posted to the BFRO or the recording was made available to Sierra sounds? Does anyone here actually know Ron Morehead or Al Berry? What’s their reputation and history?

The reason I ask is because a few things stick out for me in the recording:

1. If this were in the 70’s I was an Electrician back then and I don’t remember that “Light sensor” or motion sensors were around until the mid 80’s. They may have been made back then but they weren’t as common as today or the 80’s

2. Notice that almost all references to a Bigfoot were made throughout the call. “Big”, Fast, Black, Dog was killed, on two feet, Man/or something like it, Tall (6’9”… why not 7 ft??), Just about everything you could think of to describe a Bigfoot without saying “Bigfoot” That seemed odd. Almost like they made it a point to mention all those things. The dispatcher even helped to provoke all the descriptions.

3. Does anyone know when 911 was established? She actually says “911 what are you reporting”. And I’m sure they didn’t have Caller ID back then so why didn’t she ask for the address? Does anyone have the entire recording of this to answer this question?

It would be very easy to put a recording like this together. Has anyone checked with the Bremerton, Washington Police Department to see if this actually happened?

It’s not that I don’t believe something like this could happen, I’m just doing my part in ruling out everything else.

Cut4sign

Thanks, usafmedic45. i think its safe to put my eyebrow away.

I wonder what the rules are for archiving 911 recordings... if so, this isn't the only 911 call dialed to request assistance re: you-know-what.

I think that would be a worthwhile thing to check out, for instances past and to come.
As a reporter in the 90s, I found 911 calls were technically available to anyone, but subject to local politics. And all calls were not necessarily archived, or so my county officials said.

The web page says the call was made in the ‘70’s. Was the “911” system in operation in Washington then? I don’t remember when “911” became operational here on the east coast.

There was one report I remember on the BFRO website that the witness called 911 in Oregon I believe and was told that they had recieved multiple calls about BF that night.

Could be audio blobsquatch.....who was the guy calling? etc. etc.

or should I say the guy talking...

"Blob-911 What is your story?"

Although I still think it sounds real.....

I can't verify if 911 was operational in the 70s but I"m pretty sure it was. I remember having police and firefighters come to my elementary school and give talks on emergencies and teaching us to dial 911. I was born in 1967 and was of grade-school age in the 70s.

The other thing I want to mention is that the guy may not have known what a BF was at the time or maybe he thought if it said the word "bigfoot" that the people at 911 would think he was a kook and would not come out.


The other possibility is that it was a prowler dressed in black but the previously thrown/killed dog makes me have doubts about that. He doesn't sound like he's faking anything to me. Creepy stuff!

"I Want Answers Mister!"

I'm sure theat it is real but not quite sure it is a sasquatch though. It made for a fun minute in a half though thanks for posting.

You got to love the internet! History of 911 calling system

It sounds like it started back in the early 70's but very limited and I'm not sure how many rural areas had it?

Cut4sign

Looks like I'm not the only genius here. Cut4sign, excellent if worrisome questions.



I stumbled on this orphaned page:

http://www.geocities.com/bigfootsearcher68/Page2.html

Which links to bigfootsounds.com, and by page style, graphical elements, etc. I think it has the same author. Anyhow, here I got to hear the "talk" recording again, and was struck anew how implausible it was. Sounds like guys talking on inhalation. Of course I'm prejudiced, I'd rather these animals be animals, not aliens or lost tribes of the bible or anything other than a hidden woods ape. Selfish, I know.



I did a quick search... motion detectors were used in the '70s, but they were expensive and relied on ultrasonic trips. The module sent out little sonar-like blips, and detected moving stuff that way. They were prone to false alarms from car horns, dogs barking, etc. and I seem to get from the website that they were mainly used indoors in only high-grade security systems, not residential places.
The technology homeowners like me use now is infrared, or IR, which is much simpler and dependable -- and didn't come around until the 80s.



Again, excellent point(s). Kudos. And rats...

It sounds like this clip has been edited quite a bit, the background noise level jumps around abruptly. In fact, it sounds to me like different audio clips of the same call have been re-arranged and pasted together, perhaps to make it sound more “bigfooty”.

Found this on "Bigfootsounds.com" Just for more information on this.

Hey Cut,

I know we didn't see functional 911 until the early 80's in the Upper Midwest and some of the most rural parts didn't have full coverage until almost 1990.

WIS

Note that the words, peace, groovy and chicky baby were not used how can it be from the 70's?

No really,
Would the audio quality be as good as it sounds, if it were that old?

Should be easy to compare the a known real recording from same era if one could get a tape.

that was very creepy and sounded genuine to me

gael

You guys are thinking it's more a hoax than a true prank 911 call.

Now I'm feeling like a sucker; you may be right.

I agree..it's a very creepy call. One of the things that bothers me about the recording is, in the background you can hear what sounds like keys typing (probably from the dispatcher). Now, a 911 call during the 80's and later, this would be a normal sound heard in dispatch..the dispatcher entering the information into the computer. However, how many computers were around back in the 70's? The sound sounds like a keyboard we're very familiar with. It could be the dispatcher typing on a typewriter..but, it doesn't have the same sound as a computer keyboard. When you type on a typewriter, you can not only hear the keys but you can hear the typeball or keys striking the paper. I cannot hear this on the recording..but, I can hear the clickety clack of a computer keyboard. Can anyone else hear this or am I imagining things?

Just my .02

Uffda

Yep heard it too....this is a tuffy

I've never met Ron or Alan but talked to both of them on the phone several times back in the early to mid 90's. Ron used to own a motel in the Mariposa area and Alan I still believe lives in Sacramento. I lost track of Ron when he moved to Wa state. At one point in time, I gave them the contact info for several people who had claimed sightings/incidents that had happened In the Strawberry area so they could talk to them and we could compare notes. I lost track of both of them when my interest in the subject became more of a passing thing. I believe Alan had an association with the Bay Area Group( Haas, Buckely, Thompson, et.al.) because I think it was Warren Thompson that put me in touch with Alan. From memory, I think Alan had a background in geology.

Alan and Ron were both present when the incidents reported on Sierra Sounds occured. A lot of people are skeptical of the events that the recordings are based on but I've never heard anyone voice the opinion that either Ron nor Alan had anything to do with any hoaxing that might have been involved and I also don't belive that was the case if a hoax was involved. Alan co-authored a book about the incidents back in the 1970's. Both Alan and Ron by memory, were both die hard believers than BF is a flesh and blood animal. But IMHO, both were fairly skeptical when looking at evidence and questioning witnesses, etc. I'd appreciate it if anyone can put me back in touch with either person. Also, does anyone know if Warren Thompson is still around?

I heard the same thing and assumed it was a keyboard from the dispatcher entering the data but didn't think of it not fitting the date. Man, this one is getting better and better So, how legit is Seirra Sounds??? Their sight sure has the feel of making money!

I feel that this recording is BOGUS.
Just my gut feeling.....

Has anyone varified the source with the official 911 dispatch records, or is this a studio creation? We need verification.

Maybe someone will step forward.

I haven't checked into when the recording was "found"...but, I know that our dispatch center, it would be impossible to retrieve a 911 call from the 70's.

Computers were around in the 70's. My office used one and I was the computer operator. It was a giant IBM 5110. The keyboard resembled what is used today and made the same clickity-clack sounds that the keyboards of today make, so it was possible that a 911 operator was using a computer.

I talked to Ron Morehead on the telephone about this 911 call. Although I do not know when the call was retrieved, he could have retrieved it in the 70's and merely held onto it until a more appropriate time to make it available to the public. As I said Ron and I talked about the call and he and I both thought it was original, authentic, and very spooky. I don't know whether I read about the man's dog being a German Shepherd or whether Ron told me it was a German Shepherd, but I believe it was killed and thrown over his fence. Don't quote me on that one, I'll have to do some digging, but I believe that was the scenario.

In my opinion the call is authentic. The caller's voice has an authentic ring to it, he sounds panicked and desperate to get some help on the scene. He sounds very upset by what he saw. The police eventually showed up but the animal was gone at that point.

Just my 0.02

Teresa

My job in the 70's was also as a computer operator. I agree that the keyboard sounds then sounded just like they do now. I also agree that this call sounds like the real thing. I grew up in the backwoods, but we did have 911 covereage completely in our area by the early 1980s.

Back in the early 80's, I had two friends who were law enforcement for what used to be a small town pd, the husband was the liutenant and the wife was a patrol officer and I trained their first horse patrol mount. One day the Chief and them were complaining that their only stand in dispatcher quit (someone who would come in on a moments notice and cover dispatch when someone called in sick or had scheduled vacation time) and they were looking for a temp until they could find a stand in perm. I volunteered to fill in, I had NEVER done anything like that before, and talk about feeling OVERWHELMED, I didn't even know the codes but had a sheet to learn from, lol. When a call came in it was not recorded, I had to take hand notes while I was on the phone with the caller or type it out on a type writer. It wasn't one of those newer electric ones either, it was an older style where you could see the actual keys hitting the scroll bar. click click click. That included all converstion including the back and forth of the dispatcher and what came back over the radio from the officer responding. After the call was over the info would be transferred to a card with case number and filed. Edited to add, that "IF" at that time they had a recording device to record the calls, the typing sound of the keyboard would have been easily heard.

Thanks Teresa! After your post, I was curious..so, I did some research. According to IBM's website, the IBM 5100 was released in 1975 and the IBM 5110 was released in 1978. So, you're correct...the keyboard we're used to was around back in the 70's.

I wonder when that recording was? I can't find an exact date.

I did some research early this morning. A friend of the family, vol fireman whose dad was a NC sherriff, corrected me.

In eastern TN, where I grew up, we had 911 by 1979. This was bronze-age Appalachia, with party lines etc. Without telling him what-for, he also said that someplace so near to a major city like Seattle would surely have had up-to-date equipment soon after California.

911 dispatchers had keyboards to fill out reports as calls came in, and recording calls was standard. The 911 implementation was a flagship project for the phone company and only the newest equipment would do. He said a tape wouldn't be saved more than a set time unless there was reason to, due to the technology of the time. He didn't say the recordings were done reel-to-reel but that seems most likely, doesn't it? That would take a lot of physical space to archive thousands of hours of reel-to-reels each year.

Nowadays 911 tapes are not officially available to the general public without good reason (and prob. a subpoena), but if you knew someone, a copy wouldn't be illegal or unheard of. I wonder if something harmless like a bigfoot call would probably be passed around.

Also, on further thought, I believe that splicing/editing the tape for presentation, as this 911 tape is obviously spliced, is OK. If it was a long call, the sierra sounds guys would have surely edited it for length, and if they didn't they would have for bfro's web purposes.

A longer call would also explain the operator's apparent, immediate intimacy with the caller, as if she had been on the phone with him for a while. I originally fretted about their rapport and how the conversation seemed to get to the nitty-gritty right away, as cut4sign mentioned, with all the bigfoot hot phrases. I had an especially long call with a 911 dispatch a few years ago, and we knew each other really well by the time police arrived and I finally got off the phone.

OK, I'm officially out of nitpicks! Someone else take over, I have to work.

In your opinion, what does the guy say right after he says "J Christ you'd better...."? It's that then (garble garble) then the dispatcher says HELLO and he says, "get someone out here".

Did ya' notice how he was specific 'not' to say it is a Bigfoot type creature, and that the operator seemed to be prying to find out if it was a man or something else? Seemed like he wouldn't admit it was a BF out of fear of sounding koo koo........

My thought was that the dispatcher knew something was going on; almost like she was waiting for him to say it was Bigfoot because she kept asking, "But its a man, right?" And the guy hesitates, then says "Yeah. He's big and he's dressed in black." Maybe this wasnt the first call that night about the creature.

This I find very fascinating. As far as the sound file being edited it says right there on the page with the link that it was edited for witness privacy and also to remove things that werent relevant and lond periods of nothing but the sound of typing. The guy sounds legit to me. It sounds like hes thinking bigfoot but is afraid to say so." It's a big...Real big person thats all I can say. " It sounds like the operator Does'nt believe it is really a person. Maybe this is not the first call of this nature she has taken. Of course this is all mere speculation. But if this is a hoax he should be spanked for hoaxing and given an award for acting ability.