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Geographical Index > United States > Idaho > Benewah County > Report # 83680 Report # 83680 (Class B) Submitted by witness Gabe Coder on Tuesday, October 20, 2026. Deer hunter in remote woods hears knocks and smells the smell ~10 crow miles SE of St.Maries (Show Printer-friendly Version) YEAR: 2026 SEASON: Fall MONTH: October DATE: 20 STATE: Idaho COUNTY: Benewah County LOCATION DETAILS: 47.24378° N, 116.39764° W NEAREST TOWN: St. Maries NEAREST ROAD: HWY 3 OBSERVED: I was doing an evening deer hunt ~10mi SE of St. Maries in the mountains. I was walking down a trail, and from what sounded about 200-300 yards away in a creek bed I heard loud knocking on a tree immediately followed by a super strong smell of death. The knocking persisted for 5-10 minutes, and upon searching for any carcasses producing the smell, nothing was found. I also heard briefly what sounded like a really deep voice but I couldn't make out what it was saying, sort of gibberish. I did not see any human footprints or any signs of people on that trail or in the general area. I was the only truck I saw all day on the road leading to the drainage I was in. ALSO NOTICED: The smell of decay was extremely strong, as if you were standing right on top of a carcass. It was overpowering. I could not even find a single sign of a dead animal near me. OTHER WITNESSES: Just me OTHER STORIES: I have not. Usually I hunt in bonner county. I have never had what I would call a potential sasquatch encounter in all my years of being an outdoorsman prior to this. TIME AND CONDITIONS: 5pm, dusk, calm winds, clear skies. ENVIRONMENT: Creek bottom, thick pine forest. About BFRO Investigator Matthew Moneymaker:
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