While investigating an active beaver dam system on the Kings River, the channel researcher and his companion, 'Squatch Bait,' documented complex engineering in the form of multiple, multi-cut tree trunks and a submerged, canopied beaver tunnel. Transitioning to a specific encounter site marked by orange surveyor tape, the researcher noted the exact location where a local witness named Daniel observed a large, dark-brown figure squatting on a log segment that jutted into the water.
When Daniel approached, the entity stood fully upright on two legs and walked into the dense brush. After setting up a spike camp nearby, Daniel was systematically stalked for two miles back toward the road; throughout the trek, he was paced by a heavy, booming 'whooping' vocalization that manifested at a constant distance.
Feeling he was being pressured or funneled by the unseen presence, Daniel fired several warning shots into the air to establish a sound-percussion perimeter. Despite the clear display of weaponry and noise, the creature continued to mirror his progress through the brush until he reached a nearby group of unsuspecting campers, where the entity finally ceased its pursuit and vanished.
