PORT ANGELES — A 90-minute Clallam County Sheriff’s Office search of Ennis Creek turned up no one, despite residents and deputies hearing a man’s voice calling for help from the deep creek valley.

Residents at the end of East Scrivner Road, which dead-ends at Ennis Creek Valley, called 9-1-1 at 12:19 p.m. Wednesday to report they heard a man in the valley yelling for help, said Sgt. John Hollis of the Sheriff’s Office.

“As we walked down the hill, I heard a man yell, ‘Help,’” Hollis said.

The voice was clear and strong, a mature adult voice, and sounded like it was coming from “just to the south of us,” Hollis said.

Hollis said he called back but never heard a response.

Residents and deputies searched the valley south to South Mountain Terrace Way, both in the creek bed and from the hillside above, until 1:43 p.m.

He said they found no evidence of anyone there and never heard the voice again.

The hillsides were steep and covered in very thick brush that was nearly impenetrable and could have hidden a person, he said.

The brush was so thick, Hollis said, he couldn’t imagine a person crawling through it.

“We’re at a loss,” he said.