Claimed encounters in Cherokee County, Georgia

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December 2022 Canton Ga, Cherokee County, Georgia Class B #75283

RECENT !! Property owner reports bigfoot-like howls outside Canton

The witness was at home around 2 a.m. when a loud, human-like mournful howl was heard about 50 feet from the house. After he opened the door the sound stopped, then about 30 minutes later the same sound was heard again from much farther away. He states the sound was not a dog and that he could not match it to any known animal after research.

Howl
28 June 2009 Canton, Cherokee County, Georgia Class A #26262

Couple witness creature crossing road north of Atlanta

The witness and a companion were returning home in the early morning when a figure crossed the road in front of them from left to right. Both said they saw it, describing reddish-colored hair, bipedal movement, rapid motion, an estimated height of about six feet, and reddish eyes. They did not compare details until later that day, when they found their descriptions matched.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
14 February 2009 Red Top Mountain Area, Cherokee County, Georgia Class B #25485

Couple and neighbors startled by unusual screams over several months near Allatoona Lake

On the evening of Feb. 14, 2009, the witness and her husband were in their upstairs bedroom with the windows open when they heard unusual monkey-like whooping sounds from the woods around the house. The series of whoops was heard twice and prompted barking from neighborhood dogs. They drove briefly around the area but did not hear the sounds again.

Whoop
10 October 2003 Canton, Cherokee County, Georgia Class B #7004

Possible vocalizations, etc., heard near Canton

The witness had just returned home with two dogs around dawn when extremely loud, animal-like yells with a human-like quality were heard from near the horse barn. The sounds changed in character and moved toward the western edge of the property. The witness went to check the horses afterward but saw nothing unusual.

VocalizationGrowl
3 November 1993 West Of Waleska, Cherokee County, Georgia Class A #1864

Large, Dark Gray form crosses road in front of motorist

The witness was riding around late at night because they could not sleep, looking for deer. A large dark-gray upright figure on two legs crossed the road in front of them, covering the roughly 18-foot-wide road in about three long strides. The witness perceived the crossing as very quick.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
Fall 1987 Waleska, Cherokee County, Georgia Class B #3094

Teenager hears vocalization and has encounter with smelly creature outside window

In 1987 the witness was lying in a basement bedroom with the window open on a cool late-summer night. She heard a loud unfamiliar howling and screaming vocalization that frightened her and her dog, followed minutes later by heavy footsteps outside the window and on the deck plus a horrific odor. She sensed something pacing in front of the window as if looking in before leaving, then heard the same vocalization again and closed the window.

HowlScreamFootstepsOdor
the night before Red Top Mountain Area, Cherokee County, Georgia Related account #25485

Vocalization near Red Top Mountain Area, Georgia

The husband reported hearing unusual animal calls the previous night while letting the dogs out in the yard.

Vocalization
within a 3 year period of living here, always in late November or December Canton Ga, Cherokee County, Georgia Related account #75283

Howl near Canton Ga, Georgia

The witness says he heard similar mournful howls several times over about three years, always in late November or December, previously from farther away.

Howl