Claimed encounters in Harford County, Maryland

14 entries reported in Harford County, Maryland, each linked to the report or podcast segment it came from. Narrow them down with the filters, or see them on the map.

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8 September 1996 Fallston Md Or Kingsville Md, Harford County, Maryland Class A #329

Six People Witness "Large dark Animal, run away on two legs" near Gunpowder State Park

The witness and several companions were sitting in parked cars at a state park fishing area late at night. They heard something crashing down a wooded slope and saw a tall dark human-like figure land on the road, pause to look back, then sprint away with loud slapping footsteps. The group briefly got out, then left without discussing it and did not speak of it among themselves for months.

Full-body sightingFootsteps
July 1996 Kingsville Md, Harford County, Maryland Class B #7651

Witness hears strange screams from the woods

The witness and several relatives heard a very loud howling-screaming-yelling sound coming from the direction of the power lines for about an hour at night. The witness said the sound was unlike familiar local wildlife and was extremely loud and unsettling.

HowlScream
15 September 1993 Street, Harford County, Maryland Class A #31814

Memories told of several incidents including an observation through a rifle scope while target practicing outside Street

The witness and several companions were sighting in rifles on a warm sunny afternoon when they noticed a large dark figure moving in woods across a creek. Through a rifle scope the witness watched the upright, dark-haired figure repeatedly grab and shake a large tree for 15-20 minutes. Only the upper half of the figure was visible, and the group left without further interaction.

Partial sightingSilhouette
July 1984 Harford County, Maryland Class A #1167

Large, dark creature seen crossing the road.

The witness was riding a motorcycle north on a straight stretch of road. A large dark bipedal thing emerged from woods on the right, crossed the road in six steps, and disappeared into woods on the other side. The witness first thought it was a person and noted no other traffic was present.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
annually, during the months of September, October and November Street, Harford County, Maryland Related account #31814

Odor near Street, Maryland

The witness, a relative and the landowner occasionally smelled the creature's scent on the wind annually in fall months.

Odor
Date unknown Street, Harford County, Maryland Related account #31814

Object throwing near Street, Maryland

While bow hunting the same property a relative was repeatedly and accurately pelted with acorns with no squirrel visible.

Object throwing
on separate occasions Street, Harford County, Maryland Related account #31814

Animal behaviour near Street, Maryland

On another occasion a different person was also chased from the same woods in the same manner.

Animal behaviour
Date unknown Street, Harford County, Maryland Related account #31814

Animal behaviour near Street, Maryland

The landowner told the relative that he had been chased from the same woods in the same manner on a separate occasion.

Animal behaviour
Date unknown Street, Harford County, Maryland Related account #31814

Footsteps near Street, Maryland

While deer hunting a relative heard loud bipedal steps and grunts and tree shaking, then was followed and chased back through a creek to a barn.

FootstepsVocalizationAnimal behaviour
in the years before the encounter described above Street, Harford County, Maryland Related account #31814

Property disturbance near Street, Maryland

Years before the main sighting the landowner's wife was alone in a trailer when something furiously shook it without being seen.

Property disturbance
In October just after dusk that same year Street, Harford County, Maryland Related account #31814

Odor near Street, Maryland

Later the same year after dusk the witness found a relative knocked to the ground and then smelled a pungent odor and heard heavy breathing and footsteps retreating through woods and across a creek.

OdorFootstepsVocalization
BFRO YEAR: 1995-96 Harford County, Maryland Class B #1166

Various activities reported near the Gunpowder River.

A family is said to have seen a very tall creature estimated at about ten feet in height. No details about when the sighting occurred or what the creature looked like beyond its height were provided. The account was listed alongside other local reports of tracks, sounds, and prowling around camps.

Full-body sighting
when he was younger Kingsville Md, Harford County, Maryland Related account #7651

Sasquatch sighting near Kingsville Md, Maryland

A lifelong neighborhood resident and his friends reportedly saw what they thought was a sasquatch multiple times around the power lines in their youth.

Partial sighting
BFRO YEAR: Early 70's Harford County, Maryland Class B #1168

Man sees ape-like animal in back yard

The owner heard noises by his fenced trash area late at night and went to look with a rifle. He saw an ape-like animal outside the fence, fired into the air, and watched it stand up with its shoulders and head above the 6-foot fence before fleeing through bushes toward the woods. Footprints were left only in soft dirt by the bushes and one was preserved as a plaster cast.

Partial sightingUnidentified soundTracks