Claimed encounters in Franklin County, Virginia
6 entries reported in Franklin County, Virginia, 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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Runner shadowed by possible biped keeping pace through heavy forest near Wirtz
The witness was road-running in the morning when they heard something in the adjacent woods keeping pace with them. The sound slowed, sped up, or stopped with the witness, paused near houses, then resumed in wooded stretches for about a mile. No source was ever seen due to fog and cover, and the witness felt the terrain was too rough to be easily matched by a person.
Wood knock near Rocky Mount, Virginia (2012)
Over several days in July 2012 the witness and a relative heard several series of very loud knocks from the woods around their home with no visible source found.
Husband and wife hear loud scream from inside their home in the town of Rocky Mount
Late at night in July 2007 the witness was watching television at home while his spouse slept in another room with a window open. Both were startled by an extremely loud scream coming from outside that corner of the house. The witness went outside to investigate but found nothing. Years later the couple heard purported recordings on television that they felt matched the sound exactly.
Hunter has daylight encounter near Gills Creek
The witness was riding an ATV down a washed-out road on a family farm when he briefly saw a tall, massive furred animal about 150-200 yards away that reflected sunlight and then retreated into thickets. After approaching the spot, he heard loud running with breaking limbs, then two loud bangs like wood knocks, followed by prolonged deer snorting and stomping before he left. He returned the next day to photograph suspected footprints and hair found on a limb.
Possible pre-dawn vocalization heard by hunter near Ferrum
The witness arrived in darkness to hunt deer from a tree stand on private land. While sorting gear in the stand, a very loud prolonged scream-howl ending in a growl occurred at close range, followed by movement in a nearby pine thicket and a brief foul odor. The witness stayed in the stand until first light, then left, and later visits had no further incident.
Sasquatch sighting near Rocky Mount, Virginia
A couple weeks before the July 2012 update, neighbors claimed a small bear ran out of the witness's backyard.