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A few weeks ago, at about 10 pm Place not stated Related account #52031

Rock throwing

A few weeks ago three household members heard a small rock strike the woods-facing side of the house on a dark drizzly night.

Rock throwing
2 years ago Place not stated Related account #52031

Property disturbance

Two years ago the witness found all first-season pears gone and fruit-bearing branches broken high in a young tree.

Property disturbanceTree break
Over several months Blaine, Aroostook County, Maine Related account #76760

Property disturbance near Blaine, Maine

Over several months the household's chickens and turkeys declined sharply with only feathers found and no bodies or blood.

Property disturbance
BFRO YEAR: ~1970 Baxter, Piscataquis County, Maine Class B #8259

Hunters find scat and have large rock thrown at them

While hunting near a lake in the fall of 1970, the witness reported a strong musky odor, unusual large and small scat, rhythmic thumping with ground vibration, and a large dead tree falling nearby while alone. The next day the witness returned with a companion, encountered the thumping and shaking again, and a large rock flew over their heads, after which they left the area.

OdorScatUnidentified soundFootstepsTree break +1
Date unknown Addison, Steuben County, New York Class B #4643

Follow up investigation to track find in Rathbone

In early August 1995, a couple fishing at a neighbor's pond near Addison found large footprints, hair-like material and disturbed vegetation. Additional prints appeared on subsequent days on different sides of the pond. State wildlife officials and university staff examined casts and samples but did not identify the source.

TracksHairProperty disturbancePossible hoax
recently Place not stated Related account #12388

Property disturbance

One cat went missing and another cat was found killed with its hind-quarter ripped open.

Property disturbance
BFRO YEAR: 1985-86 Williamstown, Oswego County, New York Class B #3614

Large figure prowls around cabin outside Williamstown

Two friends were staying overnight in a cabin by a creek when late at night someone tried the locked door and did not answer. A tall shape then appeared at the side window, and they remained huddled inside without sleep until morning. Next morning they found barefoot-like prints with a wide stride going up a steep embankment near the creek.

Partial sightingSilhouetteDoor or window contactTracks
BFRO YEAR: 1989,1993 Essex County, New York Class A #1522

Two separate encounters with "thing" leave three friends scared, shaken and curious.

Shortly after 1:30 a.m., the witness and two companions heard screaming and metal being torn near junked cars below an old railbed. A very large presence came up the steep bank and stood close enough for its breath to be felt, accompanied by a foul odor. When the group fled toward the road it chased them with audible footsteps before stopping at the brush, and a heavy station wagon nearby was later found overturned and torn apart.

ScreamOdorFootstepsSilhouetteProperty disturbance +1
A few months later Place not stated Related account #64192

Footsteps

The witness heard footsteps near his vehicle and something pounding on a steel garbage container after midnight.

FootstepsProperty disturbance
2012 August late afternoon Place not stated Related account #64192

Rock throwing

The witness reported sitting by a fire at a campsite when a large rock was thrown past his head and landed near his dog.

Rock throwing
Fall 2002 Keene Valley, Essex County, New York Related account #11956

Property disturbance near Keene Valley, New York

After a day hike in fall 2002 the group returned to find three flat hand-sized stones deliberately stacked with a stick on the back porch steps.

Property disturbance
at night Becket, Berkshire County, Massachusetts Related account #32670

Rock throwing near Becket, Massachusetts

Rocks were thrown toward the witness at night while on the back porch.

Rock throwing
on several occasions Place not stated Related account #25484

Property disturbance

One of three bird feeders located away from the house has been found turned over on several occasions.

Property disturbance
a few weeks prior to the early morning encounter Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut Related account #25484

Property disturbance near Woodstock, Connecticut

A few weeks before the window encounter, a covered pot of chicken stew left to cool on the rear deck was found with the brick and lid displaced and stew splattered out.

Property disturbance
October of 2006 Kane, McKean County, Pennsylvania Related account #49903

Unidentified sound near Kane, Pennsylvania

Around 2 a.m. on first visit in October 2006, the witness and a relative heard deck furniture being moved and later rustling at the fire pit, finding both disturbed in the morning.

Unidentified soundProperty disturbance
2 years ago Place not stated Related account #4117

Sasquatch sighting

The witness recalled encountering the same creature alone while turkey hunting, watching it lift and pile very large trees before it looked toward the witness and vanished.

Partial sightingObject throwing
About a week before the incident Columbia County, Pennsylvania Related account #3558

Property disturbance near Columbia County

The witnesses found shed windows smashed and noticed a strange odor about a week before the main event.

Property disturbanceOdor
February 1st at approximately 6:45PM Place not stated Related account #78276

Sasquatch sighting

Same witness on a Feb. 1 raccoon hunt heard splashing sounds, saw a black silhouette across the creek, and later had a small stone thrown near his feet at a hatchery entrance.

SilhouetteUnidentified soundRock throwing
BFRO YEAR: 1992 or 93 Butler County, Pennsylvania Class A #3551

Campers have close encounter with large, hairy creature

Three people were sitting around a campfire late at night when they heard footsteps in the woods and a loud crash against a nearby mobile home. The reporter ran to wake a sleeping companion while the other two put out the fire. Those two companions reported seeing a large hairy man-like figure about 20 feet away, about 7-8 feet tall with red eyes, which then ran off hunched over.

Full-body sightingEyeshineFootstepsProperty disturbance
WHEN A WAS A KID CLAIRTON, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Related account #28012

Rock throwing near CLAIRTON, Pennsylvania

As a child the witness and three companions were walking in the same woods when rocks were thrown at them from a hillside.

Rock throwing