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Property disturbance near Thunder Bay, Ontario
Months later in winter the landlord found a large amount of earth moved from one side of the crawl space to the other, freezing pipes, with wood boards placed where digging occurred.
Structure or nest
A couple days earlier the witness and a relative found a woven-stick structure across a river and a large stick newly placed upright like a spear in a trail, which the relative took home.
Whistle
As children the witness and a companion repeatedly heard whistles, had small stones tossed near them, and found a bedding area, large footprints and a wet-dog odor in woods on a circular trail.
Structure or nest
Relatives reportedly found foul-smelling stick structures resembling igloos and a damaged water pump.
Wood knock
On a later camping trip on family-owned land, the group heard knocks answered from the distance, whoops and grunts, violent shaking of bushes, and found branches stacked like a small shelter.
Object throwing
The witness and a companion heard sticks breaking near a campfire, were pelted with acorns, and later found possible stick structures nearby.
Structure or nest
A few months later the witness found a branch shelter over a ditch near a dirt road, heard a deep threatening growl while inspecting it, had a rock thrown at him near his gate, and found the shelter gone days later.
Structure or nest near Kissimmee, Florida
The witness found a long bedding area near the bedroom window and grapefruit with large bite marks.
Scary encounters outside a rural home near Jackson
The witness and a companion were camping in a tent on the witness's driveway in mid-October. Around 2 a.m. under a full moon, the witness awoke to grunting and snapping trees and saw a large hair-covered figure striking and eating a deer, then dragging it uphill. The figure approached the tent, giving off a strong musky odor and knocking a frying pan from a tree before leaving. In the morning the witness found deer remains, drag marks, and a shelter-like structure of bent and broken pines.
Property disturbance near Puyallup, Washington
Over about two and a half years the guest visited a stump in woods near South Hill and left apples, sandwiches and objects. She found a decapitated bird placed on the trail, a rock on the stump, balanced rock stacks, and a small fence-like stick structure. She interpreted them as possible gifts in return.
Structure or nest
The resident of a small cabin reported structures appearing on the land and figures seen with night scopes that were first thought to be poachers. He and a companion tore structures down and fired into the air to scare them. Later structures appeared close behind the cabin and rocks landed on the roof and yard.
Property disturbance in Texas
The witness's wife heard shaking around the chicken coop then limb breaking in the front woods, believing two individuals were present. Days later the witness found a teepee-like limb structure and a path blocked by placed limbs. He also noted a taller similar structure in the back woods near where he had seen the figure.
Structure or nest in Washington
When the team returned that night they found an X made of two branches across the parking spot that had not been there earlier in the day. After a partial night walk they returned to find two smaller sticks beneath it rearranged into a second X. A dash camera aimed at the spot recorded nothing.
Vocalization in Michigan
A woman living near a large airport sent the witness audio of loud yelling and screaming. She also reported strange footprints, a presence in her barn, large crossed-tree blockages on trails, and small trees and flowers left on her porch after she cleared them. Contact was later lost without identifying the source.
Structure or nest in Kentucky
The couple and their teenage son followed a game trail and found a canopy-like structure of stems and leaves with a lay area and several trees broken over seven feet high. On the way back they repeatedly heard something walking with them that stopped when they stopped. From a field below they had small rocks land near them several times and left as it got dark.
Rock throwing near Williams Lake, British Columbia
A family reported ongoing activity including rocks thrown, night vocals, and banging on the house that frightened children. An investigator sent to the property reported beds, tree structures including a blind overlooking the house, unusual paintings, and footprints. After trail cameras and floodlights were installed, the activity reportedly stopped.
Structure or nest near San Augustine, Texas
The witness and the older relative observed twisted grass bedding areas, and a game cleaning area was reportedly cleared overnight after kills.
Property disturbance
The property owner reported repeated nighttime banging on his cabin, rocks thrown around the cabin, a flue torn off, and small structures appearing near the tree line. During deer season he watched a large black form come out of the woods and move along the tree line through a night-vision scope, dropping his rifle and fleeing. After researchers began visiting, the frightening activity around the cabin reportedly stopped.
Property disturbance in Texas
On the trail the witness found a white German Shepherd-like dog tucked under brush with a crudely built two-foot teepee of branches over it. Both back legs were twisted and broken with bone exposed and the lower stomach cut with intestines laid beside, with no smell and a faded bandana on its neck.
Property disturbance in Virginia
Around the second home the witness found toy trucks moved from a lidded sandbox to the steps two mornings, footprints behind the barn, broken trees, newly piled sticks by the pond and a small teepee structure. Later the trampoline was shifted about nine feet back and seven feet sideways, a makeshift clothesline gutter was torn off, a rock was heard flying through trees in daylight, and brief strong skunk-like and dead-meat odors occurred.