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Lone camper in his hammock has an eventful night near Sullivan
The witness backpacked solo to a remote campsite and spent the night in a hammock. Throughout the night he heard knocks, screams, howls, voices, footsteps, rocks and twigs landing nearby, and felt his tarp, hammock lines and gear being touched. He also noted a bent-tree structure near camp the prior evening and disturbed logs and tree piles in the morning, but reported seeing no creature.
Vocalization in Missouri (2013)
The witness, who could barely walk after knee surgery, was driven to the far end of a large family hunting property before dawn. He heard loud snort-like vocalizations from multiple directions with deep bass, then rocks hit the vehicle. The pair drove out quickly while something seemed to follow them to the tree line.
Grandmother has a possible night time sighting from her home in the city of Nevada
The witness was waiting at home for grandchildren to return when she saw a large dark bipedal figure crossing an open field and heading out of town. She estimated its height from nearby trees and heard it roar and bang trash bins or dumpsters as it moved southwest behind houses and a store. Dogs and coyotes howled as it continued toward a racetrack and treed creek area.
Man recalls primate-like vocalization and rocks thrown at a fishing area in the Rvierside Conservation Area
Three companions walked to a boat ramp on a river at night to watch the water. They heard movement in brush across the water, then heard two rock impacts nearby on the bank and in the river. They then heard an unfamiliar ape-like yowl and huffing sounds from the same direction. They saw nothing and left the area immediately.
Couple witness rocks thrown and possible vocalizations between two animals on either side of a fishing dock near Williamsville
The couple were night fishing from boat docks around midnight when rocks began splashing into the water on both sides of the cove. Two unseen sources on opposite banks threw large rocks and produced deep growls, screams, and howls in unison for an extended period while the couple remained on the dock. They eventually left the dock for their cabin and continued to hear the sounds from the overlook.
Eerie vocals in the forests of Karlin
The witness reports hearing strange laughter-like sounds from woods near a companion's house over several months, later followed by almost nightly yard disturbances. Other household members and a neighbor also heard the sounds, and trash was disturbed, items knocked over, and apples went missing while dogs barked. The witness never saw the source and states no physical evidence was recovered, with activity stopping when weather turned cold.
Recollection of seeing a huge bipedal shadow while camping that steals food near Steelville
The witness was camping alone in a tall tent when something large approached at night. A tall shadow with broad shoulders was cast on the tent by an outside lantern. The visitor opened food containers, ate bread, growled, overturned a cooler and carried off meat before leaving toward the river where vocalizations were heard. Large footprints and teeth marks were found the following morning.
Rock throwing near Osage Beach, Missouri (1982)
The guest and friends stayed midweek at a remote cabin near Osage Beach in August. At night the group had wood chunks and pebbles thrown at them and heard loud whooping, and companions heard splashing while night fishing. The next morning companions reported a hairy bear-like figure by fish guts, the woodpile was toppled, and a beaver dam was found destroyed with a pulled-apart carcass. While squirrel hunting along the creek the guest and his companion watched a five-foot ape-like creature wading and looking in the water, which approached his companion then left after clicking sounds were exchanged with another unseen individual.
Vocalization in Missouri
The boyfriend's father and a companion went at dusk to look at farmland near the river. They heard the same gorilla-like and howler-like sounds the guest described. As they tried to drive away something lifted the rear of their car, and the father saw only a hair-covered dome-shaped head and shoulders in the rear window before it dropped the car and they fled.
Vocalization in Missouri
Over about a week the witness repeatedly woke alert at night hearing pops like small rocks hitting the house and a cat reacting. One night the witness heard several deep mumbling syllables directly outside the bedroom window that felt like a very large voice. A search with family and by car found no people, vehicles, or tracks except a car dome light on.