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Footsteps in West Virginia (2021)
While hammock camping alone beside an established game trail, the witness heard very heavy running approaching and called out thinking it was the homeowner. The runner stopped dead silent nearby, then circled the hammock, plucked the metal tines of a rake left as a barrier, and gave a deep, bassy growl after she hissed. She heard no departure sounds and eventually fell asleep, learning the next morning the homeowner had not been outside.
Vocalization near Logan, West Virginia (2018)
While squirrel hunting after rain the witness heard feminine giggling or talking, then an oof sound and a thump uphill. He saw a wrist-sized branch helicoptering down with momentum as if thrown, filmed the hillside, heard nothing further, and left with his squirrel.
Door or window contact near Pocahontas County (2018)
That night in rain, multiple individuals surrounded the tent. The witness heard footsteps at their heads and in gravel, and one repeatedly picked up and rattled his percolator coffee pot. One ran a finger down the tent door and probed for the zipper. Coon dogs chased them off, and next morning footprints covered the cleared dirt around tent and car.
Ginseng hunter and stepson have lengthy encounter 20 miles west of Beckley
The witness and a companion were harvesting ginseng when they heard repeated unusual sounds including a low growl and a loud siren-like tone. Over several minutes they heard heavy fast footsteps and watched smaller trees shake violently while catching partial glimpses of a large bipedal creature that kept trees between itself and them. Several trees snapped and fell in the same direction, and rocks were later seen rolling down a nearby point. The pair inspected freshly broken trees before leaving the area the way they came.
Door or window contact in West Virginia (2012)
After returning to camp around 2:30 a.m., the witness lay awake in his tent when something pressed down on the tent top and moved around camp. He heard strange chatter and grunts across the river. In the morning the group found a partial footprint where the visitors had crossed the riverbank.
Repeat visitations described near rural home outside Princeton
The witness was asleep at home when loud moaning and howling outside the open bedroom window woke her. The sounds shifted from distress-like cries to very deep angry growls. A pet dog barked from below, then something approached the garage area, growled deeply, and struck the building, after which the dog fell silent. The witness stayed in bed too frightened to look outside.
Unidentified sound near Big Run, West Virginia (2006)
The witness was riding an ATV alone at night on ridgetop trails when he stopped in dense brush and a large rock passed just in front of his head, followed by a deep growl felt in the chest. He fled on the ATV but ran out of fuel a short distance away and while trying to restart heard loud heavy bipedal steps approaching from behind. He got the machine restarted and rode home without stopping, and later saw the rock sitting beside the trail for years.
Bicyclist reports possible rock throwing incident outside Sistersville
The witness stopped beside a rural road while riding a bicycle. A rock flew across the road near the witness and landed on the opposite side. The witness looked toward a steep wooded hillside but saw no person who could have thrown it, then left the area.
Possible vocalization and stalking near Spruce Flat
The witness and a companion were walking along a road late at night when they heard a strange drawn-out hoot-like vocalization and heavy footsteps approaching through a field. The unseen source circled around them in the dark, vocalized again, and reportedly knocked down an old barbed-wire fence ahead of them. The pair never saw the source of the sounds.
Woman experiences rock throwing, vocalization during walk
The witness was walking with a dog on a gravel road through woods when she heard repeated banging like something striking a tree. Two rocks were then thrown from the woods and narrowly missed her as she hurried away. Near a bend in the road she heard a loud low growl followed by a scream and fled running. She later learned a family member had been home the whole time and days later saw a large oddly shaped footprint near the roadside.
On-going encounters makes rural family cautious
In June 2001 the witness's children discovered large footprints in the field behind the family mobile home and photographed them. About a week later the children heard something running across the hillside while playing at the creek, and the family dog chased it and later returned covered in slime. The children later encountered large rocks rolling toward them on the hill, and the witness heard a loud prolonged growl, with a horrible unidentified odor lingering after the hillside activity.
Hunter experiences object throwing and vocalizations near Onego
The witness was climbing a steep ridge before dawn with hunting gear when his light revealed three or four sets of yellow eyes about 60 yards ahead. One set rose vertically and maintained eye contact as the group moved off across a hollow without showing deer traits like a white tail or snort. Shortly after, a heavy object landed near him, which he later interpreted as thrown, followed by guttural vocalizations unlike known wildlife and a skunky odor at a suspected bedding area.
Sasquatch sighting in West Virginia (1998)
Three teenagers were fishing and cooling off in a creek when something crashed down the steep hillside, threw a rock between them and screamed and roared. They scrambled to the bank and saw a large hairy human-like creature at close range making a display, tearing up ground and showing its teeth. They fled, leaving all their gear, and never returned.
Property disturbance near Somersville, West Virginia (1994)
The guest and his mentor went into a hollow near Summersville Lake in mid-January to investigate aggressive Bigfoot that had kept hunters out. While the guest stepped behind a tree, the mentor 75 feet away vanished and was never found. Three weeks later the guest found the man's hat at a cave entrance with a rock on top.
Group witnesses large creature near the woods during family gathering.
The witness was camping with about 20 relatives at a family property with cabins for the 4th of July and sitting around a large fire at night. A relative noticed a large dark man-like silhouette standing at the edge of the woods about 80 yards away near a creek. The figure stood on two legs, moved its head, grunted and growled, was said by some relatives to smell foul, threw an object at two men who started toward it, screamed loudly, and ran into the woods while shots were fired. No sounds of it moving through the woods were heard and nothing was seen or heard after that night.
Possible camp stalking at Glade Run Pond, Monon. Nat. Forest
Two companions were camped for bass fishing at a remote pond in the national forest when they heard loud repeated whooping calls, first from up the mountain and later from less than 50 feet behind their tent. They remained still in the tent while the close calls continued for several minutes before silence returned. In the morning they found their fuel can neatly covered with stacked stones and a stringered fish missing, which they attributed to the unseen caller.
Three youths have a menacing encounter near Beckley
Three boys were hiking back up a hollow after a day of fishing when they heard rustling on a logging road above them. Large boulders then came down the hillside toward them, prompting them to flee uphill. As they ran, the writer glanced back and saw a large black shape disappearing over the hillside.
Hunter hears lpoud scream, is hit by flying limb
While deer hunting in very dark conditions on a logging road, the witness detoured around a slip. Near the slip they noticed a bad smell, were struck in the back by a large limb that flew toward them, and heard a loud roar or scream directed at them. The witness turned off their light and stayed still while hearing an animal take steps from the slip toward the road, then silence, before continuing up the hill.
Property disturbance near Martinsburg, West Virginia
The witnesses had found lawn chairs appearing thrown at the dog enclosure about a week earlier.
Door or window contact in West Virginia
While both partners sat on the bed, front and back doorbell cameras triggered with nothing visible. The front camera then spoke hey in the partner's voice. They took it as a lure attempt and went to bed.