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September 2005 Philippi, Barbour County, West Virginia Class B #13141

Possible vocalizations heard by camper near Tygart Valley River

The witness spent the summer camping in a tent in a meadow while working away from home. On many nights he was awakened after midnight by repeated long moaning sounds and at times heard walking sounds near camp, but a flashlight search revealed nothing. He also reported occasionally hearing wood knocks and bipedal footsteps trailing him along the woodline, with the source staying hidden behind vegetation.

VocalizationFootstepsWood knockPossible misidentification
7 April 2005 [edited], Pocahontas County, West Virginia Class B #13083

Participant observations during BFRO WV Expedition

On the second night of the expedition, the witness and two companions walked back along a riverside trail talking with lights off. They repeatedly heard loud splashes from across the river that appeared to keep pace with them as they moved. They stopped after each splash to listen but heard no footsteps over the river noise, then returned to camp.

Unidentified soundAnimal behaviour
1989–1990 Wellsburg, Brooke County, West Virginia Class B #42321

Recollection of a dark figure watching as they recovered their dirt bikes near Wellsburg

Two riders got their bike and 4-wheeler stuck in a pit in a reclaimed strip mine. While working to free them they saw a large brown figure walking along the top of the highwall, crouch down behind a tree and watch them. After about an hour it stood and walked away the way it came, and the riders later left the same direction.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviour
1988–2003 Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia Class B #15475

Hunter describes being paralleled along railroad tracks northeast of Morgantown

While hunting alone along railroad tracks in late fall, the witness heard rustling and then footsteps paralleling his movement through the woods. The source kept pace at a distance, stopping when he stopped and moving when he moved, with heavy footfalls and loud branch breaking. It followed him to the edge of an open field near his parked truck. He never saw the source and called out without reply.

FootstepsUnidentified soundAnimal behaviour