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Context & caveats Randolph County Clear all
23 November 1989 Elkwater, Randolph County, West Virginia Class A #12959

Sightings by two hunters in tree stands outside Elkwater

The witness was deer hunting from an old tree stand on a mountain crest in the morning and dozed off. A strong odor and rustling woke the witness to see a small reddish-brown hair-covered biped below eating discarded fruit. A much larger black hair-covered biped then approached vocalizing, the two interacted and appeared to notice the witness before leaving, and a hunting companion nearby also reported seeing a large upright figure moving fast through trees.

Full-body sightingOdorVocalizationChatterHowl +3
about an hour before we heard the call Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia Related account #17449

Animal behaviour near Elkins, West Virginia

About an hour before the calls in daylight at the same campsite, the dogs barked at apparently nothing with raised hair while sniffing upwind.

Animal behaviour
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