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Date unknown Place not stated Related account #12388

Animal behaviour

The witness's dog stands at the window with its nose against the glass as if watching something.

Animal behaviour
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #3614

Folklore

Local legend tells of a conductor's ghost walking the old railroad tracks with a lantern wrapped in a sleeping bag.

Folklore
Fall 2003, around 7:30 pm Keene Valley, Essex County, New York Related account #11956

Odor near Keene Valley, New York

Earlier the same night the witness and his wife went outside with two dogs, smelled a strong musky odor, and the dogs became fearful and wanted inside.

OdorAnimal behaviour
one early evening Place not stated Related account #8953

Animal behaviour

The witness's wife reported the normally mild dog staring toward the wood line and growling at something unseen.

Animal behaviour
around July 17, 2003 Wellsville, Allegany County, New York Related account #11726

Footsteps near Wellsville, New York

The same witness returned to the same trail years later with a different companion, heard movement in the swamp, smelled a powerful odor, experienced sudden silence, and felt followed while leaving.

FootstepsOdorAnimal behaviour
Saturday evening at approximately 11:30 pm North Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts Related account #25364

Animal behaviour near North Dartmouth, Massachusetts

On Saturday night the homeowner noted outdoor cats waiting at the door wanting inside and appearing frightened.

Animal behaviour
very early in the morning Place not stated Related account #18333

Sasquatch sighting

The witness recalled an early-morning newspaper delivery when they saw an unclear large dark shape beside a wooded path and turned back without approaching.

Partial sightingPossible misidentification
on several occasions Place not stated Related account #1089

Animal behaviour

On several occasions in the woods the witness felt watched and felt a strong urge to leave immediately.

Animal behaviour
one night Sandy Lake, Mercer County, Pennsylvania Related account #48013

Vocalization near Sandy Lake, Pennsylvania

The witness recalls feeling watched while hunting the same woods for years and hearing unexplained vocalizations with a relative one night.

VocalizationPossible misidentification
the night before York; More Specifically Manchester Twp., York County, Pennsylvania Related account #8000

Animal behaviour near York; More Specifically Manchester Twp., Pennsylvania

A companion reportedly spent the previous night alone at the campsite and felt uneasy as if being watched.

Animal behaviour
a short time later that same first year Springville, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania Related account #8305

Scream near Springville, Pennsylvania

The son and his wife heard eerie screeching in the woods while their two normally vocal dogs hid silently.

ScreamAnimal behaviour
Sometimes Place not stated Related account #49903

Animal behaviour

At times the forest reportedly goes completely silent and still, with no birds, squirrels or woodpeckers heard or moving.

Animal behaviour
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #49903

Odor

A relative reported also smelling unexplained awful odors and feeling watched on several occasions.

OdorAnimal behaviour
early November Place not stated Related account #49903

Odor

While hunting behind the cabin in early November, the witness and a companion encountered an overpowering putrid smell for about 100 feet and felt watched.

OdorAnimal behaviour
over a period of approximately 7 years Kane, McKean County, Pennsylvania Related account #49903

Wood knock near Kane, Pennsylvania

Over about seven years, group members reported hearing knocks, loud branch breaks and large bipedal footsteps, smelling foul odors and feeling watched without seeing a creature.

Wood knockTree breakFootstepsOdorAnimal behaviour
BFRO YEAR: about 1980 Lewistown, PA In Mifflin County, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania Class B #22599

Hunter has unusual experience while spring turkey hunting

The witness was scouting for turkeys in spring on the southern side of Jacks Mountain when turkey-like clucking from dense brush drew him closer. Each time he approached, a very low guttural growl came from the brush where nothing could be seen, stopping when he backed away while the clucking resumed. After two or three such approaches he left the area.

GrowlUnidentified soundPossible hoax
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #3570

Animal behaviour

Another person said his coon dogs howled and whined while riding past the hunting road.

Animal behaviour
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #3562

Animal behaviour

People reportedly were followed in the woods by something large that stayed hidden.

Animal behaviour
in the past decade, on two or three occasions Erie, Or Wesleyville, They Are About The Same Distance Away, Erie County, Pennsylvania Related account #3634

Animal behaviour near Erie, Or Wesleyville, They Are About The Same Distance Away, Pennsylvania

On two or three visits to the parents' property in the past decade, the witness had strong feelings of being watched with hairs standing up.

Animal behaviour
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #216

Sasquatch sighting

Relatives of the witness's father told stories of strange sightings several counties away that were dismissed as tricks of light and shadow.

Partial sightingPossible misidentification