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lately Benton, Marshall County, Kentucky Related account #317

Unidentified sound near Benton, Kentucky

The resident told the witness that strange sounds had come from the woods lately and horses were frequently spooked.

Unidentified soundAnimal behaviour
After the couple went up the hill away from the creature Place not stated Related account #11966

Animal behaviour

After the couple left uphill, the creature apparently followed them at a distance.

Animal behaviour
prior to nights that he hears the howls Jessamine County, Kentucky Related account #46624

Footsteps near Jessamine County

Cows become nervous before howl nights and one night running and stomping was heard in the horse pasture while horses stood still and dogs stared.

FootstepsAnimal behaviour
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #1433

Howl

A relative has heard local stories about a wildman and wilddogs howling in the area.

HowlFolklore
the next day Mortons Gap, Hopkins County, Kentucky Related account #1433

Sasquatch sighting near Mortons Gap, Kentucky

A relative and two companions returned to the same fishing spot the next day, felt watched, and saw a very dark form in the bottoms that ran away.

Partial sightingMovement onlyAnimal behaviour
Date unknown Earlington, Hopkins County, Kentucky Related account #21142

Unidentified sound near Earlington, Kentucky

The witness's father had previously heard strange sounds in those woods and once felt something circling and watching his camp while camping.

Unidentified soundAnimal behaviour
a few years after my incident Place not stated Related account #27399

Sasquatch sighting

Another friend and his wife reported seeing a large dark fur-covered crouched object beside the road east of the parking spot.

Partial sightingPossible misidentification
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #23293

Animal behaviour

Two men hunting with coon dogs were reportedly chased down the mountain by something that broke trees and attacked the dogs, killing some.

Animal behaviourTree break
back in the old pioneer days Place not stated Related account #22941

Folklore

The area has long been known for monkey man sightings dating to pioneer days with many people reporting creatures across the county.

FolkloreHistorical account
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #33187

Folklore

Local legend tells of a large ape-like waving creature called Howdy seen in parts of the county.

Folklore
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #7188

Animal behaviour

Something retrieved a deer head and carcass that had been thrown into a swamp.

Animal behaviour
BFRO YEAR: 1979 -'84 Wayne County, West Virginia Class A #1207

One of several sighting and vocalization reports. When witness called out " it stood up at the edge of the hill and huffed and puffed."

Five people drove to a rural spot at night to hang out. After dogs in a hollow below barked then fell suddenly silent, the group heard movement in brush and saw a tall fur-covered figure stand at the hill edge making huffing sounds. When the driver turned on the car headlights the figure covered its face and moved behind trees as the group fled in the car.

Full-body sightingSilhouetteVocalizationMovement onlyAnimal behaviour
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #26380

Animal behaviour

A friend had a deer taken by something that picked it up and carried it off on foot.

Animal behaviour
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #14280

Sasquatch sighting

While riding an ATV through fields, the witness and her daughter saw a large hair-covered animal shaking a deer stand that then ran toward them, so they fled home and a spouse later checked and found nothing.

Full-body sightingProperty disturbanceAnimal behaviour
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #14280

Animal behaviour

While walking through fields behind the house, the witness sometimes feels watched at the same time normal animal sounds are absent.

Animal behaviour
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
on the second to last night Circleville, Pendleton County, West Virginia Related account #13122

Unidentified sound near Circleville, West Virginia

On the second to last night the witness awoke to heavy breathing outside the tent, possibly a loose cow.

Unidentified soundPossible misidentification
nearly every fall Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia Related account #15475

Animal behaviour near Morgantown, West Virginia

The witness reported being followed and feeling uneasy near the squirrel-hunting location nearly every fall.

Animal behaviour
only a year or two later Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia Related account #15475

Movement only near Morgantown, West Virginia

The witness was shadowed for about a mile by an unseen source moving through dense rhododendrons that left a visible wake in the brush and matched his stops and starts.

Movement onlyAnimal behaviour
sometimes Place not stated Related account #1203

Animal behaviour

Neighborhood dogs sometimes go crazy for unknown reasons.

Animal behaviour