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Date unknown Street, Harford County, Maryland Related account #31814

Footsteps near Street, Maryland

While deer hunting a relative heard loud bipedal steps and grunts and tree shaking, then was followed and chased back through a creek to a barn.

FootstepsVocalizationAnimal behaviour
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #31814

Animal behaviour

The witness had heard that the property owner at the time was chased through the woods by something frightening.

Animal behaviour
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #1166

Animal behaviour

Campers noticed something prowling near their RVs.

Animal behaviour
before the establishment of towns like Sykesville Place not stated Related account #6875

Historical account

Supposed sightings in the area are said to date back to before towns like Sykesville were established.

Historical account
several nights over the past couple months Place not stated Related account #45570

Odor

The witness and spouse smelled a wet-animal sulfur odor near their home on several nights when dogs also avoided the property edge.

OdorAnimal behaviour
Over the course of several years, both before and after the witness' sighting Place not stated Related account #30462

Animal behaviour

Over several years before and after the sighting, unseen harassment at night and sounds of a large animal moving through brush were reported.

Animal behaviourMovement only
On the same day Place not stated Related account #31648

Movement only

A soldier on a two-mile night hike reported being followed through the forest and then watched until pickup.

Movement onlyAnimal behaviour
the following morning Place not stated Related account #2283

Odor

The next morning the witness smelled the same foul odor in the home garden where the moss had been placed while the dogs sniffed the ground.

OdorAnimal behaviour
since before they were assigned there Ft Belvoir, Fairfax County, Virginia Related account #33887

Historical account near Ft Belvoir, Virginia

Base personnel told the witness that similar activity had occurred since before their assignments.

Historical account
Date unknown Roxboro, Person County, North Carolina Related account #8804

Animal behaviour near Roxboro, North Carolina

The witness observed dogs running in a zigzag pattern chasing something unseen in the woods.

Animal behaviour
Date unknown Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina Related account #67749

Animal behaviour near Wilkesboro, North Carolina

Deer movement on the property has changed, with deer seeming to hide.

Animal behaviour
date back to the Fifties Place not stated Related account #30438

Folklore

The investigator noted longstanding local stories dating to the 1950s about a swamp creature in a neighboring county.

FolkloreHistorical account
in the last 2 to 3 weeks Place not stated Related account #30438

Animal behaviour

Over the prior two to three weeks the witness noted that deer and other yard visitors stopped appearing and no roadkills were seen.

Animal behaviour
One week ago Place not stated Related account #30438

Animal behaviour

About a week earlier the witness's small dog growled with bristled hair and refused to leave a closet, behavior seen once before.

Animal behaviour
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #1939

Folklore

Older locals repeated stories from their fathers about a swamp monster in the area.

Folklore
over the last several months Hot Springs, Madison County, North Carolina Related account #32447

Animal behaviour near Hot Springs, North Carolina

Feelings of being watched were reported in recent months.

Animal behaviour
over the last several months Hot Springs, Madison County, North Carolina Related account #32447

Animal behaviour near Hot Springs, North Carolina

Hunting dogs reportedly had to be dragged through certain areas of the woods.

Animal behaviour
Growing up Place not stated Related account #26072

Folklore

The witness recalls childhood stories of a local monster said to roam the wilderness along the Chattooga River.

Folklore
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #10623

Footsteps

Three groups of Marines on training missions near Camp Lejeune and New Bern were followed out of the woods by something large and bipedal sounding and refused to return without weapons.

FootstepsAnimal behaviour
while stationed there in the Navy Place not stated Related account #10623

Movement only

While stationed in Washington, the witness and a companion were followed down a logging road by something large that stopped when they stopped, with a foul odor.

Movement onlyOdorAnimal behaviour