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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.
Animal behaviour
The witness had heard that the property owner at the time was chased through the woods by something frightening.
Animal behaviour
Campers noticed something prowling near their RVs.
Historical account
Supposed sightings in the area are said to date back to before towns like Sykesville were established.
Odor
The witness and spouse smelled a wet-animal sulfur odor near their home on several nights when dogs also avoided the property edge.
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.
Movement only
A soldier on a two-mile night hike reported being followed through the forest and then watched until pickup.
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.
Historical account near Ft Belvoir, Virginia
Base personnel told the witness that similar activity had occurred since before their assignments.
Animal behaviour near Roxboro, North Carolina
The witness observed dogs running in a zigzag pattern chasing something unseen in the woods.
Animal behaviour near Wilkesboro, North Carolina
Deer movement on the property has changed, with deer seeming to hide.
Folklore
The investigator noted longstanding local stories dating to the 1950s about a swamp creature in a neighboring county.
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
About a week earlier the witness's small dog growled with bristled hair and refused to leave a closet, behavior seen once before.
Folklore
Older locals repeated stories from their fathers about a swamp monster in the area.
Animal behaviour near Hot Springs, North Carolina
Feelings of being watched were reported in recent months.
Animal behaviour near Hot Springs, North Carolina
Hunting dogs reportedly had to be dragged through certain areas of the woods.
Folklore
The witness recalls childhood stories of a local monster said to roam the wilderness along the Chattooga River.
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.
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.