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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
at approximately 11:30 PM Place not stated Related account #46665

Animal behaviour

On the night of the sighting the neighbor's dogs barked from about 11:30 p.m. for about an hour.

Animal behaviour
Date unknown Agusta, Hampshire County, West Virginia Related account #16204

Property disturbance near Agusta, West Virginia

Something removed food scraps from the household burning barrel and animals seeking food reportedly show no intimidation by people.

Property disturbanceAnimal behaviour
as a child Place not stated Related account #16228

Folklore

Local old-timers tell stories of seeing unexplained things, including a childhood wild-man-of-the-woods tale.

Folklore
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #43193

Animal behaviour

The witness reported additional incidents involving hunting dogs after the original report, with the visitor described as curious but not harming animals.

Animal behaviour
Date unknown Wellsburg, Brooke County, West Virginia Related account #42321

Animal behaviour near Wellsburg, West Virginia

On later hunting and riding trips in the same area the witness repeatedly felt watched.

Animal behaviour
Date unknown Newcomerstown, Tuscarawas County, Ohio Related account #3080

Animal behaviour near Newcomerstown, Ohio

A relative walking a dog saw the dog react fearfully and thought something was seen but was unsure.

Animal behaviour
one summer night Minerva, Stark County, Ohio Related account #8406

Vocalization near Minerva, Ohio

A relative closed windows to sleep because of loud roaring from the woods believed to be a large cat.

VocalizationPossible misidentification
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #841

Odor

The witness reports an intermittent rotten smell in the garage, occasional feelings of being watched outside, and footstep-like sounds in the dark.

OdorFootstepsAnimal behaviour
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #10421

Animal behaviour

A friend later encountered an unknown that chased the friend and vehicle companions on the other side of the ridge near a camp area.

Animal behaviour
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #4972

Tracks

Area footprints were attributed by the witness to a neighboring farm resident rather than an unknown animal.

TracksPossible hoax
almost every time I hike there Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio Related account #7224

Vocalization near Ravenna, Ohio

The witness reports hearing, smelling and sensing a close presence on almost every hike in the same area, with occasional brief views and a sense of being followed.

VocalizationOdorPartial sightingAnimal behaviour
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #1625

Sasquatch sighting

Other children were said to have seen a large dark figure picking apples in yards.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviour
in April Place not stated Related account #8785

Unidentified sound

The reporter and a companion investigated at a state park in April and heard weird calls thought to be probably coyotes.

Unidentified soundPossible misidentification
Date unknown Hammondsville, Jefferson County, Ohio Related account #79982

Sasquatch sighting near Hammondsville, Ohio

An investigator waiting at the hangar watched a tall motionless black object at the end of the field that had vanished about twenty minutes later.

SilhouettePossible hoaxPossible misidentification