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April 2024 Cherokee, North Carolina #1c382fe9-201d-418b-bd13-7c87ccc363f8

Footsteps near Cherokee, North Carolina (2024)

While hiking alone near sunset, the witness heard steps that stopped when he stopped. After waiting, he continued on an overgrown trail and heard something pacing him about 15 feet away though nothing was visible. The woods went silent, then something close by laughed like a hyena, and it followed him until near the mountaintop.

FootstepsVocalizationMovement only
2020 Virginia #295b25e0-7152-49b6-9d6b-5e090cd5c792

Tracks in Virginia (2020)

The witness was cleaning and preparing an auction site in the mountains when large barefoot tracks were found that dwarfed the witness's own foot. A few days later around midday a massive dark bipedal figure was seen leaning from behind a tree, was photographed, then left with heavy steps and a foul smell as the phone camera failed. That evening and the next night loud echoing vocalizations and loud bird-like whistles were heard while deer disappeared and the woods went silent.

TracksPartial sightingGrowlVocalizationWhistle +2
November 2016 Gladstone/Escanaba, Delta County, Michigan Class B #56552

Possible ongoing activity experienced while hiking a trail outside Gladstone

The witness and a companion walked night trails and noticed a stationary bright light over a ridge. They then heard bipedal footsteps from an embankment, felt watched, and smelled a skunk-like odor. While leaving across the bridge they heard prolonged crying/calling vocalizations that continued to the trailhead. The witness later concluded the sounds matched Bigfoot recordings found online.

FootstepsOdorVocalization
July 2013 Estacada, Clackamas County, Oregon Class B #41709

Possible activity experienced by campers at a popular campground in the Mount Hood National Forest

The witness and two companions camped in the Mt Hood National Forest with a barrel of animal entrails intended as bait. Over three days they reported loud screams from a nearby ridge, nighttime wood knocks, heavy steps and snapping twigs, and found their camp table apparently bitten through. They moved the bait pile away from camp, later found most of it missing with a wet sweet dog-like odor at the site.

ScreamVocalizationWood knockFootstepsMovement only +3
6 June 2013 Carroll County, Ohio #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/04/17/sc-ep210-encounter-while-investigating-a-property

Sasquatch sighting near Carroll County (2013)

The guest and his wife joined other researchers for an overnight investigation of a private property where the owner reported pounding and odd signs. After finding large footprints and noticing fresh fallen trees and a strong odor during an ATV ride, the group heard bipedal steps near base camp late at night. The guest watched a large upright figure sway between trees through night vision, saw it reappear squatting, then lose it as it moved over a ridge. The next morning the team found trampled vegetation where the figure had stood and noted they had audio of the event.

Full-body sightingFootstepsOdorTracksTree break
3 May 2011 Blackstone, Brunswick County, Virginia Class A #29305

Sasquatch charges witness after son fires shotgun near Blackstone (includes audio from follow-up investigation)

Late at night the witness and a relative went outside to check a heavy thud behind the house. They saw a deer run past, then a very tall hair-covered human-like figure approach from the woods. After a shotgun shot was fired toward the treeline, the figure veered closer, stopped nearby, then moved along the treeline into the woods where it remained visible for several minutes. A strong odor was noticed and large footprints were found the next day.

Full-body sightingFootstepsScreamVocalizationOdor +2
13 June 2006 Manchester/stafford Township, Ocean County, New Jersey Class B #15062

Possible intimidation in the Pine Barrens

The witness visited a pine forest site three times in the early morning. On the first visit he heard heavy footsteps retreating, smelled a skunk-like odor, and saw a rock thrown into water. On later visits he heard loud repeated calls and low moans, heard footsteps approach to within about 15 feet without seeing the source, had a large stick thrown near him, left food and recorded vocalizations, and noted indistinct footprints and large broken trees.

FootstepsOdorRock throwingObject throwingVocalization +2
May 2001 Johnson, Humboldt County, California Class A #2755

While conducting sound survey project, two team members see Bigfoot

A team of four was conducting a nighttime sound survey from a clear-cut overlooking a river valley while one member did a live radio interview from a parked vehicle near the treeline. The interviewer heard repeated charging sounds, footfalls and a grunt-growl from dense brush a few feet away while two teammates uphill watched with a night-vision device. The uphill observers reported a huge 8-foot-plus figure about 25 feet away leaning side to side to look through the trees and moving its arms. The episode lasted about 30 minutes, followed later by a distant scream, and a next-day search found disturbed soil but no footprints.

Partial sightingFootstepsGrowlMovement onlyAnimal behaviour
March 2001 Twain Harte, Tuolumne County, California Class B #3072

BFRO Investigators detail activity around Twain Harte

Investigators found fresh broken trees, dozens of footprints and two nests where a trail crossed a road and staked out the spot. No creature was seen, but something large moving on two feet approached the stakeout before fleeing downhill through brush when a car passed. The sign was documented the next day with footprint and tree-break measurements and a body-length impression in one nest.

TracksTree breakStructure or nestFootstepsMovement only
Date unknown Washington #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/Be6UISlnLqXrqPqtuXoGsqeHv3MDvtCb947ODto7Km8

Footsteps in Washington

The researcher was sitting in a truck with two companions near Mount St Helens when a bluff charge occurred. They heard pacing, a tree knock, heavy footsteps running toward and past the truck, then branches breaking as the animal walked away. No one was struck and activity stopped afterward.

FootstepsWood knockMovement only
in the fall Ontario #13fdce52-693e-4f85-855a-f19d31393ff4

Wood knock in Ontario

The witness describes a fall investigation in a remote forest north of the city. A prior night vigil yielded stomps, calls, knocks and sounds of something circling camp. Follow-up reconnaissance found sharpened sticks staked across a game trail, tracks along a nearby river, and a very tall teepee structure the next day.

Wood knockVocalizationFootstepsTracksStructure or nest +1
a couple of days later, about two in the morning to sunrise Place not stated #7c8e8bba-da6d-4877-b9a2-5b6a33a386b2

Vocalization

Around 2 a.m. the guest heard clicking and movement around tents and vehicles. After hours of activity, something lifted a Dutch oven lid, charged 30 feet, pushed a fist through his tent window and then pushed its face inches from his. He held a pistol, heard a voice telling him to kick his legs, did so, and the group left chirping. Urine, prints and handprints were found.

VocalizationFootstepsProperty disturbancePartial sightingGrowl +1
the other night Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/03/06/sc-ep198-i-know-what-i-saw

Vocalization in Texas

Two researchers spent the afternoon and night at a remote gated pond campground. After daytime shooting and loud vehicle sounds stopped at dark, they heard long female-like woos answered by male-like moans, a heavy stomp, subtle brush movement, a guttural sound, and a heavy splash from a thrown log. Through night vision a companion reportedly saw five figures standing together across the water, prompting rapid packing and departure through the locked gate.

VocalizationFootstepsMovement onlyUnidentified soundObject throwing +1
four weeks after meeting research partner, on a Thursday Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/07/09/sc-ep123-bigfoot-like-creature-on-mount-st-helens

Vocalization in Texas

The guest and his partner returned to check a baited game camera and heard running that circled to both sides before stopping. The pair heard slow advancing steps alternating directions and loud deep barks that the guest felt in his chest. After about forty minutes as darkness approached, they left without seeing the sources.

VocalizationFootstepsMovement only