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when I was in college Place not stated EP 102

Odor

While walking a dark cat road to a grouse spot the witness was hit by a powerful rotting stench. He loaded a slug expecting a bear, then a large log rolled down at him and something big crashed through brush across the hill. He hurried back to his motorcycle and left.

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I was about 12 years old Vancouver, Washington EP 102

Tracks near Vancouver, Washington

At about age 12 the witness found a gigantic bare footprint in a mud slick by an irrigated lettuce field. He tried to mimic it with his own foot and could not. Feeling watched and seeing a shadow move behind trees after branch snaps, he ran home.

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Date unknown Georgia EP 1080

UFO sighting in Georgia

On many occasions the witness saw what looked like a flashlight moving through the woods but steady rather than bouncing as a carried light would. He would tell his father but the light would be gone when they checked.

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a couple of days earlier, around 11 pm Place not stated Related account #23691

Odor

A couple days before the sighting the witness smelled a strong odor while in the woods late at night following a companion.

Odor
1:35 am St. Croix Falls, Polk County, Wisconsin Related account #45418

Footsteps near St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin

Around 1:35 am tent occupants woke to a raccoon on the table and heard movement around camp while the camper occupant heard something large walking in woods behind camp that left after the raccoon was scared off.

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Date unknown Place not stated

Vocalization

The caller says while camping alone a few miles in on a full harvest moon night the woods went silent and he smelled a musty odor. He heard grunting and tree knocks, then a log was thrown over his tent. Next day he found a log that had not been there.

VocalizationWood knockObject throwingOdor
about six years ago Morton, Washington

Unidentified sound near Morton, Washington

Several years before the interview, the guest was bass fishing with a club partner on a lake off Highway 12. For about 45 minutes they heard heavy branch-breaking and something moving along the shore paralleling their boat from about 20 yards offshore. His partner dismissed it as elk, but the size and single-animal character stuck in his mind and rekindled his interest in the subject.

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Date unknown California

Sasquatch sighting in California

While road hunting with family in a truck, the caller saw a creature standing beside the road behind a tree, holding the top bent over to look at them. They made eye contact for three to five seconds. When he looked away and back it was gone, the tree was swinging, and he glimpsed it moving downhill on all fours. After this he quit hunting.

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Date unknown Pembine, Marinette County, Wisconsin Related account #51419

Odor near Pembine, Wisconsin

A relative had smelled the same bad smells in the area on prior occasions.

Odor
when hunting season starts Place not stated Related account #3044

Movement only

The writer spent time hunting in swampy river bottoms and repeatedly sensed something moving with him but never saw anything or found tracks.

Movement onlyUnidentified sound
Date unknown Wisconsin

Sasquatch sighting in Wisconsin

While driving past a mowed field the witness noticed an unusually large dark stump where no stump was known to exist. After passing, the witness stopped and backed up within seconds. The shape was gone, inferred to have moved quickly into nearby kettle woods.

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Date unknown Texas

Footsteps in Texas

While walking in the woods on their North Texas property, the witness says on a couple of occasions something moved parallel to the group. The sounds stopped when they stopped, taking one or two extra steps. The family could not see what was making the noise.

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Several years ago Place not stated Related account #39031

Sasquatch sighting

While watching a distant tree line with binoculars the witness saw a black object move out and back twice over ninety minutes.

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Date unknown British Columbia EP 9

Sasquatch sighting in British Columbia

Crew members on a fishing boat anchored off Village Island noticed a strong unfamiliar odor after entering a bay. After dark a large crouched creature with elongated red eyes appeared on the shoreline and was watched for almost an hour. One experienced hunter aboard said it was not a bear and chose not to shoot.

Partial sightingEyeshineOdor
Date unknown British Columbia EP 9

Sasquatch sighting in British Columbia

The witness was sleeping in a motorhome on Vancouver Island when something large violently rocked the vehicle. He saw a very hairy bipedal creature standing outside the window, then ran outside and smelled a strong musky odor like dead fish. He heard its footsteps stop nearby in the dark and retreated inside without seeing it again.

Partial sightingVehicle contactFootstepsOdor
when I was 13, 14 Place not stated EP 998

Howl

Years earlier at an old farmhouse, the witness and his brother stood in the driveway listening to something moving through woods between houses. They heard branches breaking, movement across a road toward a power line trail, and a loud howl they did not recognize. They heard a second much fainter howl later suggesting great distance covered.

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Saturday evening Place not stated Related account #8435

Odor

On the same Saturday evening, the group heard movement in brush, smelled a foul odor, heard snaps and a splash, felt watched, then saw trees thrashing and ran to the cabin.

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when I was 13, 14 Maine

Howl in Maine

Years before the 2015 sighting, the witness and his brother stood outside their farmhouse at night listening to something moving through the woods between houses. They heard a loud howl they did not recognize as coyote, fox, or bobcat. They tracked the movement by breaking branches across a road to a power line trail, then heard a second much fainter howl from far away.

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on several other occasions following June 1st Danbury, Burnett County, Wisconsin Related account #4789

Tracks near Danbury, Wisconsin

On several later visits to check the road for prints, the witness says the same creature followed him and crossed the road at three stream-adjacent spots, with no castable prints found.

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Date unknown Louisiana EP 968

Scream in Louisiana

The witness went squirrel hunting with the stepfather in Middle Fort Bottom toward dusk. Something paralleled them in the woods, stopping when they stopped. When they stopped once, something nearby gave a very loud scream described like a tornado siren mixed with a distressed cow, and it continued to follow them until they reached the car.

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