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over the last 2 weeks Place not stated Related account #1528

Odor

Over a two-week period the witness reported spooked cattle, departing deer, a growling dog, a strange odor, and a feeling of being watched near the wintering area without finding marks.

OdorAnimal behaviour
On this last trip up there Seven Sisters Falls, Manitoba Related account #9495

Odor near Seven Sisters Falls, Manitoba

On a later rainy visit with a companion the witness slipped on rock, felt watched, and the companion reported a rotten smell nearby while neither saw the source.

Odor
The week before Eden, Lamoille County, Vermont Related account #63218

Unidentified sound near Eden, Vermont

A week earlier the witness heard twigs snapping and weeds moving behind the fenced garden while the dog barked, then fired an air horn.

Unidentified soundMovement only
BFRO YEAR: About 1979 British Columbia Class B #2446

Witnesses hear, smell, and feel something large moving & walking right next to them

Late at night in heavy fog, the witness's wife went to the outhouse and encountered something very close that she heard moving and smelled strongly, then fled back inside. The witness went outside with a gun and flashlight but could see nothing in the fog, though he heard bipedal footsteps, noticed a strong odor, and heard a low screeching sound toward a relative's home. The next morning he found a barbed-wire fence broken down with nails pulled out but found no tracks or hair.

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a year later in the fall Place not stated Related account #3368

Odor

A year later in the fall the witness returned with a relative to a nearby trail and found a torn log, overturned stones, and a strong animal-like odor.

OdorProperty disturbance
Dec 2003 Withheld, British Columbia Related account #12703

Sasquatch sighting near Withheld, British Columbia

Three years earlier the witness and a companion found a large woven nest over a dug hole, saw eyes, heard knocks and felt thumps from below, then saw dark shapes while fleeing.

EyeshineWood knockPartial sightingUnidentified soundMovement only
The next time we went to the area Duncan, British Columbia Related account #11915

Wood knock near Duncan, British Columbia

On a later visit to the area, the group heard sequenced branch taps and then heard the source leave after they made whooping calls.

Wood knockMovement only
in the winter Place not stated Related account #17331

Odor

The witness reports feeling watched while walking in the woods in winter, once accompanied by an odor.

OdorAnimal behaviour
About 1.5 years ago Place not stated Related account #52031

Odor

About 1.5 years ago the witness encountered an overpowering wet-dog odor near roadside trees at night and felt watched.

Odor
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #1975

Movement only

The witness mentions having seen shadows moving down the dirt road near home.

Movement only
BFRO YEAR: ~1970 Baxter, Piscataquis County, Maine Class B #8259

Hunters find scat and have large rock thrown at them

While hunting near a lake in the fall of 1970, the witness reported a strong musky odor, unusual large and small scat, rhythmic thumping with ground vibration, and a large dead tree falling nearby while alone. The next day the witness returned with a companion, encountered the thumping and shaking again, and a large rock flew over their heads, after which they left the area.

OdorScatUnidentified soundFootstepsTree break +1
Several days later, in the evening Place not stated Related account #5685

Odor

Several days later in the evening at home, the couple's dog growled then hid and they noticed a sulphur-like odor.

Odor
BFRO YEAR: 95-96 Clarendon, Orleans County, New York Class B #4799

Possible vocalizations heard by coon hunters near Clarendon

The witness and a hunting companion were about to start a nighttime hunt when they heard an unfamiliar loud scream. The sound appeared to move rapidly away, shifting from nearby to much farther within seconds while crashing through brush. Frightened despite being accustomed to the dark, the pair left without seeing the source and returned to their truck.

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BFRO YEAR: 1989,1993 Essex County, New York Class A #1522

Two separate encounters with "thing" leave three friends scared, shaken and curious.

Shortly after 1:30 a.m., the witness and two companions heard screaming and metal being torn near junked cars below an old railbed. A very large presence came up the steep bank and stood close enough for its breath to be felt, accompanied by a foul odor. When the group fled toward the road it chased them with audible footsteps before stopping at the brush, and a heavy station wagon nearby was later found overturned and torn apart.

ScreamOdorFootstepsSilhouetteProperty disturbance +1
Fall 2003, around 7:30 pm Keene Valley, Essex County, New York Related account #11956

Odor near Keene Valley, New York

Earlier the same night the witness and his wife went outside with two dogs, smelled a strong musky odor, and the dogs became fearful and wanted inside.

OdorAnimal behaviour
around July 17, 2003 Wellsville, Allegany County, New York Related account #11726

Footsteps near Wellsville, New York

The same witness returned to the same trail years later with a different companion, heard movement in the swamp, smelled a powerful odor, experienced sudden silence, and felt followed while leaving.

FootstepsOdorAnimal behaviour
Second night, two days later Mt Wachusett, Worcester County, Massachusetts Related account #76281

Odor near Mt Wachusett, Massachusetts

Two days later the witness returned to the same spot, saw nothing but noticed a distinct animal-like odor.

Odor
Once in a while Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut Related account #58379

Movement only near Torrington, Connecticut

The witness and a friend on the porch sensed something very large and heavy running in a straight line across the field behind the house without seeing it.

Movement onlyFootsteps
BFRO YEAR: 72 or 73 York; More Specifically Manchester Twp., York County, Pennsylvania Class B #8000

Shriek heard in PA woods in early 70's

Three teenagers were camping by a fire near a pine grove on a farm property. They heard intermittent branch-breaking and movement approaching and receding, then a single loud inhuman scream. They fled to the house without seeing anything and reported no odor or sense of being followed.

ScreamUnidentified soundMovement only
early November Place not stated Related account #49903

Odor

While hunting behind the cabin in early November, the witness and a companion encountered an overpowering putrid smell for about 100 feet and felt watched.

OdorAnimal behaviour