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Vocalization near Columbus, Indiana
The witness heard coyotes in the woods behind the house and went in with a shotgun. He heard deer-like snorts back and forth, movement flanking him, clicking sounds and bird-like calls. Something followed him out, crossed the creek loudly, and a rock flew over his head. Later from the porch he heard a loud tree strike, saw movement running between houses, and next day found torn coyote remains and heard fences were down and dogs missing.
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.
Movement only
Two agents hiking in the dark to check an abandoned ranch house were hit from behind by an extremely bright brief flash with no apparent source. They then watched four or five light sources near the house that did not illuminate surroundings and moved in a prancing manner before fading.
Vocalization in Idaho
The witness climbed alone into a remote hidden valley he had wanted to explore for sign and chewed bones. While eating lunch he heard a bark from behind, did a tree knock, and shortly after heard a tree being pushed over to his left. He saw a very dark massive shape in cover and chose to leave for safety rather than approach.
Movement only near Lake Quinault, Washington
On one occasion the guest saw the floodlight trip and watched a figure run beside the house into bushes with the lake beyond. When he went to look, something slapped the back of the house, which he interpreted as a distraction by another individual.
Movement only
A couple weeks later the team brought another research group to the same area. While half stayed by the vehicles, both groups reported seeing a light that looked like an approaching flashlight, though no one was between them. Those by the vehicles saw a light rise from the ground to light the canopy twice and drop back down.
Scream in Guadalcanal
Alone up a river the witness followed a fresh game trail past a foul-smelling marked tree, then heard a loud scream below and movement above in thick jungle. He retreated into the creek as three creatures surrounded him, talking with clicks, showing dog-like eyeshine, and moving as shadows. In the last light one four-and-a-half to five-foot silhouette with long arms squatted at the water's edge staring before bolting when a laser pointer hit it, and he floated downstream to camp.
Tracks in Guadalcanal
While driving an old forestry road the witness felt uneasy and stopped after spotting footprints up the middle of the clay road. He entered dense regrowth with a bush knife, camera and GPS after hearing a monkey-like noise, smelling a strong urine-like animal odor, and sensing being watched. The unseen animal crashed away through bamboo and he returned to the car.
Movement only in Florida
The witness and friends were invited to a house for what was described as a prayer ceremony for family turmoil. In a window-sealed dark room a bound medicine man lay on a blanket with offerings while drumming, singing, shakers, flapping like a bird, a small green light, eating sounds, and a scream or children playing were heard. When lights returned the blanket was strewn, food was missing, and the man was unbound, and hours had passed unnoticed.
Silhouette in Florida
On a later night visit to the south fence line the group yelled and used a spotlight down a clearing. At the edge of the light they saw a tall dark shape run from one side of woods to the other, confirmed by two occupants. Both the witness and a companion then felt briefly dizzy and lightheaded, so they left.
Paranormal encounter near Baskett, Kentucky
Shortly after the strange sounds, the Kentucky guest and her husband saw a white misty shape like a tall person in the backyard. It rose, hovered above them, dissipated, and moved over the house on a clear summer night.
Footsteps near Oakville, Washington
While packing up after dark on the river the witness heard something heavy run to one end of a pasture and then charge back past his car several times on two legs. The next day a tribal student warned him that spot belonged to Bigfoot and not to look it in the eyes.
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.
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.
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.
Odor
A couple days before the sighting the witness smelled a strong odor while in the woods late at night following a companion.
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.
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.
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.
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.