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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.

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One night after dark Springville, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania Related account #8305

Odor near Springville, Pennsylvania

The witness's son smelled a rotten-egg odor and heard something moving in the woods near the house after dark.

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over a period of approximately 7 years Kane, McKean County, Pennsylvania Related account #49903

Wood knock near Kane, Pennsylvania

Over about seven years, group members reported hearing knocks, loud branch breaks and large bipedal footsteps, smelling foul odors and feeling watched without seeing a creature.

Wood knockTree breakFootstepsOdorAnimal behaviour
BFRO YEAR: 2006-pres Kane, McKean County, Pennsylvania Class B #49903

Several possible incidents over the years in the Allegheny National Forest

In March 2014 while staying at a cabin with four companions, the witness went alone to a nearby meadow after dark to look at stars. The witness heard bipedal footsteps approaching up the slope, called out twice with no reply, and the steps paused then stopped at the lane edge. As the witness walked back past that spot, brush shuffled as if something turned to watch, but all companions were still inside and had heard nothing.

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late 1970's or early 1980's Confidential, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania Related account #44350

Sasquatch sighting near Confidential, Pennsylvania

As a child the witness and a relative encountered a large hairy figure at close range while hunting and fled as it followed them through brush.

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BFRO YEAR: 1988-89 Erie, Or Wesleyville, They Are About The Same Distance Away, Erie County, Pennsylvania Class A #3634

Night time sighting near a secluded forest home outside Wesleyville

One evening around dusk the witness sat locked out on the front porch of the parents' wooded house. A very large hair-covered biped approached to about 40-50 yards, paused and stared with glowing red eyes for about half a minute, then ran away rapidly breaking branches. The next morning large footprints were found in wet driveway dirt but were washed away by rain before they could be photographed.

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About 5 days later Connellsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania Related account #3563

Vocalization near Connellsville, Pennsylvania

About five days after the sighting, the witness walking the same path heard a loud grunting and bushes shaking loudly as something got closer.

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About a week before the incident Columbia County, Pennsylvania Related account #3558

Property disturbance near Columbia County

The witnesses found shed windows smashed and noticed a strange odor about a week before the main event.

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Date unknown Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania Related account #78276

Movement only near Bellefonte, Pennsylvania

Same witness saw a ball of blue light moving through the woods in the same area at an unspecified time.

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The day before the opening of deer season Frugality, Cambria County, Pennsylvania Related account #26957

Odor near Frugality, Pennsylvania

The witness and a companion visited the hunting area the day before the season to set up stands and noticed a heavy musty odor.

Odor
BFRO YEAR: 1976 or 77 Sussex NJ, Sussex County, New Jersey Class B #7185

Teens have scary encounter in abandoned creamery near Sussex

Two teenagers exploring an abandoned creamery had the companion climb a ladder to the upper floor, where he reported a foul smell and hairy legs behind a box. Both then heard heavy running overhead with ceiling boards moving, and saw a large hairy figure break through a wall, cross a roof, and appear directly after loading doors blew open. They watched it run away through a cornfield for several seconds until it went over or through a fence and disappeared.

Full-body sightingPartial sightingFootstepsOdorProperty disturbance
The next night Cranbury, Middlesex County, New Jersey Related account #1452

Odor near Cranbury, New Jersey

The next night while driving past the same area the witness smelled a strong skunky odor that shifted to a dead-animal smell and quickly disappeared.

Odor
A year and a half so earlier Pemberton Borough, Burlington County, New Jersey Related account #23784

Sasquatch sighting near Pemberton Borough, New Jersey

A couple of friends of the witness claimed to see a darker human-like figure kneeling by the creek before it looked up slightly and slipped into the brush.

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Two years ago Cape May, Cape May County, New Jersey Related account #55413

Odor near Cape May, New Jersey

The reporter recalls smelling a very strong foul wet-animal-like odor on the deck in winter about two years earlier.

Odor
annually, during the months of September, October and November Street, Harford County, Maryland Related account #31814

Odor near Street, Maryland

The witness, a relative and the landowner occasionally smelled the creature's scent on the wind annually in fall months.

Odor
In October just after dusk that same year Street, Harford County, Maryland Related account #31814

Odor near Street, Maryland

Later the same year after dusk the witness found a relative knocked to the ground and then smelled a pungent odor and heard heavy breathing and footsteps retreating through woods and across a creek.

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mid morning in the summer, just a couple years after Dad put the camper there Clarksville, Mecklenburg County, Virginia Related account #7392

Movement only near Clarksville, Virginia

A couple summers later on a mid-morning the witness watched a dog approach a large oak, get flung backward yelping with no person visible, then flee.

Movement only
On another occasion Christiansburg, Montgomery County, Virginia Related account #40362

Movement only near Christiansburg, Virginia

On a different outing the witness and her companion heard something moving on a ridge that paced them for several minutes.

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In May 2004 Roxboro, Person County, North Carolina Related account #8804

Odor near Roxboro, North Carolina

The witness smelled a strong dumpster-like odor while working at the back of the property.

Odor
About 8 hours later Camp Lejeune, Onslow County, North Carolina Related account #9750

Odor near Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

The witness stopped by the same tree later that day, the creature was gone but the strong odor remained.

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