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Date unknown Floral City, Citrus County, Florida Related account #29565

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The witness parked before daylight for a bow hunt, heard something large jump from bushes behind the vehicle, and smelled a strong feces-like odor that soon dissipated.

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One night Davie, Broward County, Florida Related account #44837

Odor near Davie, Florida

On another night the witness and his cousin smelled a strong skunk-like odor in the house that relatives attributed to the creature.

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the day before Lakeside, Clay County, Florida Related account #31122

Odor near Lakeside, Florida

One of the two fishermen reportedly noticed the same foul odor in the same area the day before the main trip.

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for the next 3 mornings (same time) Community Near Charlotte Harbor, Charlotte County, Florida Related account #29414

Odor near Community Near Charlotte Harbor, Florida

The witness reported a strong musty odor outside the front door on the next three mornings at about the same time.

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for several days Coral Springs, Broward County, Florida Related account #17011

Sasquatch sighting near Coral Springs, Florida

For several days, a strange prowler was reportedly seen running between houses and possibly looking into windows.

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summer of 2006 Helen, White County, Georgia Related account #23978

Odor near Helen, Georgia

The witness returned with a relative in summer 2006, smelled a strong centralized odor and saw a small sapling wrung and twisted at about 9-10 feet, with no sighting.

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BFRO YEAR: Ongoing Do Not Want To Disclose At This Time (Oglethorpe Or Athens), Elbert County, Georgia Class A #26201

Family reports numerous incidents since 2000

The witness reports repeated encounters over years on a rural property bordering woods and swamp, including sightings, vocalizations, odors, and footprints. The witness believes a family of creatures lives nearby, currently including a mother with young, and describes them as shy and non-threatening. The witness withholds the location and seeks help to protect the animals from harm.

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when he was a teen, October full moon Jackson, Butts County, Georgia Related account #31888

Sasquatch sighting near Jackson, Georgia

As a teen the witness camped with a companion on the property, awoke on an October full moon to thumping, saw a tall dark figure handling something large uphill that approached the tent with foul odor, with deer remains found next morning.

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BFRO YEAR: 04-present Jackson, Butts County, Georgia Class A #31888

Scary encounters outside a rural home near Jackson

The witness and a companion were camping in a tent on the witness's driveway in mid-October. Around 2 a.m. under a full moon, the witness awoke to grunting and snapping trees and saw a large hair-covered figure striking and eating a deer, then dragging it uphill. The figure approached the tent, giving off a strong musky odor and knocking a frying pan from a tree before leaving. In the morning the witness found deer remains, drag marks, and a shelter-like structure of bent and broken pines.

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On a cold night in February Cartersville, Bartow County, Georgia Related account #33985

Odor near Cartersville, Georgia

Four campers smelled a wet dirty dog odor, heard slow heavy footsteps and breaking branches, attempted to flush the source toward a lake, fired a warning shot, and kept watch with no further contact.

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deer season came Walker County, Alabama Related account #1022

Odor near Walker County

During deer season the witness returned to the area, smelled a strong stench, and found a place where a deer had lain now empty with no drag marks.

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2 days later Bremen, Cullman County, Alabama Related account #45296

Odor near Bremen, Alabama

The witness returned alone and smelled the same odor growing stronger before leaving without further incident.

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BFRO YEAR: 79, 80, 99 Muscle Shoals, Colbert County, Alabama Class A #577

Man has repeated visits at family farm

In early fall 1980 around 7 p.m., the witness was in the kitchen after feeding horses while his wife brought in laundry. Both heard screaming near the corral gate, the wife ran inside frightened and horses fled, and the witness glimpsed a very tall dark furry figure moving through a lit patch while it screamed and made clicking growling noises before he went back inside and locked doors.

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BFRO YEAR: '92-'93 Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee Class B #11682

Young men have frightening vocalization incident near Stones River

The witness and two companions hiked a horse trail along a river at night. They heard repeated loud branch breaks that seemed to follow them as they tried to leave. At the base of a bluff area they heard an extremely loud scream that echoed down the river, then ran to a nearby house where they heard the scream again from the woods.

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for about two weeks Coker Creek Tn., Monroe County, Tennessee Related account #3008

Odor near Coker Creek Tn., Tennessee

The witness remained in the area for about two weeks with no further sightings but smelled the creature several times, including one morning when the dog alerted behind the witness and the smell then hit.

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A few weeks later Middleton, Hardeman County, Tennessee Related account #7326

Odor near Middleton, Tennessee

A few weeks later the witness's friend reported smelling the same odor in the same area without seeing anything.

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shortly after moving in Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana Related account #9567

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Shortly after moving in, the witness saw a hardwood tree shaking vigorously and later found it was over 10 inches in diameter.

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About a month later Pineville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana Related account #1461

Movement only near Pineville, Louisiana

About a month later a companion re-entered the woods with his dog while the witness waited at the fence, then ran back saying he saw it.

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while we went out and cut some more wood Belleville, Yell County, Arkansas Related account #22101

Odor near Belleville, Arkansas

A companion left alone at camp reported feeling watched while the small dog barked and howled toward the woods and an odor was smelled.

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BFRO YEAR: 2004-Present Pocahontas, Randolph County, Arkansas Class B #56443

Possible sightings and strange incidents experienced over time on rural property near Pocahontas

The witness was sitting in a deer stand on hunting land when dogs ran through the woods and rolled in dirt at a fence corner. After getting down to chase the dogs off, the witness smelled a musky sour odor like a dead animal. A deep long growl then came from the woods across the powerline about 50 yards away, prompting the witness to back away and run to the truck.

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