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19 encounters
1980 Place not stated Related account #42226

Footsteps (1980)

The witness heard bipedal footsteps paralleling him on a logging trail, smelled a musky odor, heard breathing and grunting-growling after throwing a rock, then ran to his car.

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during the daytime in 2010 Place not stated Related account #71854

Growl

The witness and a companion were horseback riding when both heard grunting and saw nearby trees shaking that spooked the horses, without seeing the source.

GrowlMovement only
One night around 10 PM Place not stated Related account #4484

Growl

The witness heard a growl turning to a scream while walking at night and heard pursuit with a foul odor before reaching home.

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Date unknown Place not stated Related account #19838

Growl

A relative reported hearing a growl from the woods and smelling a strong garbage-like odor from the area.

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about six months afer that Place not stated Related account #3474

Growl

A few months later the reporter and a companion heard growling and heavy bipedal running approach them in a weedy backyard at night, smelled a terrible odor, and heard it outside a window.

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four weeks later Ocala National Forest (Fort McCoy) Fl, Marion County, Florida Related account #32332

Growl near Ocala National Forest (Fort McCoy) Fl, Florida

The witness says he returned heavily armed, heard distant growls at first dark, fired his weapon, then left as something moved through a clearing pushing pines apart.

GrowlMovement only
when i was 12 Place not stated Related account #35474

Odor

As a juvenile the witness was chased for about a quarter mile before dark by an unseen follower with a strong odor and grunting sounds and fled inside to get a rifle.

OdorGrowlMovement only
about a month later in August Place not stated Related account #31153

Growl

The witness stepped onto the back porch at night and heard the same low growl much louder, then rustling and a loud hit to the wooden shed, but found nothing with a spotlight.

GrowlProperty disturbanceMovement only
one night about 2 or 3 am Place not stated Related account #50462

Growl

On a night around 2 or 3 am at the witness's home, a loud low snarling was heard twice, a dog reacted fearfully, and a horrendous odor was noticed when a door was opened.

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at night Place not stated Related account #43099

Scream

The witness and several others repeatedly heard nighttime scream-howl-growl sounds, sometimes with a wet-dog mildew odor.

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Date unknown Place not stated Related account #2080

Odor

The witness with a relative and a companion near the woods edge smelled an unidentifiable awful odor then heard a deep grunting and growling sound nearby and ran home.

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Another time while camped on the creek Right On The Outskirts Of Weatherford. It Is Inside The City Limits Now., Parker County, Texas Related account #51180

Odor near Right On The Outskirts Of Weatherford. It Is Inside The City Limits Now., Texas

On another night camped on the creek, the witness and a companion smelled rotten mud, heard large rocks thrown into the creek, and heard growls and a grunt that frightened them away.

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a week after I spoke to the witness Place not stated Related account #13028

Growl

A friend stepped outside to smoke, heard a low guttural growl, and saw something run rapidly away through darkness.

GrowlMovement only
mostly at night Harleton, Harrison County, Texas Related account #7505

Scream near Harleton, Texas

The witness reports recurring blood-curdling screams with a growl quality and foul odors at the property.

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Later in the season Place not stated Related account #7907

Movement only

Later that season at dusk, the witness's relative waiting alone reported a large animal approaching behind, fleeing across the road and creek, then growling with a horrible smell.

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Thursday night, August 11th Place not stated Related account #12418

Growl

While alone up the road from the blasting site, the witness heard multiple low growls and a louder growl, then later heard movement and snapping with companions.

GrowlMovement only
July 14, 1983 Place not stated Related account #18298

Movement only

Another person in mountainous timber heard downhill crashing, then thrown debris, grunts and screams, later calls from multiple directions and a heavy brush clump landing in the truck bed.

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later that day around dusk Stanwood, Snohomish County, Washington Related account #17220

Scream near Stanwood, Washington

The following evening the witness returned to the same spot with a friend and the same loud roaring and breaking sounds were heard again for several minutes before the friend left.

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10/12/04 Joyce, Clallam County, Washington Related account #10091

Growl near Joyce, Washington

Two surveyors at a roadside work site were frightened by loud fierce growling, shaking vegetation and a foul smell.

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