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17 encounters
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
only at night during the 1950's Place not stated Related account #12825

Scream

Relatives reported a night-visiting screaming animal at their farm that left odor, stripped bark, high scrape marks, ate stored oats and killed vegetation with urine.

ScreamOdorTree breakProperty disturbance
After the episode Place not stated Related account #30634

Unidentified sound

Same night after fleeing, the witness and companion heard prolonged movement, branch breaks, and tree and bush shaking in a different forested area without seeing eyeshine.

Unidentified soundTree breakMovement only
late summer Place not stated Related account #30198

Sasquatch sighting

While ginseng hunting the witness heard brush moving uphill and saw glimpses of black with brush disturbed 5 to 6 feet off the ground following downhill.

Partial sightingMovement onlyTree break
about a year or so prior to the road sighting Place not stated Related account #4969

Footsteps

The witness and a companion heard footsteps on gravel by a pool, heard something flee after a shotgun blast and break a sapling, and found a large indentation the next day.

FootstepsMovement onlyTree break
go back many years Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio Related account #7224

Sasquatch sighting near Ravenna, Ohio

Family members report a multi-year history of sightings, vocalizations, footprints, odors, tree and limb breaks and suspected nest structures on old family land.

Partial sightingVocalizationTracksOdorTree break +1
the year before Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan Related account #24620

Odor near Ann Arbor, Michigan

The witness and two friends found a branch shelter with tripod logs, twisted branches, and a wet-dog odor in the same woods about a year before the main walk.

OdorStructure or nestTree break
1980 to 1999 Ottawa, La Salle County, Illinois Related account #36667

Footsteps near Ottawa, Illinois

Over many years the household heard loud walking and branch breaking at night, noticed quiet beforehand and foul smell, and found footprints and damaged rabbit cages.

FootstepsTracksOdorProperty disturbanceTree break
Two weeks ago Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida Related account #446

Movement only near Jacksonville, Florida

The reporter and a fellow officer heard movement of something large in underbrush and found a freshly broken pine limb nearby.

Movement onlyTree break
Approximately 3 or 4 years later Place not stated Related account #29704

Odor

Years later the witness and a companion returned to the mountaintop area, smelled the same foul odor and found similarly snapped-off trees, then left.

OdorTree break
around 1030 am Place not stated Related account #41350

Movement only

On the morning hike the group heard a large tree fall, noticed quick dark low movement, and heard twig snaps behind them on the return.

Movement onlyTree breakFootsteps
On opening day, (evening) Place not stated Related account #7907

Tree break

On opening evening near the creek stand, the witness and a relative heard a tree crash, scraping, blowing, and movement passing between stands without seeing the source.

Tree breakVocalizationMovement only
Monday 9/4/06 Place not stated Related account #15782

Wood knock

About a year later the same couple returned to Highway 128, made whoop calls, then heard wood knocks and tree breaks and smelled a dead animal/skunk odor for about three minutes.

Wood knockTree breakOdor
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.

ScreamGrowlMovement onlyTree break
Tues. in August 2007 Place not stated Related account #15721

Wood knock

While clearing trail, the witness heard weak knocks, exchanged loud knocks across water, left fruit on a stump, and later saw vegetation move; the fruit was gone next morning.

Wood knockTree breakMovement onlyProperty disturbance
9/11/20 Humtulips, Grays Harbor County, Washington Related account #62714

Tree break near Humtulips, Washington

The witness and an investigator waited at the site at dusk, heard large-animal movement on both sides, and watched a live fir fall toward them with no wind.

Tree breakMovement only
The next day Winlock, Lewis County, Washington Related account #47107

Scream near Winlock, Washington

On a return to look for evidence, the witness watched short pine tops shake violently and heard a harsh loud scream, later noting suspicious tree breaks.

ScreamTree breakMovement only