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on several occasions Place not stated Related account #17501

Odor

On several prior occasions the witness and family members smelled a feces-like odor followed by snapping branches and felt anxious.

OdorUnidentified sound
The week before Eden, Lamoille County, Vermont Related account #63218

Unidentified sound near Eden, Vermont

A week earlier the witness heard twigs snapping and weeds moving behind the fenced garden while the dog barked, then fired an air horn.

Unidentified soundMovement only
Dec 2003 Withheld, British Columbia Related account #12703

Sasquatch sighting near Withheld, British Columbia

Three years earlier the witness and a companion found a large woven nest over a dug hole, saw eyes, heard knocks and felt thumps from below, then saw dark shapes while fleeing.

EyeshineWood knockPartial sightingUnidentified soundMovement only
BFRO YEAR: ~1970 Baxter, Piscataquis County, Maine Class B #8259

Hunters find scat and have large rock thrown at them

While hunting near a lake in the fall of 1970, the witness reported a strong musky odor, unusual large and small scat, rhythmic thumping with ground vibration, and a large dead tree falling nearby while alone. The next day the witness returned with a companion, encountered the thumping and shaking again, and a large rock flew over their heads, after which they left the area.

OdorScatUnidentified soundFootstepsTree break +1
one night Place not stated Related account #1599

Sasquatch sighting

A resident mother reportedly saw something in her driveway at night that ran into the woods while branches were heard breaking.

Partial sightingMovement onlyUnidentified sound
Date unknown Addison, Steuben County, New York Related account #4643

Unidentified sound near Addison, New York

Neighbors reported hearing noises and sometimes smelling a stench from the remote pond area.

Unidentified soundOdor
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.

ScreamUnidentified soundMovement only
when she was a child Place not stated Related account #2271

Movement only

As children the witness and a friend were chased from the woods by something unseen running behind them that they could hear breathing.

Movement onlyUnidentified sound
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
2 weeks prior to our conversation Woodbine, Whitley County, Kentucky Related account #32377

Unidentified sound near Woodbine, Kentucky

The same witness and his son later returned with dogs, heard a loud spitting sound and bipedal steps that stopped when they stopped, then left.

Unidentified soundFootstepsMovement only
since I moved in Harman, Randolph County, West Virginia Related account #47460

Wood knock near Harman, West Virginia

The witness reports hearing knocking, whooping and strange whomping noises and smelling a pungent odor around the home on several occasions since moving in.

Wood knockWhoopUnidentified soundOdor
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #1774

Odor

School friends reported smells, footprints, and noises while hunting in the woods above Richwood without seeing anything.

OdorTracksUnidentified sound
the week before Place not stated Related account #4981

Tracks

Companions mentioned rumors of an unusual sound, smell, and possible footprints by a creek the week before.

TracksUnidentified soundOdor
approximately 3 hours later Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio Related account #44066

Footsteps near Zanesville, Ohio

About three hours after the dusk sighting, the two boat occupants heard running on shore and a large splash behind the boat that rocked it, noted a strong odor, hid on the boat floor, then fled.

FootstepsUnidentified soundProperty disturbanceOdor
In the fall of 99 Kingston, Tuscola County, Michigan Related account #5321

Unidentified sound near Kingston, Michigan

A relative planned to build a hunting blind by the swamp and the witness later heard loud sounds like logs being thrown and briefly saw something large move between trees.

Unidentified soundMovement only
In 2004 Place not stated Related account #44783

Unidentified sound

In 2004 something jumped from a tree with a thump and whoof sound, shook the tree and ran on two feet, and skeletons were found nearby the next day.

Unidentified soundVocalizationMovement only
BFRO YEAR: 85-present Whittemore, Iosco County, Michigan Class B #14854

Possible ongoing activity outside Whittemore

The witness reports recurring nighttime activity over many years at her parents' wooded property. She and others hear footsteps pacing them along the tree line, loud crashing movement, screeching sounds and cracking noises, often accompanied by a strange smell. Family members and visitors have also reported red eyeshine and ape-like figures, and large footprints were found in snow. An investigator later visited, interviewed family members and noted unusual stick and vegetation features in the woods.

FootstepsScreamUnidentified soundMovement onlyOdor
BFRO YEAR: 2008, 2009 Jackson, Fife Lake, Grand Traverse County, Michigan Class B #32976

Possible daylight sighting by a mountain biker in the Pere Marquette State Forest

The witness was mountain biking on a game trail in thick forest when he stopped in a clear-cut opening to repair a flat front tire. A loud thump came from a burnt-out RV about 50-60 yards away, and he saw a large jet-black furred head appear in a broken window about six feet off the ground. The head tilted slowly to the side as he remounted his bike, and he rode back to his cabin using GPS. He reported smelling a pungent odor at the site and again outside his cabin the next morning, which he interpreted as the animal having followed him.

Partial sightingOdorUnidentified sound
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.

GrowlUnidentified soundFootstepsOdor
off and on Lake Helen, Volusia County, Florida Related account #40901

Odor near Lake Helen, Florida

Witness and daughter repeatedly noticed foul odors near home, strange night noises, and waking simultaneously without known cause.

OdorUnidentified sound