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Possible encounters at a favorite backwoods spot near Isabella
A witness and a relative were carrying camping gear to canoes in the afternoon when they heard an extremely loud bellow followed by muffled talking-like sounds. The witness retrieved a shotgun and moved toward a river point while the relative watched from the canoes. The witness heard heavy footsteps and brush movement heading toward the rapids but saw nothing, and found dry crossing rocks with no splashing. He concluded whatever made the sounds must have leapt rock to rock to cross.
Scream in Minnesota (2012)
While bow hunting in a creek bottom the witness heard an extremely loud deep scream from several hundred yards away, after which a doe ran an odd looping route and bedded down. After dark he heard child-like giggling and overlapping chatter from about 50 yards moving through water and brush deeper into the woods. He waited until it passed, then left with a light on and an arrow nocked.
Strange, loud animal howls heard by resident near Gnesen
The witness stepped into the yard on a Sunday night and heard frantic dog barking and wolf howling overlain by loud, prolonged wailing unlike any known animal. The wailing source held position briefly then moved rapidly northeast around the lake, causing underbrush disturbance and loud ice crushing before falling silent. The background animals also fell silent, then erupted again minutes later without the wailing resuming.
Vocalization near Willow River, Minnesota (1972)
The witness stopped to pick wild raspberries while walking back alone on a farm trail. He heard a low grunt and large movement in the patch, then ran down the trail while something crashed through the woods alongside him. The movement stopped when he stopped and resumed when he ran, and he did not see the source.
Sasquatch sighting in Minnesota (1970)
The witness was deer hunting from a stand when chirping sounds approached through the woods. A large dark manlike figure stepped into a shooting lane about 30 feet away and looked around. After the witness called out, it stared at him and left in a few strides.