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at night Place not stated Related account #48797

Odor

The witness and a relative described a very strong wet possum-like smell at night.

Odor
after the sighting Yacolt, Clark County, Washington Related account #933

Footsteps near Yacolt, Washington

Overnighting investigators heard similar rustling and footstep sounds after the main sighting.

FootstepsMovement only
during the night Yacolt, Clark County, Washington Related account #933

Footsteps near Yacolt, Washington

The older child heard rustling brush and slapping footsteps on the street at night while sleeping on the screened porch.

FootstepsMovement only
over the years Place not stated Related account #28123

Unidentified sound

Family members reported vague unsettling experiences in woods and creek near house over years, including sounds of movement, bad smells, dogs reacting, and eerie feelings.

Unidentified soundOdorAnimal behaviour
2 years before Raymond, Pacific County, Washington Related account #29700

Movement only near Raymond, Washington

Two years earlier the witness saw a deer running downstream past her in the same section while surveying.

Movement onlyAnimal behaviour
later in the day Place not stated Related account #3188

Movement only

During a daytime search for a cave, the witness heard something large run through brush nearby and felt watched.

Movement only
about 10:00PM Cougar, Skamania County, Washington Related account #6559

Movement only near Cougar, Washington

Later that night a relative saw something large move in the trees near the children's tent but could not see clearly in the dark.

Movement only
around 2002 Place not stated Related account #30051

Odor

Around 2002 the witness and her partner smelled an intense garbage-feces stench at a dispersed camp that vanished after minutes.

Odor
openin morning White Salmon, Klickitat County, Washington Related account #986

Odor near White Salmon, Washington

The day before the sighting the witness heard snapping, rustling and movement going over the hill toward the canyon and smelled a strong musty manure-like odor.

OdorMovement only
for several days Dixie, Walla Walla County, Washington Related account #7406

Odor near Dixie, Washington

While hiking in the same area over several days, the witnesses noticed an unfamiliar odd smell.

Odor
about 5 years before Place not stated Related account #26718

Odor

About five years earlier the witness had smelled a similar rotten odor while camped in the same general area.

Odor
earlier that day Place not stated Related account #58165

Odor

The wife noticed a strong foul odor while hunting uphill earlier that day that was still present on the way back down.

Odor
early in the week about 0600 Place not stated Related account #7124

Movement only

Early in the week around 0600 the witness heard extremely noisy brush movement on the hillside above the tents as he and a campmate exited.

Movement onlyPossible misidentification
sometimes Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon Related account #15746

Vocalization near Pendleton, Oregon

Relatives had heard grunts or whispering and things running through the fields.

VocalizationMovement only
Mostly in spring and summer, but throughout the year Place not stated Related account #15747

Movement only

Area residents report hearing nighttime movement, knocks on walls, and vocalizations, mainly in spring and summer but year-round up river.

Movement onlyDoor or window contactVocalization
August or September Place not stated Related account #7789

Property disturbance

A pole-and-plastic shelter used by students was found wrecked with snapped roof poles, broken furniture, a strong bad smell, and reddish hair nearby.

Property disturbanceOdorHair
BFRO YEAR: 1979-80 Troutdale, Multnomah County, Oregon Class A #7789

Members of Job Corps group have several encounters

Late at night a group gathered above the football field during foggy full-moon conditions. The group noticed a large shadowy bipedal form at a distance that appeared and disappeared in moving fog. Some members started toward it before it vanished in the fog, and the witness reported feeling unable to advance beyond a point. An odor was noted in connection with the sighting.

SilhouetteOdor
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #7209

Odor

While collecting leaves with children on the hill, the witness encountered intense stench and uneasy feelings.

Odor
in or around 1992 Place not stated Related account #7209

Odor

While hiking on the mountaintop, the witness encountered an unidentifiable gross smell.

Odor
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #11016

Odor

Friends who mined closer to the caves reportedly mentioned a rotten smell.

Odor