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The next time we went to the area Duncan, British Columbia Related account #11915

Wood knock near Duncan, British Columbia

On a later visit to the area, the group heard sequenced branch taps and then heard the source leave after they made whooping calls.

Wood knockMovement only
in the winter Place not stated Related account #17331

Odor

The witness reports feeling watched while walking in the woods in winter, once accompanied by an odor.

OdorAnimal behaviour
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #65223

Odor

A couple reportedly smelled something unusual near their house.

Odor
About 1.5 years ago Place not stated Related account #52031

Odor

About 1.5 years ago the witness encountered an overpowering wet-dog odor near roadside trees at night and felt watched.

Odor
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #1975

Movement only

The witness mentions having seen shadows moving down the dirt road near home.

Movement only
In his late teen years Place not stated Related account #51991

Scream

The witness recalled hearing a loud reverberating scream and falling gravel in a gravel pit in his late teens and fleeing without looking.

ScreamMovement 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
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #49902

Movement only

The ranger was followed down the hill at night by something unseen that stayed the same distance behind him.

Movement only
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
Several days later, in the evening Place not stated Related account #5685

Odor

Several days later in the evening at home, the couple's dog growled then hid and they noticed a sulphur-like odor.

Odor
BFRO YEAR: 95-96 Clarendon, Orleans County, New York Class B #4799

Possible vocalizations heard by coon hunters near Clarendon

The witness and a hunting companion were about to start a nighttime hunt when they heard an unfamiliar loud scream. The sound appeared to move rapidly away, shifting from nearby to much farther within seconds while crashing through brush. Frightened despite being accustomed to the dark, the pair left without seeing the source and returned to their truck.

ScreamMovement only
BFRO YEAR: 1989,1993 Essex County, New York Class A #1522

Two separate encounters with "thing" leave three friends scared, shaken and curious.

Shortly after 1:30 a.m., the witness and two companions heard screaming and metal being torn near junked cars below an old railbed. A very large presence came up the steep bank and stood close enough for its breath to be felt, accompanied by a foul odor. When the group fled toward the road it chased them with audible footsteps before stopping at the brush, and a heavy station wagon nearby was later found overturned and torn apart.

ScreamOdorFootstepsSilhouetteProperty disturbance +1
Fall 2003, around 7:30 pm Keene Valley, Essex County, New York Related account #11956

Odor near Keene Valley, New York

Earlier the same night the witness and his wife went outside with two dogs, smelled a strong musky odor, and the dogs became fearful and wanted inside.

OdorAnimal behaviour
around July 17, 2003 Wellsville, Allegany County, New York Related account #11726

Footsteps near Wellsville, New York

The same witness returned to the same trail years later with a different companion, heard movement in the swamp, smelled a powerful odor, experienced sudden silence, and felt followed while leaving.

FootstepsOdorAnimal behaviour
Second night, two days later Mt Wachusett, Worcester County, Massachusetts Related account #76281

Odor near Mt Wachusett, Massachusetts

Two days later the witness returned to the same spot, saw nothing but noticed a distinct animal-like odor.

Odor
Once in a while Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut Related account #58379

Movement only near Torrington, Connecticut

The witness and a friend on the porch sensed something very large and heavy running in a straight line across the field behind the house without seeing it.

Movement onlyFootsteps
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
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #8305

Odor

The witness reported occasions of a putrid smell in the area.

Odor
One night after dark Springville, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania Related account #8305

Odor near Springville, Pennsylvania

The witness's son smelled a rotten-egg odor and heard something moving in the woods near the house after dark.

OdorMovement only