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2,254 encounters
1975/1976 Place not stated Related account #66051

Whistle

As children the witness and a companion repeatedly heard whistles, had small stones tossed near them, and found a bedding area, large footprints and a wet-dog odor in woods on a circular trail.

WhistleRock throwingTracksStructure or nestOdor
The next night Cranbury, Middlesex County, New Jersey Related account #1452

Odor near Cranbury, New Jersey

The next night while driving past the same area the witness smelled a strong skunky odor that shifted to a dead-animal smell and quickly disappeared.

Odor
A year and a half so earlier Pemberton Borough, Burlington County, New Jersey Related account #23784

Sasquatch sighting near Pemberton Borough, New Jersey

A couple of friends of the witness claimed to see a darker human-like figure kneeling by the creek before it looked up slightly and slipped into the brush.

Partial sightingMovement only
Two years ago Cape May, Cape May County, New Jersey Related account #55413

Odor near Cape May, New Jersey

The reporter recalls smelling a very strong foul wet-animal-like odor on the deck in winter about two years earlier.

Odor
annually, during the months of September, October and November Street, Harford County, Maryland Related account #31814

Odor near Street, Maryland

The witness, a relative and the landowner occasionally smelled the creature's scent on the wind annually in fall months.

Odor
In October just after dusk that same year Street, Harford County, Maryland Related account #31814

Odor near Street, Maryland

Later the same year after dusk the witness found a relative knocked to the ground and then smelled a pungent odor and heard heavy breathing and footsteps retreating through woods and across a creek.

OdorFootstepsVocalization
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #30634

Property disturbance

A friend reported camp being repeatedly ransacked and being paralleled while camping and trout fishing in western Maryland.

Property disturbanceMovement only
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
several nights over the past couple months Place not stated Related account #45570

Odor

The witness and spouse smelled a wet-animal sulfur odor near their home on several nights when dogs also avoided the property edge.

OdorAnimal behaviour
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #12727

Odor

The witness had previously seen piles of rocks and smelled a similar but weaker body odor.

OdorStructure or nest
Over the course of several years, both before and after the witness' sighting Place not stated Related account #30462

Animal behaviour

Over several years before and after the sighting, unseen harassment at night and sounds of a large animal moving through brush were reported.

Animal behaviourMovement only
mid morning in the summer, just a couple years after Dad put the camper there Clarksville, Mecklenburg County, Virginia Related account #7392

Movement only near Clarksville, Virginia

A couple summers later on a mid-morning the witness watched a dog approach a large oak, get flung backward yelping with no person visible, then flee.

Movement only
On the same day Place not stated Related account #31648

Movement only

A soldier on a two-mile night hike reported being followed through the forest and then watched until pickup.

Movement onlyAnimal behaviour
On another occasion Christiansburg, Montgomery County, Virginia Related account #40362

Movement only near Christiansburg, Virginia

On a different outing the witness and her companion heard something moving on a ridge that paced them for several minutes.

Movement only
the following morning Place not stated Related account #2283

Odor

The next morning the witness smelled the same foul odor in the home garden where the moss had been placed while the dogs sniffed the ground.

OdorAnimal behaviour
recently Place not stated Related account #1768

Odor

Another person reportedly encountered a possible bigfoot and smelled it in the same general area.

Odor
In May 2004 Roxboro, Person County, North Carolina Related account #8804

Odor near Roxboro, North Carolina

The witness smelled a strong dumpster-like odor while working at the back of the property.

Odor
About 8 hours later Camp Lejeune, Onslow County, North Carolina Related account #9750

Odor near Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

The witness stopped by the same tree later that day, the creature was gone but the strong odor remained.

Odor
In early October 2004 Badin Or Albermarl, Montgomery County, North Carolina Related account #8983

Wood knock near Badin Or Albermarl, North Carolina

The witnesses returned to the general area in early October 2004 and reported possible knocks, vocalizations, odor, and a fleeting sighting too dark to discern.

Wood knockVocalizationOdorPartial sighting
since the incident Place not stated Related account #2054

Movement only

Since the track incident the witness has heard something large and heavy moving through the woods, possibly deer.

Movement only