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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.
Glowing eyes seen by witness during snowstorm
On a snowy winter night around 1995, the witness was shoveling snow on the front porch when the dog rushed out then abruptly turned back inside as if frightened. The witness then noticed a pair of glowing eyes on a tall shape about 25 feet away toward the driveway. After staring briefly, the witness ran inside in fear and later told a relative about the experience.
Witness spots legs of a large bipedal creature from a distance of 100 feet
The witness was standing across a creek from woods with a dog when they noticed a bipedal creature from the waist down about 100 feet away. The visible legs were described as stocky, straight, and covered in long golden reddish brown hair. The creature turned slowly, took a few steps, and disappeared into underbrush without making noise, unnoticed by the dog.
Woman & her horse have a daytime encounter, near Keystone State Park
The witness was riding a pony bareback on a back road when the animal stopped at the top of a hill. About 400 feet ahead, a large reddish-brown hairy biped with very long arms was walking toward them on the road. The pony reared, turned, and bolted back downhill to a nearby yard. Later the witness returned with a relative, who found broken branches where the creature appeared to have left the road for the woods.
Memory told of a close daylight encounter behind a home outside Sandy Lake
Before school the witness and his mother saw a large brown biped moving along a powerline toward woods behind their home. The witness ran toward the treeline and watched the creature pause and turn its upper body to look at him from about 50 yards, then stride away down a creekbed and disappear. Later that day he and his father found large heel impressions where it had leapt off a bank.
Sightings by a hunter west of Greenville, in the woods near Hell's Hollow Rd. and Rt. 358
In fall 1986 the witness was sitting in a parked truck at night in Hell's Hollow talking with a companion. A large dark-brown biped estimated at 7 to 8 feet tall walked past within a few feet of the front of the truck and disappeared into thick brush. The witness drove away quickly and believed the companion had not seen the figure.
Night time sighting near a secluded forest home outside Wesleyville
One evening around dusk the witness sat locked out on the front porch of the parents' wooded house. A very large hair-covered biped approached to about 40-50 yards, paused and stared with glowing red eyes for about half a minute, then ran away rapidly breaking branches. The next morning large footprints were found in wet driveway dirt but were washed away by rain before they could be photographed.
Campers have close encounter with large, hairy creature
Three people were sitting around a campfire late at night when they heard footsteps in the woods and a loud crash against a nearby mobile home. The reporter ran to wake a sleeping companion while the other two put out the fire. Those two companions reported seeing a large hairy man-like figure about 20 feet away, about 7-8 feet tall with red eyes, which then ran off hunched over.
Two teenagers have a surprise encounter in mid - 80's
Two companions hiking on the floor of a hollow came upon a brown hair-covered shape about 10 feet away near a deadfall. The shape stood to about seven and a half feet tall and ran away bipedally through brush toward a road while the witnesses fled uphill out of the woods. A return visit days later found a large matted clear spot but no footprints or hoofprints.
Nighttime sighting by motorists on Route 116 between Gettysburg and Fairfield
The witness and a companion were driving home late at night when an animal stepped over a roadside fence and crossed the road in front of them. The animal stopped in an open field and looked back while the witness stopped the car and both occupants watched it from about 150 feet away for an extended time. They noted its tall height, hair covering, and red eyes before the witness drove away.
Dusk sighting above a creek in the Severn Run area
The witness, then 13, was playing alone along a stream between subdivisions on a clear late-fall afternoon. Feeling watched, he looked uphill about 250 ft away and saw a tall dark figure standing and looking in his direction. He ran away without looking back and told no one at the time.
Hunched figure seen covered with hair
In mid-summer or early fall of 1978 or 1979, the witness and a friend were in the woods behind the witness's house when they saw a tall hair-covered hunched figure in reeds about 300 feet away. They watched it for about 20 seconds before it noticed them, stood up, and ran into the woods. The witness was struck by how fast it moved through marshy mud that caused the children to sink to their knees.
Youth catches standing figure in flashlight glow during camp-out
Around May 1970 the witness was camping with family at a lakeside campground and lay awake in a tent near midnight. After hearing trash being disturbed, the witness stepped out barefoot with a flashlight and saw a small upright furry creature looking into a hanging trash bag. The creature turned, made a squeal-grunt cry, and dashed away while the witness ran shouting to wake relatives. No tracks were found afterward because the area was trampled.
Young boy startles creature under house porch.
The witness went onto a raised side porch to dump breakfast scraps for dogs and noticed light fur under the porch. Hearing a scuffle, the witness turned and saw a tall fur-covered creature with long arms that looked back while moving around the side of the house. The witness dropped a pan and was unable to scream.
Deer hunter watches large upright walking animal on Butler Knob
The witness was deer hunting alone on a remote mountain ridge in the early morning around 1972-73. From about 400 yards away on another ridge, the witness watched a very large, very dark upright figure for several minutes. The figure was first mistaken for a bear but kept walking upright too long to be a bear, paused to manipulate a tree limb, then walked over the ridge and was not seen again.
Night sighting on Hwy 97, north of Liberty Hill
The witness was driving at night with a companion when an erect, hair-covered creature crossed the highway in front of the vehicle. The driver braked and alerted the companion, who saw only a brief glimpse as it entered dense woods. The driver searched the crossing point with a flashlight but found no tracks or other sign.
Hairy humanoid biped seen diving into the Great Pee Dee River
The witness and the witness's father were moving slowly upriver by boat when the witness spotted a hairy figure crouched on the bank. They made brief eye contact before the figure dove into the river with arms extended and disappeared. The men went to the spot and found only smears in the clay, then waited about 20 minutes without it resurfacing.
School bus drivers have two daylight sightings near Vanceburg.
The reporter states that in the late 1970s her father was driving a school bus early in the morning when a large hair-covered man- and ape-like creature came down a deer path. He braked and watched it run across the road and continue down the path on the other side for about a minute. An investigator later spoke with the father by phone and recorded additional descriptive details.
Deer hunter has early morning sighting near Blaine
While deer hunting from an old road overlooking a clearing, the witness heard loud crashing moving down through a cedar thicket over about ten minutes. A black, bipedal figure then stepped out and walked quickly across the clearing. The witness left without checking for tracks, and a companion later reported loose scat with grass and hair in the crossing area.
Woman describes creature she observed from window
Late at night the witness looked out a lit room window and saw a very tall copper-haired figure filling the window, with a hair-covered face and large round brown eyes. The witness stared into its eyes without fear at the time and felt it was a female that had lost its young. After the witness's mother screamed, the mother and others in and near the house caught a glimpse as it left toward the area behind the house.