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Teens encounter creature near Girard
Five companions were camping in a ravine and staging a b-b gun war when they heard loud movement approaching through the woods. They shone lights toward the sound and saw very large green glowing eyes, then fled to the highway. From a ditch they looked back and saw an enormous upright outline with arms hanging past its knees before running away.
Man recalls strange encounter while searching for his father near Jackson
The witness and a friend went out at night to search for the witness's father who had not returned from fishing. While searching along the creek they heard an unfamiliar clicking sound and saw two sets of large red eyes on the far river bank. They found the father deceased beside his boat and later learned he had suffered a heart attack. The witness believed the unknown creatures were watching over his father and had helped him locate the body.
Nightime sighting on SR 78 near Woodsfield
The witnesses were riding around in heavy snow late at night when they saw a large gray creature cross the road about 200 yards away. Its head appeared to clear an 8-foot road sign. Afterwards they found very large three-toed tracks in the snow coming down a steep bank and continuing across the highway with a long stride.
Deer hunter recalls possible early morning encounter near Boone Lake
The witness was deer hunting alone before dawn from a rock above a game trail. A figure approached uphill in a zigzag while making stepping sounds and low grunts and growls, then stopped a few feet away at eye level for about 20 seconds. After the witness coughed and waved, the figure turned and walked away bipedally out of sight and hearing.
Daylight encounter with firefighter near Skykomish
The witness, part of a two-person wildland fire crew, was descending a steep brushy slope after working a fire when a dropped shovel led him to a rocky ledge with a small cave. He noticed a foul odor at the cave entrance, then saw two rocks thrown from uphill that he concluded the companion could not have thrown. Looking uphill, he watched a dark hairy upright figure moving away through brush for a few seconds before it became still and silent, after which both men left and reported the incident.
Man recalls a possible brief sighting near Buchanan, while looking for dog
The witness was searching for his missing dog in a wooded area and found it on a beaver dam in a pond. He then noticed a tall, muscular, dark figure standing nearby that quickly turned and disappeared into dense brush. He retrieved the reluctant dog and returned home without initially telling anyone about the sighting.
Rock hunters watch tall upright figure along Lake Superior near Newberry
Two companions searching for agates noticed a distant dark figure at the tree line and watched it through binoculars. The figure walked between the tree line and shoreline, moved toward them covering distance quickly, then bent down, picked up a rock and tossed it into the lake. They initially rationalized it as a human but later reconsidered and regretted not checking for footprints.
Woman recalls childhood incident -- red eyes looking into window near Withlacoochee River
In summer 1993, a five-year-old child went to the back bedroom of a raised mobile home to get toys from a chest. Upon sitting up, the child saw a pair of piercing red eyes in the middle of the bedroom window and stared before running to report it. The family suggested a neighboring dog, but the witness maintains the eyes were too high for a dog and too close to be an owl or perched animal.
Woman recalls driving at night and feeling her car get shoved by a large biped near Steilacoom
Around 10 p.m. on a dark drizzly night in spring 1993, the witness was driving home on a two-lane road near Puget Sound after dropping off a friend. She felt a hard shove to the rear of her car pushing it into the other lane. Looking up she saw a very tall gray hair-covered biped walking upright away into the woods. She drove home terrified and later found no dent or scratch on the car.
Couple sees bipedal creature jump across a logging road near Naselle
On the evening of the day after Christmas 1992, the witness and her ex-husband were driving on Deep River Mainline toward Naselle in snowy, dark conditions with only headlights. A large creature leapt across the narrow road in front of their moving car in a single fast motion described as a blur. The witness stated it was bigger than a bear and could not have been a bear, noting bears hibernate at that time of year.
Massive animal seen hunched over eating something in the middle of the road
Two occupants driving at dusk on a forested secondary highway in Oregon passed a very large animal eating in the middle of the road. The animal showed no fear, lifted its head to look at the car as they passed, then resumed eating. The witnesses described it as massive and solid with two-toned hair and an unusual pushed-in snout, estimating it would stand at least seven feet tall erect, and said it did not match bear, wolf, or dog familiar to them.
Recollection of a possible road crossing at dusk near Roscommon
Two occupants driving south in a truck at dusk saw a tall hair-covered figure cross the road in a wooded area. The figure moved upright from west to east with swinging arms while slightly hunched. The witnesses slowed near the crossing spot but were too unnerved to get out and investigate.
Possible daylight encounter on Fort Rucker Army Base
The witness was walking alone during a work break to look for arrowheads when he heard movement and grunts near a creek. He briefly saw a large dark man-shaped figure about 6 to 7 feet tall standing in dense woods before it turned and crashed away. He left quickly and initially tried to explain it as a stray horse.
Footsteps heard on porch, large dark shadow passes window, near Gettysburg
The witness was lying in bed trying to sleep in a cabin bedroom when heavy stomping sounds passed by the window. By moonlight through a curtained window, the witness saw a tall shadowy figure with a large head and broad shoulders moving slowly past. The next morning the witness found a single very large footprint in dirt and grass on the otherwise clean porch where the figure had passed.
Motorists witness something "white and furry" crossing Youth Camp Road
Two occupants of a van were driving east after dropping off a passenger when a white furry figure crossed the road in front of them. The figure was described as walking upright from woods on one side to woods on the other and was glimpsed in the headlights. The occupants reportedly continued in silence for several minutes before speaking about what they had seen.
Two hunters witness a 7 foot tall creature walk across an old logging trail
Two witnesses hunting from tree stands heard something moving noisily in brush about 50 yards away. They then watched a large hairy creature walk across an old logging trail before it ran off through the forest, possibly after smelling them. After climbing down after dark they found no footprints but noted damaged undergrowth.
Motorist recalls possible early morning sighting north of Mt. Vernon
Around 1991 or 1992, the witness was driving home alone about 1 a.m. when an animal on all fours ran across the road and she braked to barely miss it. In a few seconds she noted its body was level rather than sloped, its legs were distinct without belly skin, and its lighter-colored hairless-looking face without a snout turned sideways to look at her. She heard nothing because the radio was on, and found no sign at the site the next day.
Close encounter remembered and possible vocalizations heard and recorded near Minerva
The witness camped alone on pine needles above old coal mines after companions left for the night. Around 3 a.m. he awoke feeling watched to dead silence, then heard loud ape-like screams from both ends of camp at intervals. He saw a very large hairy biped cross the camp about 20 to 30 feet away and felt its steps through the ground. He walked quickly out of the camp and ran to his parents' house once clear of the woods.
Two hikers witness large brown creature moving quickly through understory near Fish Mountain
The witness was hiking with a companion and two dogs in the morning when a large brown shape was seen moving quickly through dense understory. The dogs chased it for a few minutes and came back frightened, with one running all the way back to shelter. The witness reported a strong musty odor, unusual height and quietness of the object, and a securely tied tarp on one dog returning loosened to one knot.
Possible daylight sighting by hikers on the Stanley Glacier Trail (BC/Alberta border)
A group of six hiked down a mountain trail in the afternoon. A hair-covered biped crossed the trail between the lead hiker and the next person and leapt down an embankment into trees. The party glimpsed movement and heard crashing as a dog chased it, then watched a distant burnt tree sway with creaking before falling. Believing the creature pushed the tree over, the group left quickly.