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11 August 2011 Forsyth, Taney County, Missouri Class B #30442

Family has recurring encounters at home near Forsyth

The witness and her husband were awakened after midnight by strange sounds from their children's bedroom heard through a baby monitor, including squeaking at the window and a thump against the house wall. After the husband turned on exterior lights, the witness saw a large shadow move quickly away from the house toward nearby woods. Shortly after, both heard a very loud double whoop vocalization twice, which the husband said could not have been an owl.

SilhouetteWhoopUnidentified soundDoor or window contactProperty disturbance
February 2011 Georgia #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/Xex4ffcbBPlPy7AERGjWXQMOsiF5D8Mn8liYu-F1Pgc

Whoop in Georgia (2011)

A few days before a tree-treatment job, the witness drove to a turnaround at the end of a logging road to wait for a contact. He heard a loud snap, heavy running footsteps, tree movement, knocks, three whoops, pebble impacts on the truck, a loud yell and a throaty shriek, and glimpsed a dark figure. He left and met his contact at the paved road.

WhoopScreamWood knockFootstepsRock throwing +2
20 May 2009 Shady Grove, Tulsa County, Oklahoma Class B #26005

Kayakers describe rock throwing near island on Keystone Lake

Three people camped on an island area at Keystone Lake and heard repeated grunting and howl-like vocalizations after midnight. After two people kayaked back to the cars and two returned, the two in kayaks had two very large rocks land in the water near them as they approached shore in darkness. One had earlier seen green eyeshine near the campsite on the first return. Finding no other people on the island, they packed up and left during the night.

GrowlHowlWhoopVocalizationRock throwing +1
October 2008 Crescent City, Del Norte County, California Class B #24929

Husband and wife have a possible encounter in a KOA campground north of Crescent City

A couple camping on an isolated site finished dinner and sat by a campfire when the wife felt watched and fearful. The husband searched with lights and briefly saw movement in the trees about 30 feet away, including what looked like a large dark lower leg. While inside the trailer the wife heard two to three whooping sounds from that wooded area.

Partial sightingWhoopMovement onlyOdor
8 August 2008 Northbend, King County, Washington Class B #24394

Backpacker hears possible vocalizations and wood knocking in the Alpine Lakes wilderness near North Bend

The witness camped alone at a remote alpine lake and saw a black shiny shape on a ridge during a day hike that stayed motionless when called to. That evening while cooking the witness heard a loud screech, then after dark was awakened by extremely loud cracks followed by falling rocks, with a second closer event about 40 minutes later. The witness stayed awake afraid until daylight and left quickly in the morning.

Partial sightingScreamWhoopWood knockRock throwing +1
April–May 2008 Oklahoma #dc02b07d-c43f-4c2c-b3a7-ae2ea017d36b

Sasquatch sighting in Oklahoma (2008)

The witness and a friend split up to scout for turkeys on the grandfather's ranch in the afternoon. The witness walked a ridge into the wind and surprised a large hairy creature bedded 8-10 feet away. The creature emitted a loud whoop and force that froze the witness, then slid rapidly down the rocky ridge using trees, stood, bared its teeth, and left silently. The witness fled cross-country to a road and later returned to the house where the grandfather had fired signal shots.

Full-body sightingWhoopVocalizationAnimal behaviour
2008–2009 Place not stated #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/TY2oDERxCQLmzCyeNUqKE1Rhg0TzcFut3kAEoMOxmJc

Whoop (2008)

On Vancouver Island the witness and a companion walked out after hearing knocks and whoops and called for a third person to bring a recorder. They watched a light like a headlamp leave camp, travel down the wrong trail into a thorn thicket, sit, then pass through and disappear. The person they thought they were watching was still in camp.

WhoopWood knockPartial sighting
December 2007 Russellville, Franklin County, Alabama Class B #25619

Deer hunter hears possible vocalizations and watches a tall dark figure near Russellville

While hunting in the late afternoon, the witness heard a loud long whoop followed by chatter apparently responding to distant shooters, then heard it again from farther along the treeline. The witness then saw a bipedal dark figure about 200 yards away walking in pines toward a break, where it stopped and crouched by a brush pile. The witness left without approaching closely and returned the next day, finding no sign but noticing an unusual odor.

WhoopChatterPartial sightingSilhouetteOdor
30 October 2007 Swan Lake, Flathead County, Montana Class B #21907

Possible sighting and wood knocks heard near Swan Lake

The witness was hunting with companions in a pine forest with a ravine when the group split up. The witness caught a brief peripheral glimpse of something brown moving behind a tree to the right, then repeatedly heard loud wood-on-wood knocking from that direction that later stopped abruptly. While walking back toward the road the witness heard a single whoop-like call that the companions did not hear.

Partial sightingWood knockWhoop
22 September 2007 Saybrook, Ashtabula County, Ohio Class B #29018

Woman recounts possible early evening sighting near Saybrook

The witness was driving home with her son at dusk when a tall, dark-furred biped with long arms crossed the road in front of their vehicle in about three strides and entered the woods. After pulling into the driveway, they noticed a strong rotten odor and heard branches breaking and a high-pitched woot sound. They went inside, and the odor was gone when the witness returned outside an hour later.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingOdorFootstepsWhoop
29 July 2006 Ridgeview, Boone County, West Virginia Class A #15355

Early morning sighting by bat survey crew

While checking nets during a late-night bat survey, the witness and two coworkers heard a whoop and then saw a tall hair-covered biped cross a dirt road in front of them. The creature looked at them, took two steps up an embankment and disappeared. The group fled and later returned with two more people to find large footprints in mud and trampled vegetation before leaving the site.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingWhoopTracks
12 December 2004 Batesville/oxford, Marshall County, Mississippi Class A #27167

Deer hunter sees what he thinks is a bear through his rifle scope, until it stands and walks away, north of Oxford

The witness arrived at dawn to hunt deer from a climber stand about 20 feet up a pine. After hearing wood knocks and tree breaks for several minutes, he spotted a tall figure about 200 yards away and viewed it through a rifle scope, describing an 8-foot upright figure with a flat face that smelled the air then ran off on two legs. He climbed down, found a large five-toed human-like track where it had slid, heard whoops from two directions, and left the area.

Full-body sightingWood knockWhoopTracksTree break
April 2004 Panola County, Texas Class A #8547

Hog hunter watches bigfoot kill hog in Sabine River bottoms.

The witness was hunting hogs from a tree stand at sunrise when he watched a large hairy biped stalk hogs from tree to tree. The animal charged on all fours, killed a hog with blows, then carried it off while exchanging whooping calls with another unseen individual. It paused to stare at the witness before leaving. A hunting partner nearby heard the attack scream and whoops.

Full-body sightingPartial sightingScreamWhoopGrowl
September 2002 Ponderosa, Tulare County, California Class B #4887

Family has strange experience in Golden Trout Wilderness

A family staying at a remote pack station heard a high-pitched whooping call for many minutes that seemed to approach and then pass toward a wilderness trail. The daughter went to the access road to meet the caller and saw a large, hair-covered, unclothed being with a long beard, long arms and a big mouth walking quickly past. She said it did not see her and was not vocalizing when seen. The next morning the family found a few possible wide-toed prints in the dust at the spot she indicated.

Full-body sightingWhoop
March 1999 Blue Lake, Humboldt County, California Class A #7988

Upright hair covered figure seen beside river

The witness parked by a river to fish for steelhead on a rainy winter afternoon and heard two loud whoop-like bellows. While wading downstream the witness saw two tall, hair-covered figures standing motionless across the river and noticed a cocoon-like bundle of grass on a root wad. After fishing back upstream the witness looked back to find the figures and object gone, and a return visit the next day was blocked by flooding.

Partial sightingWhoopPossible hoax
3 August 1998 Etna, Siskiyou County, California Class A #22434

Backpacker sighting off the PCT in the Marble Mountains Wilderness

The witness was sleeping alone on a rock ledge above a drainage when she heard loud repetitive whooping and howling from far below. The source moved rapidly uphill, climbed a steep cliff to the ledge, and ran past her toward the peak above, pausing briefly to look toward her. It then vocalized from the top of the peak until near sunrise, and she left the area at first light.

SilhouetteHowlWhoopScreamFootsteps
8 August 1997 Steelville, Crawford County, Missouri Class B #48655

Recollection of seeing a huge bipedal shadow while camping that steals food near Steelville

The witness was camping alone in a tall tent when something large approached at night. A tall shadow with broad shoulders was cast on the tent by an outside lantern. The visitor opened food containers, ate bread, growled, overturned a cooler and carried off meat before leaving toward the river where vocalizations were heard. Large footprints and teeth marks were found the following morning.

SilhouetteFootstepsGrowlVocalizationWhoop +3
June 1995 Weaverville, Trinity County, California Class A #2819

Campers menaced after dark by what they assume was a family group

A group camping above a swollen river heard mumbling voices and stick-breaking approaching, followed by loud chanting, shouting and stomping that shook a log seat and was taken as a demand to leave. The sounds stopped after deep hooted calls and later receded to distant screams up the valley and across the mountain. Later, while in a tent, the witness saw the firelight blocked by a squatting silhouette that touched the zipper with five digits, with felt breath and strong odor, before withdrawing. In the morning the witness noted hairs and deep depressions on the trail.

SilhouetteVocalizationScreamWhoopTree break +3
1994–1996 Todd County, South Dakota #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/09/13/sc-ep145-tribal-police-and-sasquatch

Sasquatch sighting near Todd County (1994)

After moving a trailer to a remote timber edge, a woman and companion endured months of shaking, objects thrown and small ape-like figures on the roof. Once a larger six to seven foot figure was seen in a tree making whooping sounds as the group left. After they began leaving food out, the disturbances reportedly stopped.

Partial sightingWhoopProperty disturbanceObject throwing
April 1993 Clatsop County, Oregon Class A #659

Military man on training exercises witnesses three, black, bipedal animals

The witness was part of a demolitions training convoy descending to a staging area when three hair-covered bipedal creatures were seen watching from the middle of a quarry. The middle individual was tallest and stood still while the two smaller flankers rocked side to side. The daytime sighting lasted about 25-30 seconds, shortly after a whoop-like sound was heard from beyond the work area.

Full-body sightingWhoop