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Hikers hear knocks from multiple directions 10 miles south of Watertown
The witness was hiking with a relative and a dog when they turned back on the trail. They heard three separate sets of three rhythmic knocks that sounded progressively farther away, noticed the woods had gone quiet and the dog remained alert, and felt watched until reaching the main trail. There was no visual sighting.
Woman delivering newspapers hears possible vocalizations near Randle
While delivering newspapers in darkness, the witness heard two distinct loud vocalizations about a minute apart coming from different directions. The witness reported intense fear, unusual silence, bunched cattle, and dogs hiding. About two hours later after daylight, the witness returned to the area and found broken brush and a trail leading from the woods up a hillside bank.
Property owner outside Centralia describes multiple incidents
The witness lives with his wife on raw wooded property. He set out a peccary archery target that was found the next morning pulled up and pulled apart with apparent teeth marks. About two weeks before reporting, the couple heard a loud short call followed by a softer answering call ending in repeated grunts, which caused deer to flee.
Two men observe Strange Lights and a "Finger" up close near Mt. Saint Helens
Two men sat in complete darkness in a forest hotspot talking and playing harmonicas to invite contact while two companions monitored from about 100 yards with a thermal imager. After hearing a stick break and soft knocks, they reported seeing a small red-orange light near the ground that illuminated ferns and silhouetted what looked like a large finger with knuckles moving toward them before fading. They remained on site afterward playing music and talking.
Man and his son hunting elk have an encounter with a possible sasquatch near Packwood
The witness and a companion were elk hunting off a forest road when they heard a loud sharp snap uphill interpreted as a large limb or small tree being broken. They scanned the hillside but saw no animal and heard nothing further. They were then struck by a nauseating putrid odor and felt an ominous urge to leave, so they left the area.
Men exploring logging roads hear possible knocks and a branch break near Cinebar
Two people exploring logging roads by jeep stopped to scout a side road on foot. They heard knocking sounds like a stick hitting a tree, then a very loud prolonged cracking like a thick log breaking nearby. They left without seeing any people or vehicles that could explain the noises. A photo taken toward the sounds was later thought to contain something odd but was deemed inconclusive.
Vigorous wood knocking and vocalizations unnerve a backpacker near Packwood
The witness camped alone on the east side of a small lake after hiking in about three miles. Around 1 a.m. while stoking his campfire he heard loud wood knocks approaching from the hill and loud vocalizations from the opposite shore about 100 yards away. The source also threw sticks toward his camp. After he fired a rifle shot into the air the sounds stopped, and he remained at camp until the next afternoon before hiking out.
Possible evidence collected after a woman is hit in the hand by a rock near Napavine
The witness and a companion were clearing branches in a logged area behind the house when they found rock piles and ten small grass bundles containing field mice. The dogs became agitated and a thrown rock struck the witness's hand. No animal was seen, but wood-on-wood knocking was heard several times over the next few hours.
Hunter hears chimp-like sounds north of the North Pass ski resort
The witness was hunting elk with a muzzleloader several miles north of a ski area as snow began to fall. From a small canyon he heard chimp-like huffing and chattering that seemed to come from three individuals on both sides of the ravine. He tried to see the sources as the sounds kept moving ahead with him but saw nothing, then returned to camp as the storm worsened and daylight faded.
Possible activity described around a home near Mossyrock
The witness was awakened at home around 4 a.m. by a nearby growling sound and repeated wood-on-tree-like knocks spaced a few seconds apart. House cats reacted defensively during the sounds, which lasted a couple minutes before everything went quiet. The witness wondered whether the sounds were made by a walking creature, human or otherwise.
Fishermen at boat launch hear monkey-like vocalizations near Salkum
The witness and two companions were sitting in a drift boat on the river in the evening when they heard loud chimp-like screaming and wailing from dense brush on the opposite cliff. The sound continued intermittently for a minute or more, but nothing making the sound could be seen. The witness noted the slope was extremely steep and difficult to access.
Hunter scouting for elk hears stick breaks & a loud scream-howl close to his tent near Randle
The witness and a relative were camped in a tent by a small lake after backpacking and scouting for elk. Around 4 a.m. the witness awoke to branches breaking about 50 yards away followed by an extremely loud scream/howl he said he had never heard before. After a few minutes he heard more branches breaking, then nothing further. Frightened, he packed up and left with the relative about half an hour later.
Couple hears possible vocalizations half mile north of Winlock
The witness and his wife were outside watching their dogs late at night when they heard an unfamiliar sound from the north toward a creek. The wife said she had never heard such a sound before. After going inside, she compared it to animal and Bigfoot audio clips and said it sounded identical to the Bigfoot clips.
Campers hear possible vocalizations in Gifford Pinchot NF, near Tarbell Trail
A group was camping near a river and three men took a late-night hike down the river to throw rocks into the water. On the return they heard sounds suggesting something was following them, and the women in camp reported rocks being thrown near camp and brush moving. After going to bed the group heard a loud screech/scream twice, and before sunrise one woman was awakened by a close growl near the tent. No creature was seen.
Hunters hear early morning vocalizations near Mossy Rock
The witness and her husband were hunting in a clear-cut next to timber in the morning when they heard two loud human-like screams from the stand of trees. Both heard the second scream very close by. The witness associated the sound with Bigfoot vocalizations she had heard in documentaries and said neither she nor her husband had ever heard anything like it.
Vocalizations heard by couple at dawn near Randle
The witnesses were awakened at home by very loud calls heard about a dozen times. The witness went outside and imitated the calls, and the source answered several times while apparently approaching to the edge of the yard. The witness could not see the source through the trees and went back inside feeling uncomfortable. Their three dogs remained tense and silent throughout the vocalizations.
Lifelong hunter and fisherman has possible vocalization experiences near Packwood
In November 1998 the witness and a companion were truck camping on a gravel overlook between two lakes to hunt elk. In the evening while sitting by a fire they heard a loud screaming howl from the treeline about 100 yards away that seemed to move closer. They also heard what sounded like logs or limbs being thrown toward them and spent the night in the truck cab.
Two hunters hear vocalizations they cannot identify near Randle
The witness and his brother were deer hunting and sitting separated in old-growth forest when they heard loud unusual sounds two or three times. They reunited and confirmed both had heard the sounds but could not identify them. About six months later they heard examples on a Bigfoot research site that they thought were very similar to what they had heard.
Loud vocalizations heard above Riffe Lake
The witness and a companion were cutting cedar blocks by a creek when they heard a loud, long drawn-out scream resembling a man yelling for help coming from below them. The sound was loud enough to be heard over a running powersaw and was heard three times over several minutes before stopping. No creature was seen and no roads were noted below the sound's location.
Loud low moan then rose quickly to a high pitched scream heard
The witness and a cousin were resting against a tree while hunting when they heard a loud moan rising to a prolonged scream from several hundred yards away. A few minutes later they heard a much louder similar scream that sounded immediately behind the tree. They did not see anything, heard something move away through brush, then left for the logging road where other hunters had heard nothing.