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June 2012 Durbin, Pocahontas County, West Virginia Class B #36700

Lone hiker wakes to rock clacks and heavy foot falls on the Allegheny Trail near Durbin

The witness camped overnight in a tent at a shelter along the Allegheny Trail. At dawn he was awakened by stones clacking together that moved back and forth north to south for an extended period. Shortly after the clacking stopped, he felt and heard heavy footsteps approach from behind the shelter and step on a plastic tarp beside it. He shouted from inside the tent, after which he heard no further movement.

Unidentified soundFootsteps
April 2012 Wildell, Pocahontas County, West Virginia Class B #35244

Fishermen hear loud screams while camped at Wildell

The witness and a companion were camped near Wildell for trout fishing. Around 11 p.m. while eating by the campfire they both heard a very loud, long yell from across the river that started loud, rose higher, and lasted 5 to 6 seconds. They listened for another call but heard nothing more that night.

Vocalization
7 April 2005 [edited], Pocahontas County, West Virginia Class B #13083

Participant observations during BFRO WV Expedition

On the second night of the expedition, the witness and two companions walked back along a riverside trail talking with lights off. They repeatedly heard loud splashes from across the river that appeared to keep pace with them as they moved. They stopped after each splash to listen but heard no footsteps over the river noise, then returned to camp.

Unidentified soundAnimal behaviour
30 October 2004 Marlinton, Pocahontas County, West Virginia Class B #14739

Possible vocalization and stalking near Spruce Flat

The witness and a companion were walking along a road late at night when they heard a strange drawn-out hoot-like vocalization and heavy footsteps approaching through a field. The unseen source circled around them in the dark, vocalized again, and reportedly knocked down an old barbed-wire fence ahead of them. The pair never saw the source of the sounds.

VocalizationFootstepsProperty disturbance
many times over the years Marlinton, Pocahontas County, West Virginia Related account #29124

Unidentified sound near Marlinton, West Virginia

During later return visits to the same location over the years, the family heard unexplained sounds but had no further sightings.

Unidentified sound
3:30am on the 26th Wildell, Pocahontas County, West Virginia Related account #35244

Scream near Wildell, West Virginia

The night before, the witness alone heard loud screams that grew closer and louder for about thirty minutes until stopping when he sat up in his tent.

Scream