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April 2024 Cherokee, North Carolina #1c382fe9-201d-418b-bd13-7c87ccc363f8

Footsteps near Cherokee, North Carolina (2024)

While hiking alone near sunset, the witness heard steps that stopped when he stopped. After waiting, he continued on an overgrown trail and heard something pacing him about 15 feet away though nothing was visible. The woods went silent, then something close by laughed like a hyena, and it followed him until near the mountaintop.

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25 December 2021 Place not stated #9de1e7c1-7793-4ab5-9cae-9c7d1b2bc4cf

Growl (2021)

On Christmas night 2021, the letter writer's mother and [name withheld] heard something creeping outside an open bedroom window. It growled and made speech-like sounds. It reportedly returned the next night. The host played cleaned-up audio where nothing is visible but a voice-like sound is claimed.

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2 October 2021 Harrisburg, Saline County, Illinois Class B #72110

Two hikers describe hearing bigfoot-like sounds near Indian Point (Garden of the Gods)

The witness and a companion were hiking in Shawnee National Forest when they heard rocks thrown, wood knocks, and a tree being pushed over nearby, followed by running footsteps that stopped abruptly. While heading back they heard a growl, whoops and howls from multiple directions and felt they were being watched. The witness attempted a phone audio recording but it did not capture the sounds clearly.

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16 September 2021 Williamsburg, Clermont County, Ohio Class B #70702

Loud vocals recorded near East Fork Lake -- 20 miles East of Cincinnati

While house sitting at a wooded rural property, the witness heard strange loud howls about 20 minutes before sunset and again around sunset. She recorded the later vocalization on her cell phone at 8:13 p.m. The recording was later enhanced and reviewed by specialists who ruled out common animals.

Howl
August 2021 Wadsworth, Medina County, Ohio Class B #69588

Long, loud whoops heard at 2:30AM heard on southern outskirts of Wadsworth

Late at night the witness sat alone on a back patio watching a meteor shower. From a distance to the south he heard two loud whoop-like vocalizations he had never heard before. The sounds startled him and he went back inside. Shortly after the whoops, coyotes were heard briefly and then fell silent.

Whoop
April 2021 Maine #c6ab5ec3-e69e-4af6-8817-f682007be113

Wood knock in Maine (2021)

A listener reported being out with family in Maine and doing tree knocks when something gave a strange response. The host plays the submitted audio and notes it did not sound like an owl.

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16 December 2020 Cougar WA, Skamania County, Washington Class B #67407

Possible wood knocks heard near Marble mountain Sno-Park

The witness was hiking alone and stopped for water when loud wood knocking lasting 10-15 seconds was heard. The witness made phone recordings that captured one loud knock plus fainter knocks believed to come from three locations. The witness continued hiking and returned later without further sightings or sounds, noting no other people were nearby due to winter closures.

Wood knock
August 2020 Washington #218c1b3e-614f-40af-80c4-6b3360d2262f

Sasquatch sighting in Washington (2020)

The host reads an email about ongoing activity at a property in Washington. A local reportedly saw a Sasquatch cross the road, and residents heard a whoop followed by a tree being pushed down, plus rock clacking and knocking. A recorder captured a loud vocalization.

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2020 Virginia #295b25e0-7152-49b6-9d6b-5e090cd5c792

Tracks in Virginia (2020)

The witness was cleaning and preparing an auction site in the mountains when large barefoot tracks were found that dwarfed the witness's own foot. A few days later around midday a massive dark bipedal figure was seen leaning from behind a tree, was photographed, then left with heavy steps and a foul smell as the phone camera failed. That evening and the next night loud echoing vocalizations and loud bird-like whistles were heard while deer disappeared and the woods went silent.

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3 October 2019 Sioux Lookout, Ontario #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/3u0pzFZbPQfz85EwcKtwvgB2cBDGvkkDk9l2im5MIps

Scream near Sioux Lookout, Ontario (2019)

The writer says he was out with his wife and grandson about 45 kilometers from Sioux Lookout when they heard prolonged screams. The sounds reportedly lasted about five minutes, with about three minutes captured as audio on a video of the treeline. The host says he amplified the audio for listeners.

Scream
15 January 2019 Batesville, Panola County, Mississippi Class B #77139

Rural homeowner near Batesville notices knocks, orbs and a big broken tree branch

The witness reports hearing strange knocking sounds at night while home alone. The next day she found a small oak behind the barn snapped about eight feet up that had been intact the day before when she had been in the area with a relative. She states she has pictures and audio recordings related to the incident.

Wood knockTree break
2019–2020 Washington #ae0212f2-2c82-4932-897d-4b9c773a2d3f

Tracks in Washington (2019)

On return visits to the same trail, the witness and companions left recorders and apples placed high, found large sideways hillside steps with no deer or elk tracks, and later were told recorders captured bipedal activity hours after they left. On a later off-trail visit they found odd tree structures and a 14-inch by 4-inch track, plus a partial track on another visit. About a month before the show he heard a double chest-thump sound while exiting.

TracksStructure or nestFootstepsVocalizationUnidentified sound
spring, summer of 2019 Place not stated #9f0a0b4d-1da4-434a-98ac-25097fcd47d0

Unidentified sound (2019)

The writer reported a weird mechanical-like noise in the backyard starting around 1 a.m. and lasting until morning. When the writer goes out with a flashlight the noise stops, then resumes when returning to the house. The host played audio from the writer's video and could not identify it.

Unidentified sound
1 September 2017 Dufur, Wasco County, Oregon Class B #58165

Evening archery hunters hear possible whoops for 15 minutes in Mt. Hood National Forest

The witness was archery hunting with his wife and son and had gathered back at their truck around 7 p.m. They heard loud whoop-like vocalizations from the treeline, and after the son imitated a whoop they heard louder responses from multiple directions continuing for several minutes. The witness stated the sounds were unlike any known animal, that the exchange was recorded on phones, and that no other people were in the area.

Whoop
3 June 2017 Kelly's Corner, Thurston County, Washington Class B #57743

Couple hear repeated vocalizations while canoeing on a lake near Lacy

The witness and spouse were kayaking on a lake when they heard a very loud, mournful, human-like yell that echoed so direction could not be determined. They returned to their rented cabin, where the witness made phone video recordings that captured the sound again. No visual contact was reported.

Howl
November 2016 Gladstone/Escanaba, Delta County, Michigan Class B #56552

Possible ongoing activity experienced while hiking a trail outside Gladstone

The witness and a companion walked night trails and noticed a stationary bright light over a ridge. They then heard bipedal footsteps from an embankment, felt watched, and smelled a skunk-like odor. While leaving across the bridge they heard prolonged crying/calling vocalizations that continued to the trailhead. The witness later concluded the sounds matched Bigfoot recordings found online.

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May 2016 Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio Class A #51962

An ongoing array of audio recordings and multiple sightings in the heart of Fairfield County

The witness reported being awakened at home by loud vocalizations and sounds of objects hitting the house, with farm and domestic animals reacting. He went outside armed to check the chicken pen and reported seeing a man-like bipedal figure taking chickens and retreating toward the woods. He said he pursued to high ground and aimed through his rifle scope, but branches fell near him and loud movement approached from both sides, prompting him to retreat and later fire toward the hollow. A single track was reported in the creek bottom the next day, but erosion had removed detail.

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Winter 2016 Mt Washington State Forest Mass, Berkshire County, Massachusetts Class B #51359

Man records possible wood knocks in Southern Berkshires

The witness and a companion were on an overnight camping trip in a state forest. Around 2 AM the witness was half-awake in cold conditions when a loud distant noise was heard. The witness noted the time to locate the sound on an all-night audio recorder and later felt the recording sounded like a very loud distant wood knock from a large source.

Wood knock
24 May 2015 Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County, Ohio Class B #48900

Father and son record possible vocalizations at Kendall Lake in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park

The witness and his father visited the Kendall Lake entrance late at night and made whoop and howl calls while recording. They received a very long whoop-like response described as scary and scream-like from southeast of the gate. The witness compared it to a previously heard recording from Ohio in the 1990s.

Whoop
December 2014 South Dakota #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/09/13/sc-ep145-tribal-police-and-sasquatch

Vocalization in South Dakota (2014)

A man living alone reported ongoing activity including footsteps on the porch, grunting, tapping, rocks thrown and objects pushed over. He recorded audio through a window without looking outside. The investigator visited and noted the isolated setting and admitted the sound did not match known animals.

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