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Two rock climbers hear wood knocks and footsteps in the early morning at a trailhead
Two hikers arrived at a trailhead in the early morning to climb and heard knocks from uphill and downhill, followed by stick-breaking sounds like footsteps. They knocked back and received responses, filmed the exchange, then heard further knocks and repetitive rock-on-tree tapping as they started up the trail. They saw nothing in the dense woods and eventually left.
Strange encounters and possible tracks found in a swamp near the Douglas State Forest
The witness was clearing a trail by a swamp when they heard two splashes from across the water without seeing the source. While on the phone, they saw a football-sized rock fly through the air about three-quarters of the way across the swamp and land in the water. No creature was seen, only the rock in flight and the splashes.
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.
Possible aggressive behavior at new rural cabin site near Stanton
The witness was spending the evening on a relative's front porch shortly before Christmas. After knocking three times on a deck rail, the witness heard three knocks returned from nearby woods and later saw branches moving despite no wind. About an hour later the witness heard footsteps and pacing beside the house for about 15 minutes and attempted to record the sound on a phone.
Target shooter hears strange sounds (see video) and finds possible tree-breaks and prints off of the Mountain Loop Highway
The witness and a companion stopped off a forest road so the witness could target shoot while the companion waited at the truck. After the witness returned to the road, both heard repeated very loud cracking snaps from a wooded hilltop about 100 yards away, spaced about 30 seconds apart, along with movement and bark-ripping sounds. The witness walked partway up the hill filming with a cell phone and captured at least one loud crack before returning to the truck and leaving.
Strange encounters over the years, including odd coyote kills, near Commerce
The witness claims an extremely loud cow-call-like vocalization was encountered again less than a week ago in hardwood bottoms just before dark. The sound is compared to a human using a bullhorn and is said to vibrate the body. The witness states he leaves the scene whenever the screaming occurs, interpreting it as a warning when getting too close.
Wood knock in Vermont (2014)
In 2014 the researcher visited a ravine near a small town on 21 mornings and exchanged knocks with an unseen individual across trees. Pine cones were tossed from the woods and one struck the researcher on the head.
Door or window contact near Idyllwild, California (2013)
The witness, his wife, and two dogs stayed at the family cabin months after a large fire. At night something thumped the house hard and moved outside while the dogs cowered. The next morning the woods were silent, neighbors reported something stomping around, and acorns and pebbles were thrown toward them near the car.
Hunter is confronted when he tries to shoot a deer near Winlock
On a November afternoon hunt, the witness heard loud yelling mixed with growls and screams nearby and recorded trees breaking and heavy pounding footsteps approaching. Deer in the area fled as the sounds got closer, and the witness left quickly. Cattle in a nearby pasture were later seen huddled far from the sounds.
20 miles SE of Dayton: Fishing couple stalked by a sasquatch at Caesar Creek State Park
Two people had been fishing at Caesar Creek Lake and were packing up after sundown when a growling/hissing sound came from the treeline. They shone a flashlight into the woods and saw green eyes, heard trees and brush thrashing as something moved, and smelled a strong scat-like stench. After watching about five minutes they gathered gear and walked back to the parking area feeling watched.
Sasquatch sighting in Florida (2012)
The witness and his father heard knocks while at a campfire and went to investigate hearing movement on both sides. The father saw a heat signature peeking from behind a tree on thermal, then it darted out after he kicked a palmetto. They left, later viewing the thermal that showed it moving tree to tree.
Property disturbance in Connecticut (2012)
The witness hung meat, sweets, wind chimes and plastic ducks with cameras but never photographed the taker, finding chewed toys with straight human-like teeth marks. A porch camera later caught a translucent moving outline and a figure walking down deck steps. After whistling exchanges by a brook, a video showed eyeshine with a turning blinking head close to where he had stood.
Sasquatch sighting in Florida (2012)
In 2012 the witness took his son to Myakka State Park. They found a 14 to 14.5-inch track off the main trail, followed back-and-forth walking in palmettos, and the son then saw a very tall creature for four to six seconds and drew it. Park staff directed them to a biologist who dismissed it without viewing the drawing.
Resonant vocalizations and bipedal movement heard by hunter camped near Roscommon
The witness was camped alone in thick woods before hunting season when, after dark in rain, they heard an extremely loud scream followed by guttural grunts from nearby in the woods. After shouting and banging tools together, they heard something large moving through the woods as if running bipedally. The witness retreated to the truck for the night and recorded video that showed nothing, finding nothing disturbed in the morning.
Campers record strange evening and morning vocalizations near Salmon Meadows
A family camped at Salmon Meadows near Conconully heard repeated strange howl-like yells from the creek bed below their site in the late afternoon. After going to investigate and finding a young cow near a cattle guard, they heard howls again overnight and in the early morning. They recorded five video clips as the sounds moved away but never saw the source.
Young woman hears possible vocalization late at night by a home near Gull Lake
The witness reports standing by a garage at a relative's house at night waiting to leave. From nearby woods she heard a strange vocal-like sound followed by branch-like clicks, though bright moonlight revealed nothing to see. She was alone at the time.
Farmers record interesting vocalizations west of Clare
The witness reports repeatedly hearing unfamiliar sounds at a central Michigan farm over the prior summer, often while doing outdoor animal chores at night with two other people. The sounds included howls, wood knocking, deep guttural noises, whoops, and indistinct talking-like vocals, which the witness recorded and felt matched published bigfoot recordings.
Hunter near Raymond hears what sounds like a sasquatch chasing and killing a deer
The witness was deer hunting from a stand overlooking a clear-cut valley in the morning. The witness heard loud crashing and branch-breaking as a large unseen animal ran down the opposite slope, chased a deer, and killed it after the deer cried out three times. The witness could not cross the creek to investigate and later left, having earlier photographed a 20-foot tree found jammed upside-down in the ground.
Animal behaviour (2009)
A husband contacted investigators because his wife was being beaten, scratched and thrown by something unseen, leaving linear scratches in threes. The investigator surveilled the home for about a year and a half and videotaped two attacks in April 2011 accompanied by a static discharge sound and growl. After a distant mass and a deliverance prayer, the attacks stopped and she has remained free since 2011.
BFRO Investigator obtains first thermal footage (very brief) outside Phillips
The witness camped alone for several nights using a thermal imager. On the fourth night an object was thrown near the tent, then a heat signature was seen peeking over brush along a trail. The figure stood and ran away bipedally while brush thrashed on both sides, and the witness left the thermal recording overnight.