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Vocalizations, wood knocks and strange chatter heard in the Sam Houston National Forest
In late May 2005 the witness and a companion waited in dense woods by a river after dark. After the witness imitated howls, something within about 200 yards answered with repeated loud deep growls, followed by about a minute of chattering from two directions. Later the witness struck a tree with a stick and heard similar loud banging from across the river for one to two minutes. The pair heard nothing else except insects and coyotes, and never saw the sources.
Woman hears Whoop from woods while walking along road
The witness's family was driving to find a new campsite and stopped to clear rocks from the road. While the witness walked ahead with the dog, she heard a very loud WHOOP from the hillside that she perceived as a warning to leave. She ran back to the truck and noted the woods were otherwise silent except for a creek. Her husband then walked the area looking for sign.
3 witnesses watch a creature take a deer
The witnesses were fishing when they heard a sound and saw a deer about 13 yards away. A huge bipedal ape-like figure came out quietly and seized the deer. Frightened, the witnesses ran up to the nearby railroad tracks.
Turkey hunters surprised by loud vocalizations near Wenatchee
While turkey hunting in the morning with a relative, the witness used a turkey box call. A nearby loud howl that turned into a roaring scream answered the call, followed by two more distant replies farther up the canyon as the call was repeated. The pair moved toward the first sound but saw nothing in the scattered pines.
Vocalizations and wood knocking in Mark Twain National Forest
The witness had gone to bed in his hunting cabin late Friday night when the forest went quiet and then heard a very loud scream from the southwest answered from the southeast. The exchange repeated four times with answering wood-on-tree bangs between the second and third calls, with the nearer sounds appearing to move farther southeast before all sounds stopped and normal night sounds resumed minutes later.
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.
Couple hears two creatures screaming at one another
The witness and his wife were walking back to their car near a spring when they heard screams from two different directions that seemed to call back and forth. The sources of the sounds passed on both sides within about 100 yards, met at a creek where the screaming stopped, then moved off to the south-southwest.
Campers report possible vocalization and footprint in Big Cypress National Preserve
The witness was family camping in the Big Cypress area when she noticed a tall black shape in the woods that vanished minutes later. Around 4 a.m. she awoke to a distant wailing sound with heavy breathing that approached the campsite, passed by the tents and left down a trail, waking several companions who also heard it. In the morning the group followed the direction of travel and found large wide footprints with a four-toe appearance in a sandy trail that had not been there the day before.
Camper reports possible knocks in daylight near Conasauga River
The witness was camping alone in a wilderness clearing next to a river when he heard a loud repeated knocking like a thick stick hitting a tree for a minute or two. He hid by the river to look upriver for the source but saw nothing. Afterward he crossed the stream and found only beaver-chewed trees, which he initially thought explained the noise.
While biking to work, man hears loud animal in woods.
The main witness was bicycling to work in the early morning when he heard heavy steps coming from the woods beside the road. He stopped and shone a flashlight toward the sound, and the source moved back into the woods breaking branches while making grunting noises. He was frightened and rode away quickly.
Mother and sons hear whoops in woods behind house
A woman went outside just after dark after her son reported a strange noise, joined by her two children. They listened for about ten minutes to loud, clear vocalizations coming from the woods behind the property. She later said the sound exactly matched recorded Sasquatch whoop-howl vocalizations and hoped to record it if heard again.
Young Girl Experiences Rock and Stick Throwing
The witness was walking home at night near a creek when something began throwing sticks and rocks and following her. The throwing reportedly paused when cars passed. She ran to a bridge where the pursuer entered bushes but continued throwing objects, while she heard footsteps, smelled a strong bad odor, and glimpsed only a large dark figure. Footprints were reportedly found in sand the next day.
Possible tracks and vocalizations outside Ashford
Three people drove to a remote pond in mid-afternoon and heard a repetitive monkey-like 'ooh' sound. They hiked toward the sound and found a footprint while the vocalization continued and seemed to approach closely behind them without crashing brush. When they returned months later, the sound was gone.
Man hears "siren" type calls while sleeping in his truck
The witness was preparing to sleep in his truck cab near the Woods Creek Ranger Station gate when he heard 3-4 high-pitched screams lasting about 30 seconds. The screams appeared to come from 100-200 yards east and were then answered by howls thought to be coyotes or wolves. Frightened as the sounds seemed louder and closer, he grabbed his shotgun and got into the cab and heard nothing further.
Possible "Ohio" Howls heard near Granite Falls
The witness was on a ladder cleaning the gutter of his two-story house in the morning when he heard a series of low-pitched, long howls. Dogs began barking once the howling started. He said the sound was distinctly different from any canine howl or bark and was uncannily similar to an Ohio howl recording posted on the same website.
Tracks, sounds in brush and an awful odor reported by gold panners
The witness and a companion were driving while looking for creeks to gold pan when they noticed two large tracks in snow in the middle of the road. After driving to the end of the road and attempting to turn around, they heard sticks breaking and loud walking in thick brush above them. They then heard a growl from near a creek and smelled a rotten-trash odor before leaving the area.
Two fishermen hear possible vocalizations then find footprints west of Warren
Two coworkers arrived at a creek to fish before dawn after a night shift. Shortly after getting out of the car they heard a loud scream and strange yell-like sound from ahead, followed by something moving through brush. After fishing until daylight they walked the creek and found two large barefoot-like prints in a sandbar near disturbed mussels, leading up an embankment into dense thorns.
Possible night-time visit at campsite near Esto
The witness and a companion camped in thick woods and settled in their tent for the night. After about an hour they heard loud thuds like heavy footsteps circling the campsite and limbs breaking, approaching within a few feet of the tent. They then heard deep gorilla-like grunts before the sounds moved away toward a creek, and they remained in the tent frightened until daylight without seeing anything.
Teen has sighting through bedroom window.
The primary witness was in a bedroom with an infant and stood to close the blinds when she saw a large hairy face peering in the window. She fled the room with the child in shock. Minutes later three household members arriving at the house smelled a bad odor and heard footsteps retreating into the woods east of the house, but the source stayed beyond flashlight range.
Tall hairy figure leans out from behind a tree to observe woman outside San Antonio
While cleaning a construction office trailer around midnight, the wife stepped outside and saw a tall hair-covered figure watching from behind a tree about 25 feet away. She stared for a couple minutes as it leaned to look around the tree, then ran inside. The couple checked the area with headlights, saw nothing, waited in the dark, and heard whistling and rustling before leaving. In daylight the next day they found nothing that explained the figure.