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Campsite intrusion near river.
The witness and her husband were camped in a tent on a gravel riverbank during a two-day float trip. About 2 a.m. the witness heard splashing in the river and woke her husband. Something then ran on two legs past their tent, shaking the ground. They later searched but found no tracks and noticed a very foul odor.
Family describes possible encounter at campsite in Grizzly Creek Canyon
The witness was camping with family in a canyon. At night around the campfire they smelled a strong foul odor, the dogs barked toward the darkness, and loud guttural vocalizations came from just outside the firelight two or three times. After a few minutes the smell faded and the dogs calmed. The next morning they found smashed grass behind a boulder near the tent.
Unusual "Wild" Smell from Animal Walking Around Camper's Truck Near Sheep Camp
The witness and a companion were sleeping in a truck bed while camping when they were awakened by something circling on foot. The circling continued for about 1.5-2 hours with branch-breaking sounds, grunting, and a strong wild odor, while they remained lying down without looking. Near dawn the sounds moved off to the southwest, and in daylight they found disturbed pine needles and broken tree limbs nearby.
Man recalls a vivid daytime encounter as a youth near Portland
In May/June 1986, the witness was helping a companion gather firewood on a farm when they found trees stripped of bark with snapped branches. Later, while sitting by a pond, the witness saw a very tall, muscular, reddish-brown upright creature about 100 feet away at an electric fence near tobacco trailers. The creature sniffed the air and grunted while a dog barked, then ran back into the woods. The companion's father arrived with a shotgun and found footprints larger than his boot where the creature had stood.
Airman recalls diverse encounters on excursion into Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
The witness and three companions were on a canoe-camping trip in the Boundary Waters. While visiting a creek waterfall alone, the witness heard circling footsteps and loud wood-on-tree knocks, then returned to camp. The group returned together, heard knocks nearby, and one companion briefly chased the sound before feeling lured away. That night they heard a loud splash near their island camp, and at dawn found a very large wet footprint by their canoes before leaving the area.
Teenagers hear strange sounds near Aberdeen
Two friends were talking late at night in a farmhouse basement with the windows open when they heard a strange screeching or howl-like sound from a nearby field. They looked out the window but saw nothing, and the sound continued intermittently for about ten minutes. Neither could identify it as any known wildlife or farm animal, and a brief search the next day found nothing.
Teenagers witness creature hurl a salt lick.
At sunset while sitting by a campfire, the witness and a companion watched a man-like figure approach a distant deer salt lick, pull it from the ground and throw it before staring at them. A relative came outside and fired a small-caliber rifle at the figure, which stood unmoved, made a whining sound, and walked back into the woods. The next morning the pair found the salt lick displaced with its cement base out of a deep hole.
Sasquatch sighting in Colorado (1986)
On a senior trip with six campers, pinecones and debris were thrown into camp at night with grunting and tapping. When a flashlight was shone downhill, the witness and two others saw two upright figures that left quickly. Deep impressions were found afterward but too hard for casting.
Vocalization (1986)
While in college the guest repeatedly camped in the Blue Mountains, often with his wife. They found broken branches, heard vocalizations around camp, and found footprints and gifts left near camp. His wife remarked it seemed the creatures knew when they were coming.
Paranormal encounter (1986)
While wrapping presents late at night the witness heard a whisper calling her name and gurgling sounds. She later saw a man in a fedora walking toward her outside who vanished near her door. She later connected the sounds to a relative on a respirator whom she then visited in the hospital.
Sasquatch sighting near Gallia County (1986)
The witness describes waking in the middle of the night in a newly placed rural home and seeing a large solid-black figure filling the bedroom window. The figure remained motionless for several minutes before turning sideways and leaving the window in a single step, with faint steps heard around the house. The witness was a young child at the time and only later linked what was seen to similar reports.
Scream near Caroline County (1986)
At age 11 the witness was walking to his deer stand on his grandparents' farm when he startled something large. Behind him something screamed twice like a fire whistle and shook a 50-foot loblolly pine. He stayed until meeting his brother and was ridiculed when he reported it.
Vocalization in Michigan (1986)
As a young man in the mid-1980s, the witness's husband and three companions were hanging out late at night at border waters on the western Upper Peninsula. They heard crashing through the woods and a very loud baby-like cry that seemed too loud and remote for a real infant. The group fled to their truck.
Vocalization in Washington (1986)
The witness said he was camping by a river with a friend when the night sky flashed bright as day, possibly a meteor. Immediately bushes rattled around camp with snorting, thumping and heavy breathing and a repulsive smell. He thought animals may have been startled but found the combination frightening.
Man remembers hearing strange vocalizations and seeing a hairy, upright figure while hunting in Sweden Valley
The witness was deer hunting alone in the afternoon near the top of a snowy ravine when he heard loud, unintelligible voices moving rapidly uphill. After hearing limbs breaking, he saw a tall hairy figure standing under a pine tree about 70 yards away, apparently shaking the tree and then stepping behind nearby trees where it disappeared from view. He reported feeling intense dread and chose not to approach to look for tracks, ending his hunting afterward.
Scream (1986)
In 1986 the same witness heard the same loud noise from across the highway at home around midnight while dogs tried to get inside.
Hunting party shadowed by footsteps after loud vocalization heard from treeline
The witness waited alone at the bottom of a gully while two companions followed a deer's blood trail. A deep woofing sound came from the nearby treeline, prompting the witness to move to higher ground. After regrouping, the three heard heavy footsteps keeping pace with them as they hiked toward their vehicle, and shouting and gunfire did not stop the sounds before they reached the truck.
Sasquatch sighting (1986)
Home alone on a fall Sunday afternoon the teenager heard a loud scream, then rode a bike to a flat edge with two dogs. Dogs growled and horses bunched together while a huge upright shaggy figure stood 300-400 yards away in a pasture facing the creek. She felt it would turn, dropped the bike and ran home.
Sasquatch sighting (1986)
While hunting with friends and dogs at night, something crashed through the woods, circled them, and followed them to the truck, then breathed and moved alongside them when they returned. Next morning the guest retrieved the dog and saw a white to dirty-gray creature standing in the logging road. It followed him across a field to a cabin and back to his truck.
Memory told of being chased on a farm near Ava
The witness and a companion carried makeshift torches toward the woods at dusk but turned back at the tree line. A large grey figure rushed toward them from the woods, prompting them to flee to the house. After waiting inside, they saw a large grey ape-like creature squatting in the field watching them, then retreated again. Overnight they heard commotion, and next morning found shredded torches, a belt torn with teeth marks, and dents in a parked car.