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November 2016 Macon County, North Carolina EP 1062

Rock throwing near Macon County (2016)

In November 2016 the guest bow hunted while his father hunted nearer a blind. Rocks landed progressively closer to the guest, from fifty yards to about a foot and a half away, prompting him to leave. His father reported whistles exchanged between two locations, suggesting coordinated movement around them.

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November 2016 Macon County, North Carolina EP 503

Rock throwing near Macon County (2016)

While bow hunting in November 2016, the witness sat as rocks landed progressively closer, from about fifty yards down to a foot and a half from his foot. He called his father to leave. His father, hunting nearby, reported whistles exchanging: one whistle from one spot answered by two whistles from above the witness, suggesting the witness had been circled.

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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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13 October 2016 St Clair, Missouri EP 724

Vocalization near St Clair, Missouri (2016)

The guest spent the night in a deer blind on his sister's property to hunt for food. Around 2 a.m. he was awakened by extremely loud gorilla-like bellows, howls, and a snarling growl that seemed to vibrate through his body. He heard something moving and circling the blind in the leaves. After it moved off toward the river and vocalized again at a distance, he remained in the blind until daylight.

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7 October 2016 Pocatello, Bingham County, Idaho Class B #57872

Hunter's whistles answered while digiscoping a Moose on Fort Hall Indian Reservation

While hunting in southeast Idaho in fall 2016, the witness was photographing a moose through a spotting scope and whistled to make it stop. Five high-pitched whistles came in immediate response from a brush patch, which the witness believed was not the moose. The witness then saw what looked like brown eyes in the brush where the moose had put its head down, and took grainy photos that showed nothing significant.

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October 2016 British Columbia EP 1006

Footsteps in British Columbia (2016)

Shortly after moving to Canada, the guest hiked with his wife and young child up a forest trail. On the way down they stopped at an uprooted tree where they had been hitting roots with sticks. Two softball-sized rocks flew horizontally from the bushes and hit a tree in front of them, followed by sounds of heavy branch breaking and hollow thuds as they fled quickly to the car.

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15 August 2016 Adel, Cook County, Georgia Class B #58046

Multiple incidents near rural home outside Adel

The witness sat alone on the back patio at night facing the woods and spoke aloud. Three figures approached from different directions with audible walking and breaking limbs. The witness shone a flashlight on the closest one, seeing a large squatting outline with widely spaced bright green eyeshine, then went inside and still heard movement an hour later.

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August 2016 OLD MYSTIC, New London County, Connecticut Class B #55771

Possible close encounter behind a home near Old Mystic village

Around 5 p.m. the witness went into the yard behind his home after dogs barked and two deer ran past. About 20 feet away in swamp vegetation he saw only a long jet-black-haired arm pulling on plants. The individual gave a loud whoop that was answered from farther down the swamp. The witness briefly turned to check his house door and when he looked back the individual was gone.

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August 2016 Moraine State Park, Butler County, Pennsylvania Class B #70716

Knocks and responses heard near Muskrat Cove campground, Moraine State Park

The witness awoke around midnight while tent camping near a lake and noticed the woods were unusually quiet. Knocking sounds from up the shoreline were answered by more distant knocks from the woods, with the nearer knocks moving toward the campsite before stopping behind the tent. Nothing was seen, only knocks were heard.

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August 2016 Cape May, Cape May County, New Jersey Class A #55413

Early morning sighting behind a home near Cape May

The witness was standing on the deck letting the dogs out early in the morning when she heard an unfamiliar moaning sound. She then saw a large black hairy figure walk from behind a tree toward brush about 40-50 feet beyond the backyard fence before disappearing into the woods. She brought the dogs inside and secured the house. A later check of the area found nothing.

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August 2016 Challenge, Yuba County, California Class B #78946

Several incidents 2 miles west of New Bullards Bar Reservoir

The witness and a companion were watching a meteor shower on their wooded property when the witness shone a flashlight beyond the garden and saw large, wide-set eyeshine. The entity hid its head behind a fence post and peeked out for about a minute. It then abruptly left the area, with branches breaking heard as it walked bipedally into the woods.

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August 2016 Darrington WA, Snohomish County, Washington Class B #55549

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.

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1 August 2016 Greenwater, Pierce County, Washington Class B #63900

Possible sasquatch vocalizations at Oliver Lake in Mt. Ranier National Park

In summer 2016 the witness and a companion camped at a remote lake in Mt. Rainier National Park after fishing. Late at night while awake in the shared tent, the witness heard 8-10 loud low-pitched guttural screams in quick succession from a ridge about 300 feet above. The companion slept through the sounds and nothing else was heard. No tracks or other sign were found the next morning.

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July 2016 Lyme, Middlesex County, Connecticut Class B #55169

Couple hear possible knocks while fishing one morning near Lyme

The witness and spouse were fishing at a remote pond in the morning. After bringing fish to shore, the witness twice heard sets of three distinct knocks from a wooded slope behind them. No people were seen in the direction of the sounds, with houses located across the pond. The witness described the knocks as human-like and attributed them to Sasquatch despite no sighting or odor.

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July 2016 Washington EP 262

Footsteps in Washington (2016)

In mid-July the witness overnighted with the retired veterinarian after hanging game cameras. Around 1:45 a.m. he heard something walk around his tent three times and snap a twig. A strong rotten meat and feces odor then filled the area and made his eyes water. He did not see the source.

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July 2016 North Carolina EP 1263

Sasquatch sighting in North Carolina (2016)

The witness and his wife were hiking to Crabtree Falls in July 2016 when they left the main trail to follow a creek uphill through boulders. Near the top of a 25-30 foot cascade the witness saw a tall lanky hairy figure crouched above the water with its arm in the falls. After his wife screamed the creature stood, grunted, stared briefly, then crossed the creek in one step and climbed out of sight, after which the couple left and avoided hiking for months.

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6 June 2016 Arden N.C, Buncombe County, North Carolina Class B #69464

Large trees shaking 15 miles SW of Asheville

The witness was working on an irrigation system in a wooded community adjoining national forest when he heard a loud crash and saw a large tree rocking with no visible cause. After waiting and approaching the tree line, the same crash-and-rocking sequence occurred with a second tree and then a third. Feeling watched and frightened, he left the property and rescheduled the work.

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June 2016 Minnesota EP 861

Vocalization in Minnesota (2016)

In June starting in 2016 the witness camped in a northern Minnesota state forest with his fiancee, her mother and a friend. Around 1 a.m. they heard a loud long ape-like vocalization about 100 yards east unlike any Minnesota animal. His normally fearless dog hid and he felt primal fear.

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27 May 2016 Hancock, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire Class B #51934

Family has a possible nighttime encounter while in their home near Hancock

The witness and his wife were awakened around 3 a.m. by loud screaming sounds outside their home. The witness went to the rear deck with a shotgun and heard prolonged commotion including shaking trees in multiple spots, breaking limbs, running footsteps approaching the deck, and aggressive grunting very close by. They did not see anything, kept lights off out of fear, and then heard what sounded like several large creatures retreating to the tree line. The next day they found pushed-over bushes and freshly broken branches.

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16 May 2016 Washington EP 262

Sasquatch sighting in Washington (2016)

Alone at sunup to hang a trail camera, the witness encountered two black-haired juveniles about 15 feet away. The larger one stepped toward him, bared teeth and growled, then followed him to the road and struck him between the shoulder blades, knocking him across the road. The witness grabbed for his sidearm but did not shoot as the creature walked away.

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