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Bear hunter has sighting while approaching bait site
The witness and a companion were resupplying a bear bait site on foot when they heard branches breaking upslope and saw a piece of tree fall. About 400 yards away on a ledge they saw a tall dark bipedal figure leaning against a broken tree. The witness watched it for 15-20 seconds before it stepped quickly into the treeline, and noticed a rancid odor near the bait site.
Possible camp stalking in Jones Valley, Lake Shasta
Late at night while sitting by a nearly out campfire, the witness heard branches breaking at decreasing distances and then very heavy bipedal-sounding footsteps approaching. After waking a companion, both heard a few more steps before the sounds stopped. Nothing was seen because it was dark and the source was in trees. No footprints were searched for the next day.
Possible daylight encounter by a rural resident south of Sturgeon Bay
The witness was walking back from the mailbox in the afternoon when she heard deep man-like grunts and thumping from a brush thicket beside the driveway. She saw part of a large reddish-brown fur-covered animal, hunched over and rubbing or pounding its head or shoulders on trees. When she moved to get a better view, the animal ran toward her growling with heavy footfalls, and she fled to the house as it hit downed trees and stopped at the brush edge.
Unusual sounds heard near Enumclaw
Two people became locked behind gates on dirt access roads and had to spend the night in their car. After dark they repeatedly heard loud wood-on-wood knocking sounds very close each time they stopped the car. They moved the car several times to different roads, but the knocking resumed shortly after each stop and continued until sunrise. After sunrise they noticed a bark wound high on a tree near the car.
School teacher sees "thing" at school yard fence in early morning
A teacher was awakened around 1-2 a.m. by barking dogs at a school campus and looked outside from her doorway. About 25 yards away under a pole light she saw a very large dark figure outside the fence holding the top barbed wire with its head level with the wire. The motionless figure made a repeated cough-like sound and was gone when police arrived with spotlights. Pupils later reported finding large barefoot prints in patchy snow where it had stood.
Possible bigfoot scream heard by hikers in Rock Canyon, in the Wasatch Mountains
Four companions on a nighttime hike in a canyon stopped when they heard an extremely loud distant sound lasting 15-20 seconds that echoed through the mountains. The sound began like a distant motorcycle and shifted into a mechanical scream, frightening the group into running down to the valley bottom. They could not identify the source, and the reporter later felt an online Bigfoot scream recording was the closest match.
Possible approach to a property on the edge of the Salmon Huckleberry Wilderness
The witness was home alone in the evening when something struck the locked front door hard. She heard a low grunting or growling sound and then saw a pair of slanted eyes and a hairy head staring at her from a few feet away in the dark. She watched the motionless figure for an estimated ten minutes. Police arrived hours later on foot and found nothing.
Multiple years of wood knocking and primate-like behavior described by a soldier hunting near Manistee
In October 2004 the witness was bow hunting from a stand when gibberish-like vocal sounds and running were heard in the pines. A doe ran in front of the stand staring north, then a short huh sound, silence, deep sniffing and slow deliberate movement with snapping twigs circled to the northeast and east as the doe fled. The source was never seen.
Two bikers hear strange sound near "Lost Nation"
Two people stopped to rest while mountain biking on a wooded trail when they heard a very loud, low growl-like sound from a distance that could be felt as well as heard. The sound repeated a couple minutes later at about the same distance, but nothing was ever seen. They joked about it being Bigfoot but could not explain it.
Daylight sighting by two young female hikers in Jennings State Forest
Two companions hiking a trail to pick berries rounded a corner and saw a tall dark furry figure about 40-50 yards ahead moving away through palmettos, with only the upper body visible. The companion reported loud thrashing and breaking vegetation while the reporting witness recalled no sound. After about half a minute they fled the area in fright.
Movement only near Big Bay, Michigan (2003)
Nearly two decades earlier, the witness was rowing back to a rocky campsite at the end of the lake near a creek at dusk with his dog after fishing for trout. The dog alerted toward shore, and the witness watched several small trees bend down in succession as if pulled from the top and snap back, progressing toward the campsite with no heavy footsteps but a low humming vibration that was felt more than heard. He rowed in to check, found no tracks, broken brush, or animal, only two old swan carcasses nearby, and spent a quiet night.
Sasquatch sighting (2003)
The witness was deer hunting alone from a climbing stand in a remote valley. After hearing brush explode and later feeling watched, the witness saw a hair-covered bipedal female creature stalking and then running alongside. The creature chased the witness down a dim road to the truck, after which the witness fled and suffered nightmares for two years.
Scream (2003)
After a 2003 Bigfoot symposium, the witness joined a group of eight to ten investigators near Tahoe. They had no sightings but reported broken trees and screaming through the night that answered their broadcast calls.
Footsteps in Michigan (2003)
Two siblings camped in a remote forest clearing and heard movement, a log being turned, then three extremely loud long screams from about 100 yards away. They hid in their tent, and in the middle of the night the witness heard unintelligible deep speech-like talking very close outside. In the morning they found large barefoot prints behind a bush and later found their tent flipped over when they returned.
Chatter near Lead, South Dakota (2003)
The guest was asleep at his father's house on Hearst Mountain when very loud gibberish chatter woke him from about 10 to 15 feet away outside an open bathroom window. He froze, heard no other sounds or smells, and went back to sleep. No one else in the house reported hearing it, and he later felt it matched recorded Sasquatch chatter.
Tracks in Arkansas (2003)
The couple hunted an 80-acre property for years, finding straight-line tracks, a high snapped limb, and hearing knocks and strange ridge noises. A relative saw a tall black bipedal figure walking up the creek. Small objects left on stacked tin were moved and exchanged over several days.
Camper describes possible vocalization and rock throwing outside Franklin
The witness and a companion were on a late-night walk while camping when they heard a loud scream. Moments later several rocks were thrown in their direction. Frightened, they retreated to camp and left early the next morning without seeing the source.
A young hunter witness's a seven foot tall creature less than 25 feet away
While hunting and returning down a trail, the witness encountered a tall brown-haired creature by a tree and stared at it. The creature vocalized, approached after the witness placed a gun on the ground, then walked away. The witness tried to follow but the creature ran off too fast to track.
Hunter is stalked by large, loud, unknown animal near Tehuacana Creek.
The witness sat on a stool in brushy woods near dusk in bad weather waiting for game. A very loud scream was heard from close range, prompting the witness to leave toward a road and a truck. An unseen heavy animal was heard breaking limbs, breathing and grunting at the tree line, then shadowing the walk and stopping when the witness stopped. The witness reached the truck and left without ever seeing the source.
Rural Oregon resident sees a bigfoot look into the window
At night while using a computer at home, the witness heard odd sounds and saw a bigfoot looking in through the back window. The witness greeted it, and it turned away and walked toward the field behind the house. The witness later found a large footprint with apparent dermal ridges on the bank behind the house and reported talk-like voices that could not be imitated.