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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.
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.
Man sees creature looking in window at him
The witness was inside the house using a computer at night when an odd sound drew attention. Looking out the back window, the witness saw a bigfoot watching and greeted it. The creature turned away and walked off toward the field.
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.
Deer hunter hears scream, something charging through brush
The witness was hunting deer alone in the evening near a creek in cold, rainy and foggy conditions when an extremely loud scream was heard nearby. After leaving the brush toward the right-of-way, the witness heard something moving fast and breaking limbs, then stopping just behind the treeline and breathing heavily without emerging. The unseen presence then moved parallel through the trees as the witness walked fast to a truck parked a quarter-mile away, eventually stopping its pursuit.
Horrible smell, 8' figure seen near rest area
The witness was on a road trip and stopped at a rest area near forest and swampy ground, then walked around alone. The witness reported a strong wet-dog and compost-like odor, a feeling of being watched, and a loud crack behind them. The witness then saw a large dark figure estimated at over eight feet tall that ran away unusually fast, leading the witness to doubt it was a bear and to feel it had been observing them.
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.
Possible vocalizations and tracks found by hunter on state land near Jay
The witness was scouting for deer sign on a swampy island reachable only with chest waders on a cold clear early afternoon. After the woods became quiet, the witness heard a single call that started like owl hooting and ended with monkey-like sounds and felt another presence nearby. The witness later reported finding large tracks with distinct toes.
Possible sighting by hunters near Bath
Two deer hunters walking a creek bottom heard movement paralleling them on a deer trail, then saw a figure moving bipedally through the woods about 60 yards away. They watched it cross the creek, climb the banks, and run along a power line into pines where the sounds eventually stopped. They tried to backtrack it but lost sign beyond a farm pond.
Squirrel Hunter has encounter south of El Dorado
The witness was hunting squirrels alone late in the afternoon along an old road near a swamp. After smelling a strong foul odor and hearing growls, hoot-like sounds, footsteps and brush movement, the witness continued toward a clearing. The witness then saw a tall reddish hairy creature cross the road behind them in one step and run into the brush, then ran to the truck and left.
Hunters hear loud vocalization
Three people had returned to their truck after deer hunting after dark when they heard a single very long loud vocalization from about a quarter-mile away. The sound began as a low moan, rose toward a howl, then fell into vibrato and ended with grunts. The writer said he had never heard such a sound in decades of hunting, while two relatives suggested a Bigfoot-type source.
Sasquatch sighting near Ferdinand, Indiana (2002)
The witness spent a night alone in a familiar forest to think through personal troubles. After a sheriff left, loud crashing came down a hill and something stopped behind a tree about twenty feet away, breathing loudly while two dogs stared transfixed. The witness retrieved a handgun from a car, threatened the presence, rescued the dog, drove to safety, then returned with headlights to see a large black hairy arm gripping the tree before leaving.
Hunters, tracking injured deer, hear loud vocalizations
The witness had shot a deer with an arrow in the evening and returned after dark with a relative and a companion to track it. While following faint sounds believed to be the wounded deer, the witness heard woofing-growling that suddenly became very loud low-to-high screams and whoops from an unseen source. The vocalizations continued for about five minutes and seemed to circle the group as they fled the drainage, getting out around 5 a.m.
Sleeping bowhunter awakens to crashing in brush, horrible stench
The witness was bowhunting and fell asleep against a tree stump. About an hour later they awoke to a crashing noise and heavy breathing described as grunt-like from dense woods an estimated 50 to 100 feet away, along with a dank stench. After sitting still for about ten minutes until it became quiet, the witness packed up and left frightened, uncertain whether the source could have been an elk.
Various sound-only incidents described by hunter near Cripple Creek
The witness waited in a tree stand in a remote northern Ontario hunting area just before daybreak after a period of unnatural quiet and a feeling of being watched. He then heard very loud wood-on-wood knocks exchanged between two locations for about 10 minutes, with one source sounding closer over time. He left for the camper scared, and his two companions later said they had heard the sounds faintly from their distant stands.
A family is hearing howling behind their home identical to the howls on the BFRO website
The witness reports repeatedly hearing howling from the woods behind a home in northern Portage County, Ohio, described as closely matching howling examples heard on the BFRO website. The sounds are heard regularly in the evening after dusk, with the most recent hearing while working in the backyard about two weeks before the report. No visual encounter is described.
Sasquatch sighting near Ferdinand, Indiana (2002)
The witness took his dog to a remote forest campground late in the year and built a campfire. Something crashed loudly down the hill and stopped behind a tree near the campsite while the dog reacted. The witness armed himself, retrieved his gear, and later saw a large hairy forearm and hand with thick black fingers by the tree.