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on previous visits Manteno, Kankakee County, Illinois Related account #29836

Animal behaviour near Manteno, Illinois

The witness states he had previously felt watched, smelled the same pungent odor, and heard the same whooping noise on earlier fishing visits to the same site.

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Date unknown Makanda Or Cobden, Jackson County, Illinois Related account #40120

Sasquatch sighting near Makanda Or Cobden, Illinois

A friend told the witness he had seen a weird creature once and heard it stalking him another time in the same woods.

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the next night Makanda Or Cobden, Jackson County, Illinois Related account #40120

Wood knock near Makanda Or Cobden, Illinois

The night after the eyes encounter the group walked the same path hearing movement, twig snaps, snorting sounds and one woodknock.

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BFRO YEAR: 1988-89 IDOC Lake A-41 On The Map, Jackson County, Illinois Class A #44003

Close encounter while fishing remembered near Giant City State Park

The witness was fishing alone at a small wooded lake in the afternoon when brush breaking, snapping trees, and splashing rocks drew attention. The witness turned to see a large muscular creature standing nearby that emitted a loud high-pitched scream. The witness froze, the creature quickly retreated into the woods, and the witness fled down the trail to the vehicle.

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A few days later Good Wine, Iroquois County, Illinois Related account #14404

Wood knock near Good Wine, Illinois

The witness went outside to check, heard a hollow knocking sound that got louder then stopped, and saw a crouching dark figure in tall grass, finding matted grass there the next morning.

Wood knockPartial sighting
Date unknown Warsaw, Hancock County, Illinois Related account #2992

Scream near Warsaw, Illinois

Other hunters in the area reportedly heard a panther-like screech, with local talk of a loose panther.

Scream
Date unknown Midlothian, Cook County, Illinois Related account #28525

Footsteps near Midlothian, Illinois

The witness says they often hear footsteps and feel followed when alone on the path through the woods.

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Date unknown Midlothian, Cook County, Illinois Related account #28525

Growl near Midlothian, Illinois

The witness says they twice heard deep moaning growling in the woods that was not wind.

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worked nights for four years Glenwood, Cook County, Illinois Related account #51417

Vocalization near Glenwood, Illinois

The witness reports repeatedly hearing clicking, grunting and other unusual noises from nearby woods during four years of night shifts.

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Wednesday, March 8, 2000 Edgewater, Volusia County, Florida Related account #747

Sasquatch sighting near Edgewater, Florida

A group including a witness sitting around a bright fire pit at night heard something large moving through the woods and saw a single red eye reflection about six and a half to seven feet off the ground.

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BFRO YEAR: 1998 & 1999 Edgewater, Volusia County, Florida Class B #747

1. loud vocalization sounds woke sleeping couple. 2. family dog found injured

In the fall of 1998 two witnesses were asleep at home when they were awakened around 10 p.m. by two extremely loud vocalizations, first a growl and then a rising scream that felt as if it was inside the room. Their two dogs were too frightened to move, and a check outside found nothing.

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Date unknown Lake Helen, Volusia County, Florida Related account #40901

Howl near Lake Helen, Florida

The witness heard a deep powerful howl from the front of the house while front and back doors stood open.

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In April Lake Helen, Volusia County, Florida Related account #40901

Scream near Lake Helen, Florida

While watching a loud movie, the witness heard a scream over the sound near the master bedroom.

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off and on Lake Helen, Volusia County, Florida Related account #40901

Odor near Lake Helen, Florida

Witness and daughter repeatedly noticed foul odors near home, strange night noises, and waking simultaneously without known cause.

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BFRO YEAR: 2002; 2007 Hosford, Wakulla County, Florida Class B #67296

Vocalizations heard and nests found in remote part of Ochlockonee River bottom

Around 2002 the witness was hunting alone from a tree stand in river-bottom woods during an afternoon hunt. After a prolonged silence and faint squabbling sounds, just after dark he heard a loud piercing call immediately followed by a deep prolonged growl, repeated three times at closer range while a deer moved past. He called out, scanned with lights with his rifle ready, saw nothing, then left quickly when a boat arrived.

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Later in the week Ormond Beach, Volusia County, Florida Related account #12068

Vocalization near Ormond Beach, Florida

A few days later the witness returned with another person, placed a cantaloupe on the broken tree, heard a loud wheezing like a startled boar, and later found the cantaloupe hollowed out with intact shell.

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During the days leading up to the encounter Perry, Fla, Taylor County, Florida Related account #28263

Wood knock near Perry, Fla, Florida

In the days before the main night, the group heard repeated knocking like a stick striking a tree, sometimes answering from different directions.

Wood knock
During the days leading up to the encounter Perry, Fla, Taylor County, Florida Related account #28263

Whoop near Perry, Fla, Florida

In the days before the main night, the group heard unexplained whoop-like calls from different parts of the woods.

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as recent as last month St. Augustine, St. Johns County, Florida Related account #31745

Howl near St. Augustine, Florida

One of the witnesses later heard howls again at the same spot coming from across the waterway.

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Two nights later Bushnell, Sumter County, Florida Related account #76634

Vocalization near Bushnell, Florida

Two nights later the witness heard the same grunt twice from farther away in the swamp and thought she saw eye shine about five feet off the ground that quickly disappeared.

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