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BFRO YEAR: 2000 or 01 Tracy City, Grundy County, Tennessee Class B #19100

Hikers hear characteristic vocalizations on Fiery Gizzard Trail

Two companions were hiking back toward the trailhead through a gorge when the surrounding woods erupted in loud screaming and whooping vocalizations lasting a few seconds. The sounds seemed to come from more than one nearby source, then stopped abruptly into complete silence. The pair had no visual contact with the source and finished the hike without further incident.

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BFRO YEAR: 2012` Andersonville/Norris, Anderson County, Tennessee Class B #34260

Two friends get spooked by a possible encounter near Norris Lake

Two companions rode an ATV to a clearing by a lake and built a large fire at night. Over the evening they heard deliberate footfalls, pacing and stick breaks in the treeline about sixty yards away and noticed the woods go silent. After the witness knocked on a tree and made a whoop call, they heard knocks in reply and then a long deep guttural growl. They rode toward the sound without seeing anything, then put out the fire and left feeling watched and frightened.

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later in December Purvis, Lamar County, Mississippi Related account #77455

Unidentified sound near Purvis, Mississippi

Later in December while hunting alone on the western edge of the same swamp, the witness heard something large splashing in the water for over an hour.

Unidentified sound
mid November Purvis, Lamar County, Mississippi Related account #77455

Wood knock near Purvis, Mississippi

In mid-November the witness and a relative were deer hunting in the same general area when they heard loud knocks from the swamp, returned them, and received a response.

Wood knock
BFRO YEAR: 1978-79 KNOXVILLE, Franklin County, Mississippi Class A #12122

Morning sighting by hunter in Homochitto National Forest near Knoxville

The witness was deer hunting in the morning and waiting against a tree when a nearby deer spooked. He then heard heavy breathing and saw a tall hair-covered upright creature standing a few feet behind him. He fled leaving his gun, then returned with two companions to find large three-toed tracks leading to a creek.

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BFRO YEAR: 2021-22 Lauderdale, Lauderdale County, Mississippi Class B #72081

Possible ongoing sasquatch incidents around rural property 17mi NE of Meridian

The witness reports hearing wolf-like but different howls and daytime knocks over the past couple weeks after a two-year quiet period, with sounds heard on both sides of the road. The activity was first noticed near a shooting house when animals went quiet, and included a very active episode around 12:30 a.m. The witness and two neighbors have heard two different sounds, and dogs avoid the area.

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on a regular basis Georgetown, La Salle Parish, Louisiana Related account #1458

Vocalization near Georgetown, Louisiana

Unknown vocalizations are heard regularly in the same area.

Vocalization
a few years back Greenwell Springs, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana Related account #6530

Scream near Greenwell Springs, Louisiana

A relative heard an animal running into the woods while screaming on one night.

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BFRO YEAR: Mid- to Late-1970s Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana Class A #1460

Two Large Creatures Were Seen Coming Out of Creek

As a child camping with family, the witness woke at night and stayed up to watch raccoons. Two large hair-covered creatures waded across a creek into the camp, growling and grunting while going through items left out. The frightened witness hid and remained still until they left the way they came, after which the raccoons returned.

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On another night, in the early fall Lisbon, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana Related account #2080

Footsteps near Lisbon, Louisiana

On another night a relative and the witness heard walking and stick-breaking outside open windows with heavy breathing and a slight deep moan, but were too frightened to look.

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BFRO YEAR: 97-98 Holden, Livingston Parish, Louisiana Class B #12087

Trapper experiences nighttime vocalizations

The witness was baiting coon traps on a powerline edge after dark when he heard something approaching in the woods. The source stayed about 10 yards inside the treeline pacing back and forth and did not emerge. When the witness shone a flashlight toward the sounds he could see nothing for undergrowth, heard whooping, and the source ran off.

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Early February Colfax, Grant Parish, Louisiana Related account #56576

Tracks near Colfax, Louisiana

In early February the witness mowed a path across the street, found a fresh large footprint, photographed the area, then heard human-like sloshing in the swamp and left.

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Since October Colfax, Grant Parish, Louisiana Related account #56576

Howl near Colfax, Louisiana

Witness reports repeated howls, wood knocks, and eyeshine from the hardwoods across the street since October.

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about a year before the smell/footprint incident Palestine, St. Francis County, Arkansas Related account #13516

Whistle near Palestine, Arkansas

The mother heard a single eerie nasal screaming whistle from nearby woods at dusk about a year before the odor and footprint incident.

Whistle
around 10 pm Belleville, Yell County, Arkansas Related account #22101

Footsteps near Belleville, Arkansas

A companion left alone at the campsite reported hearing something walking around the camp without seeing it.

Footsteps
a week or two before he first saw the tracks Dover, Pope County, Arkansas Related account #3226

Footsteps near Dover, Arkansas

The witness's wife heard something walking back and forth and breathing in a thicket without emerging.

Footsteps
Date unknown Oxley, Searcy County, Arkansas Related account #8819

Vocalization near Oxley, Arkansas

Two other people hiking near rock formations in the same general area heard a loud humming sound and turned back without seeing anything.

Vocalization
About three hours later Dover, Arkansas [or Hagarville], Pope County, Arkansas Related account #62203

Howl near Dover, Arkansas [or Hagarville], Arkansas

Several hours after the dawn encounter, while loading the second harvested deer by the truck, the witness heard loud hollering and screaming from the field and perceived one or more unseen animals charging toward him before fleeing in the truck.

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Date unknown Benton, Saline County, Arkansas Related account #3143

Scream near Benton, Arkansas

Relatives have heard strange screaming sounds and felt watched in the same general area.

Scream
BFRO YEAR: 2004-Present Pocahontas, Randolph County, Arkansas Class B #56443

Possible sightings and strange incidents experienced over time on rural property near Pocahontas

The witness was sitting in a deer stand on hunting land when dogs ran through the woods and rolled in dirt at a fence corner. After getting down to chase the dogs off, the witness smelled a musky sour odor like a dead animal. A deep long growl then came from the woods across the powerline about 50 yards away, prompting the witness to back away and run to the truck.

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