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Boy scout hears repeated screams
As a young scout camping overnight in a tent away from the main camp, the witness lay awake while his tent mate slept. He heard repeated loud vocalizations from a distance that started low, rose higher with a warbling quality, then faded. The sounds continued for about an hour and at times seemed to get closer, while he remained motionless and silent in his sleeping bag.
Vocalization near Pendleton, Oregon
Relatives had heard grunts or whispering and things running through the fields.
Footsteps near Pendleton, Oregon
The witness had previously heard someone walking around the house in the early morning hours.
Whoop near Banks, Oregon
A relative and companions camping at the same campground heard loud whoop-like calls on two successive nights, lasting about 20 minutes the first night and about 3 minutes the second.
Wood knock near Grande Rhonde, Oregon
The witness returned at night to cast impressions and take photos and exchanged knocking sounds with an unseen source for 20 minutes.
Scream near Marion County
During an overnight stay at the campground, an investigator companion was awakened by three distant powerful screams.
Man recounts being chased as a teen
The witness and a cousin stopped for lunch in a small clearing while scouting in dense mountain forest. They heard loud snapping and movement circling the clearing, then the cousin fired a handgun into the air. A loud low-to-high roar answered, and repeated yells pursued them as they ran downhill for about a mile without ever seeing the source.
Unidentified sound near Grants Pass, Oregon
The witness reports hearing unspecified nighttime sounds and smelling a strong musky odor almost nightly.
Object throwing near Granite, Oregon
The witness was partway up the same hill when branches were thrown downhill toward him and low growls were heard from the forest.
Late night up-close encounter in the Umpqua Nat'l Forest near Toketee Falls
The witness and a companion were sleeping on the ground at camp while deer hunting after forgetting tent poles. During the night the witness felt fingers touching his beard and smelled a strong odor. After he sat up and shouted, something large moved away through brush on two legs making loud leaf-crunching noise. No tracks were found with a flashlight, and the witness later concluded it was a Bigfoot.
Whoop near Drain, Oregon
The whooping continued on subsequent nights for up to an hour at a time from the same mountainside spot.
Afternoon sighting in hills between Oakland and Sutherlin
The witness and a friend were hiking on logging roads when they paused for a restroom break and the witness walked a short way back down the road. The witness saw a big, hairy, dark figure coming down a steep embankment upright with heavy thumping steps and crashing brush. After the witness screamed the figure stopped and looked toward them, and both hikers ran away shouting about a bear.
Howl near Lookingglass/Roseburg, Oregon
On several later occasions the same witness heard strange howling vocalizations late at night near the family property but could not confirm the source.
Footsteps near Tumalo, Oregon
The witness was alone cutting poles when faint crackling from the south ridge grew louder and closer, prompting departure.
Cousins followed for a quarter mile
The witness and a relative drove into a forested area near lava flows and walked a short distance down a trail to watch the sunset. They heard grunting and other sounds and noticed bushes moving as something appeared to follow them for about a quarter mile. Back at the car, something very close screamed and shook the bushes violently, frightening them into quickly driving away.
Unidentified sound near Brookings, Oregon
Coworkers at the same work site reported feeling watched over several days and hearing sticks breaking and movement in brush.
Footsteps near Clackamas County
Two years later at almost midnight the witness alone heard footsteps approaching and a horse-like huffing noise in the woods and ran home.
Unidentified sound near North Of Bagby Hot Springs, Oregon
A coworker reacted to the lake name and discussed strange sounds heard in that area.
Vocalization near Government Camp(village), Oregon
A companion said the resident campers had heard the same sound a few times before and had assumed it was a coyote.
Scream near Glen Avon, Oregon
During the site visit the investigator made animal calls and then heard an unidentified shrill scream and a repeating low whump sound which was taped.