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Possible vocalizations heard in the Bradshaw Mountains (w/recordings)
The witness was camping alone overnight and heard repeated strange calls late at night over about 35 minutes that seemed to move closer. The sounds did not match known local animals to the witness. The witness captured part of the sounds on a digital voice recorder and searched the area the next day without finding other campers.
Possible encounter by hunters camping in the Kisatchie National Forest
The witness and a relative were sleeping in a tent at their hunting camp when loud screams woke the witness. After a long silent interval, something on two feet circled the tent, cast a tall shadow and scratched the fabric, then crossed a gravel road into the woods followed by repeated stick-struck sounds. The relative woke briefly and also heard part of the screaming. No tracks were found the next morning.
Possible vocalizations heard while visiting McKenzie River Valley
Late at night at a yurt near a creek, the witness stepped outside and heard loud hooting/howling from across the creek. The sound was heard two more times from inside the yurt, and later the witness saw a faint outline duck behind trees on the hillside. The next morning a partial muddy footprint with hairs was found leading toward the yurt door.
Possible activity while deer hunting on an old coal mining location outside Madisonville
The witness and her daughter were set up in the woods waiting for daylight while hunting. Right at daybreak they heard a loud sustained sound described as a combined howl, yell and growl three times, lasting about 30 seconds each, with coyotes vocalizing between the sounds. The witness was certain the main sound was not a coyote and both were frightened enough to leave.
Deer hunters hear possible vocalizations and find strange footprints near Ellisville
Early on Jan. 5, 2010 the witness was dropped off to hunt when an extremely low growl was heard and horses in a nearby field ran in apparent fear. About thirty minutes later after moving to a stand, the witness heard single wood knocks coming from three different directions, along with sounds resembling screech owls from the same directions. No source was seen.
Adolescent child has early morning sighting near Chatsworth
The witness stood on a back step calling for a dog and looked over a tall kennel. A large hairy creature with reddish-brown hair was partly visible behind the kennel, showing part of its head and a long arm. The witness estimated it was about 7 feet tall because it stood taller than the kennel, then heard landing thumps and ran back inside.
Outdoorsman experiences vocalizations and rock throwing on the Sipsey River
The witness was pulling his canoe out of the Sipsey River at dusk to load it for transport when he heard a series of very loud, powerful whoops from a distance, followed after a pause by three more. He said the sound was unlike any owl or other woods or river sound he knew and it frightened him into quickly carrying the canoe up a steep hill to his car. He later noted the whoops sounded like examples on a Bigfoot website and said researchers told him they had no one working that area at the time.
Possible encounter while volunteering at Macbride Raptor Project outside North Liberty
Two volunteers were feeding birds at a raptor center late at night when they heard something large moving in the woods beyond the cages. They followed sounds of heavy footsteps and snapping twigs along a walkway for about 30 minutes as it moved toward a reservoir inlet. Both reported seeing large red eyes during the pursuit but did not describe seeing a body.
Sasquatch sighting near Lander, Wyoming (2010)
While staying about a week to help move his elderly grandmother, the 11-year-old guest rode a mountain bike daily on wide trails toward the national forest and often felt watched. One day the woods went quiet and he heard childlike playing shift to indistinct murmuring, then heavy bipedal footsteps approaching through brush. A roughly nine-foot, black-haired, barrel-chested male stepped onto the trail about 30 yards away, made rapid mouth-popping clicks answered from the brush, then growled and changed expression when the witness turned his bike. A second taller individual stood up in the brush showing chest and head, the witness rode about two and a half miles home, and family members dismissed the report as a bear.
Rock throwing near Midland County (2010)
While alone in her trailer at night the witness heard what sounded like rocks being thrown at the trailer. After she yelled out the window, something screamed angrily and crashed west through the woods breaking branches, then screamed again farther away. The next day she found rocks on her boardwalk where they should not have been.
Scream in Washington (2010)
During a BFRO trip to Bumping Lake with a friend, the guest was woken around 3:30 a.m. by loud bellowing screams. A hand pushed and swished across the tent near his face and knocked back when he hit the fabric, then walked away. At daylight he found a woven-tree shelter overlooking camps and on exit found the road blocked by three pushed-over trees.
Footsteps near Milledgeville, Georgia (2010)
Two weeks after his friend's incident, the guest remained on his tree stand past dark and walked out alone after his flashlight failed. Something in brush to his left paced him and took an extra step each time he stopped. He drew his revolver and was followed for about half an hour, after which he never returned alone.
Close daylight sighting by a fisherman near White Sulphur Springs
The witness was fishing alone from a creek bank when he noticed a persistent decay-like odor. He then saw a reddish-brown female-appearing figure squatting across the creek near a beaver dam, apparently washing something in the water. After watching briefly, he stood and shouted, at which point the figure stood, made a short vocal sound, and left quickly. He returned to camp frightened and stayed there.
Bow hunter hears possible vocalizations in the Camp Blanding Wildlife Management Area
After a morning of archery hunting, the witness was walking toward his truck when he heard very loud guttural vocalizations lasting about two minutes. He described repeated growls, grunts and howls that he had never heard in 40 years of hunting and that unsettled him. There was no visual sighting of the source.
Pre-dawn whoops and movement heard near Prince Galitzin State Park
The witness was sitting alone in a deer stand in very dark, rainy conditions before dawn when a musky odor was present. He heard a whistle followed by repeated whooping from different directions, along with slow walking sounds and large branches breaking, which faded after several minutes. He stayed in the stand and noticed the odor was gone after sunrise.
Possible return knocks & strange odor surprise family near Meno
On Thanksgiving night in western Oklahoma, the witness stepped outside a family home and made wood knocks and calls as a test. He reports a knock reply from a creek area, a strong foul odor, and a coyote approaching closely, while his wife heard distant low growls or moans. No creature was seen.
Coon hunters shadowed for 20 minutes at night in Cardinal Marsh public hunting area
Three people with a dog were hunting raccoons at night along a deer trail when they noticed something following them. They used a spotlight to watch a large dark standing figure about 50 yards away with reddish eyes on multiple occasions over 15-20 minutes while hearing strange grunting. The dog stayed close and shook, and the group returned to the truck and left because they were scared.
Deer hunter has daylight sighting on a logging road near Cabin Creek
The witness was deer hunting along a road in the morning when he approached what he first took for a bear. At close range he described an upright, very large creature with a strong odor that noticed him, grunted, and quickly climbed a hillside and disappeared over a ridge. He reported shaking with fear and being unable to shoot despite carrying a rifle.
Hunter and daughter hear chatter and find possible tracks near Escambia River
The witness and a relative hiked into river swamp woods to hunt squirrel and heard bipedal footsteps described as like a man walking. Later in a meadow they found a single large bare footprint with toes in soft soil around an ant bed, larger than the witness's boot. The witness photographed the track with a shell for scale and measured its length and width.
Hunter describes possible Sasquatch activity near Oconee River and Bells Ferry State Park
The witness and his son deer-hunted from a blind on an island-like swamp parcel and saw nothing unusual that morning. While stopped in a clearing on the ATV ride out to secure a rifle, they heard a very deep gorilla-like sound repeated several times that frightened them both. They fled quickly on the ATV and saw only pine tops moving away from them.