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July 2006 Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky Class B #15767

Possible vocalizations and stalking south of Bardstown

In July 2006 around 9:30 p.m., the witness was walking from the garage to the house when a loud unfamiliar screaming was heard from the hollow at the back of the property. The scream was heard again about 30 seconds later. The witness said it was unlike coyotes previously heard and that it sent chills down the spine.

Scream
July 2006 Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia Class A #16890

Repeat visitations described near rural home outside Princeton

The witness was asleep at home when loud moaning and howling outside the open bedroom window woke her. The sounds shifted from distress-like cries to very deep angry growls. A pet dog barked from below, then something approached the garage area, growled deeply, and struck the building, after which the dog fell silent. The witness stayed in bed too frightened to look outside.

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July 2006 Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio Class B #15371

Possible sighting by teens in Salt Fork State Park

A group hiking in Salt Fork State Park in the evening reported footprints, grunts and glimpsed movement. The main witness waited ahead with two younger companions and reported seeing a tall hairy biped peeking from behind a tree and then from behind a rock. The three companions ran back to their cabin and later said all three had seen the figure.

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July 2006 Tellico Plains, Loudon County, Tennessee Class B #16995

Man in the Citico Creek area has an unknown animal circle his camp for several hours

The witness was camping alone in a hammock in the Citico Creek area late at night when he heard heavy movement coming down a steep overgrown hillside across the trail. The source moved parallel to the trail, crossed to his side, and circled his camp intermittently for several hours despite a fire being built to scare it off. He never saw the source because vegetation made a flashlight useless, but judged from the heaviness of the sounds that it was not a known animal. He left at sunrise.

Footsteps
July 2006 Big Run, Wetzel County, West Virginia EP 69

Unidentified sound near Big Run, West Virginia (2006)

The witness was riding an ATV alone at night on ridgetop trails when he stopped in dense brush and a large rock passed just in front of his head, followed by a deep growl felt in the chest. He fled on the ATV but ran out of fuel a short distance away and while trying to restart heard loud heavy bipedal steps approaching from behind. He got the machine restarted and rode home without stopping, and later saw the rock sitting beside the trail for years.

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July 2006 Pottsboro, Grayson County, Texas Class B #27307

Man and son have encounter while setting off fireworks near Pottsboro

The witness and his teenage son rowed to an isolated wooded shore at night to set off fireworks while family watched from across the water. The witness heard loud huffing and grunting, crashing through brush, and smelled strong body odor approaching in the dense woods. He briefly saw a very large, wide, shaggy human-like silhouette between trees in his flashlight beam. He took his son and paddled away quickly, leaving chairs and fireworks equipment behind.

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July 2006 Vernal, Uintah County, Utah Class B #17259

Possible morning vocalizations heard north of Vernal

The witness was camping with family in a remote part of Flaming Gorge National Forest north of Vernal, Utah. After an unusually quiet night, she lay awake in the tent around 7 a.m. while her sister slept and heard two loud, clear whoops she could not identify. She later listened to alleged bigfoot whoop recordings online and felt they matched what she heard.

Whoop
July 2006 Malakoff Historical State Park Campgrounds, Nevada County, California Class B #15174

Campers report possible approach in Malakoff Historical State Park

The witness was camping with a group when she heard something large run up behind her through brush downhill from the campsite. She shone a flashlight and saw a pair of reflective eyes about six feet off the ground 10-12 feet away, then panicked and retreated behind the group. The group found nothing on searching but heard quiet footsteps withdrawing and a small rock thrown behind them.

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July 2006 Cougar, Cowlitz County, Washington Class B #17240

Backpacker hears possible vocalizations near Mt. St. Helens

The witness was on a solo multi-day backpacking hike near Mount St. Helens. Around midday on the first day, deep whooping calls were heard coming from the canyon direction over about 10-15 minutes. The witness described the tone as unusually deep and resonant and unlike known animal calls.

Whoop
28 June 2006 Malvern, Hot Spring County, Arkansas #1806

Teenagers have encounter while riding dirt bikes.

Two siblings were trail riding and then walking near a steep creek when they smelled a strong odor and saw a brief dark flash by a tree. After hearing a strange scream they rode back, passing cattle bunched together and vocalizing. They then saw a large black shape rise from a crouched position under a pine before it disappeared as they fled toward a house.

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21 June 2006 Jacksonville, Jackson County, Oregon #1792

Camper has brief sighting, reports vocalizations and food theft

The witness and a companion were camping overnight when the witness briefly saw an unclear figure uphill through dense trees, alternately thinking it was a person or a bear. Around 3 a.m. they were awakened by shaking ground, loud groaning-screaming sounds, and crashing movement rushing toward their tent, which then abruptly reversed downhill while continuing to vocalize and break vegetation. In the morning they found a large heavy bag of food had vanished without a trace.

Partial sightingScreamFootstepsProperty disturbancePossible misidentification
21 June 2006 Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois Class B #15019

Possible vocalizations heard near Yorkville

Late at night the witness and a companion stepped onto the back porch with their dog to let it out. The dog ran to the fence barking, and after the witness waved a glowing phone display to locate it, both people heard a strange broken cooing sound from the treeline and fled inside. The next day the witness noticed a heavy bench tipped over, fence slats pushed in from the woods side, and neighbors looking at the forest edge.

Vocalization
18 June 2006 Grant County, Oregon #2939

Two men taking a short hike encounter bigfoot on the path

Two hikers heard heavy footsteps while hiking a forest trail and later found broken trees and hair caught on a bush. As they headed back near dark, a rock was thrown across the trail and they heard screaming/whooping sounds and later a low grunt/growl. A creature stepped across the path, stared at them, then darted back into the brush, after which they drove to town and were told hikers had seen it for months.

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18 June 2006 Eminence, Shannon County, Missouri Class B #15236

Possible vocalizations heard by campers on the Current River

The witness and his brother were camping overnight near a river when they heard a loud growl-scream-whistle sound from about 30 feet away in the woods. They quickly lit a campfire and remained at the site for four nights total. They later asked rangers about the sound and checked local animal sounds at home without finding a match.

GrowlScreamWhistlePossible misidentification
13 June 2006 Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon #1803

Picnickers near Lake of the Woods hear scream, see figure

The witness was picnicking with relatives near a lake when the group heard an unfamiliar scream. A child began crying and the group prepared to leave. One relative said she saw a tall figure walking in the distance, after which the group hurried to the car and went home.

ScreamFull-body sighting
13 June 2006 Manchester/stafford Township, Ocean County, New Jersey Class B #15062

Possible intimidation in the Pine Barrens

The witness visited a pine forest site three times in the early morning. On the first visit he heard heavy footsteps retreating, smelled a skunk-like odor, and saw a rock thrown into water. On later visits he heard loud repeated calls and low moans, heard footsteps approach to within about 15 feet without seeing the source, had a large stick thrown near him, left food and recorded vocalizations, and noted indistinct footprints and large broken trees.

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11 June 2006 Rhododendron, Clackamas County, Oregon #1772

Resident hears thuds outside, strange calls

The witness was getting into bed at night when she heard heavy thud sounds outside, followed after a pause by prolonged calling sounds in repeated patterns that she did not recognize as dogs or coyotes. Opening the window amplified the sounds and woke her husband, and the sounds continued for about 45 seconds until passing trucks passed and they stopped. She then went onto the darkened porch but heard nothing further.

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10 June 2006 We Were In The Middle Between Lake City And Creede, Hinsdale County, Colorado Class B #14997

Possible approach to campers near Spring Creek Pass in the San Juan Mountains

A couple stopped at sunset in a pullout beside a stream to eat and fish for the night. The witness heard loud crashing in brush near the truck, faint low growls from across the road, and later loud splashing from a drainage, while the companion reported finding very large, deep footprints in mud by the stream. Neither saw the source of the sounds or tracks, and they left the area feeling something large had stayed hidden nearby.

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6 June 2006 HIRAM, Paulding County, Georgia Class B #26019

Public service officer hears unidentifiable screams and grunts near Hiram

In early June 2006 around 1 a.m., the witness arrived home from work and parked by the woodline near the driveway. After exiting the vehicle he heard loud howls and ape-like grunts from the woods that he perceived as very large and threatening. He shouted back, heard closer howling responses suggesting two animals, then retreated backward to his house with a firearm. He watched from inside but reported no further sights or sounds.

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6 June 2006 Indianola, Kitsap County, Washington Class A #14982

Jefferson Head encounter by community service group

A group of teenage girls doing shoreline cleanup heard loud screaming from the woods and then saw a hair-covered biped emerge from a marsh onto the beach. The creature appeared startled, took cover behind driftwood, and watched them from a crouch for several minutes. The frightened group fled to their van and left the beach.

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