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In 2004 Place not stated Related account #44783

Unidentified sound

In 2004 something jumped from a tree with a thump and whoof sound, shook the tree and ran on two feet, and skeletons were found nearby the next day.

Unidentified soundVocalizationMovement only
BFRO YEAR: 85-present Whittemore, Iosco County, Michigan Class B #14854

Possible ongoing activity outside Whittemore

The witness reports recurring nighttime activity over many years at her parents' wooded property. She and others hear footsteps pacing them along the tree line, loud crashing movement, screeching sounds and cracking noises, often accompanied by a strange smell. Family members and visitors have also reported red eyeshine and ape-like figures, and large footprints were found in snow. An investigator later visited, interviewed family members and noted unusual stick and vegetation features in the woods.

FootstepsScreamUnidentified soundMovement onlyOdor
the 4th of July in 2003? Place not stated Related account #42418

Whoop

While sitting on a deck the witness heard something crash through the woods behind a house while whooping loudly.

WhoopMovement only
from age 9 to age 17 National City, Iosco County, Michigan Related account #42418

Animal behaviour near National City, Michigan

Through years of riding in the area the witness reports recurring feelings of being followed, peripheral dark motions, and heavy human-like footsteps.

Animal behaviourFootstepsMovement only
during the afternoon Allen, Hillsdale County, Michigan Related account #15187

Footsteps near Allen, Michigan

The landlord's wife felt watched near a trailer in the afternoon then heard something large run away through brush.

FootstepsMovement only
Since that night Allen, Hillsdale County, Michigan Related account #15187

Vocalization near Allen, Michigan

Since the first night the witness and his wife repeatedly heard loud nighttime vocalizations, large movements in brush, banging on the trailer, and occasional dead-skunk odor.

VocalizationMovement onlyOdorProperty disturbance
in 2011 Place not stated Related account #32024

Vocalization

During a 2011 expedition night walk to a river, the group was paralleled briefly by something unseen after responding to guided vocalizations.

VocalizationMovement only
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO INTERLOCHEN, Grand Traverse County, Michigan Related account #28805

Vocalization near INTERLOCHEN, Michigan

The stepbrother said that a couple years earlier, while sitting around a campfire with friends, yelling and rustling circled their campsite until they abandoned their gear and left.

VocalizationMovement only
During July of 2008 Greencastle, Putnam County, Indiana Related account #25237

Whoop near Greencastle, Indiana

The witness and a friend camped behind the house, made whoop sounds and knocks, and received whoop replies with brush movement.

WhoopMovement only
around 10:30 at night Atwood, Piatt County, Illinois Related account #47469

Vocalization near Atwood, Illinois

While taking trash out at night, the witness heard huffing sounds from the tree line followed by something large moving away, and found similar-sized prints the next morning.

VocalizationMovement onlyTracks
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.

Wood knockFootstepsMovement onlyVocalization
early April of 2012, on at least 3 occasions in about a month's time Place not stated Related account #40120

Vocalization

While catfishing at night the witness and a companion heard strange sounds and large splashes close by on three occasions.

VocalizationRock throwingMovement only
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #33911

Scream

A very large unseen animal screamed in an oak tree, then dropped down and ran when approached in the dark.

ScreamMovement only
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #1608

Whistle

The witness reported hearing a high-pitched whistle, an almost shriek sound, huffing noises, and something large moving through underbrush.

WhistleScreamVocalizationMovement only
BFRO YEAR: 08 Baker Fl, Okaloosa County, Florida Class B #25037

Kayaker experiences frightening incidents while traveling down Yellow River

While kayaking a long stretch of river in northwest Florida near dusk, the witness heard moaning to yelling sounds and smelled a strong musky odor. Rocks were thrown from the treeline toward the water and near the kayak, while sticks and trees were heard breaking. The witness also heard coyotes and loud unidentified sounds suggesting animals fighting, felt followed for much of the trip, and never saw the source.

VocalizationOdorRock throwingUnidentified soundTree break +1
BFRO YEAR: 1975-76 North Key Largo, Monroe County, Florida Class B #24241

Family has a strange and terrifying encounter while fishing in the Everglades National Park

While night-fishing beside a canal in the Everglades with his parents as a young child, the witness heard something pacing back and forth in dense vegetation behind them. His father threw a piece of coral, shone a spotlight, and shouted, but the movement continued without any visible source or response. Frightened by the persistent, methodical pacing, the family fled in their car without breaking down their fishing rods.

FootstepsUnidentified soundMovement onlyAnimal behaviourPossible misidentification
four weeks later Ocala National Forest (Fort McCoy) Fl, Marion County, Florida Related account #32332

Growl near Ocala National Forest (Fort McCoy) Fl, Florida

The witness says he returned heavily armed, heard distant growls at first dark, fired his weapon, then left as something moved through a clearing pushing pines apart.

GrowlMovement only
when i was 12 Place not stated Related account #35474

Odor

As a juvenile the witness was chased for about a quarter mile before dark by an unseen follower with a strong odor and grunting sounds and fled inside to get a rifle.

OdorGrowlMovement only
One night in February Place not stated Related account #31153

Footsteps

One night in February a swift heavy bipedal-sounding runner moved from the back of the property alongside the house to the front woods without triggering sensor lights while the steps shook the house.

FootstepsMovement only
about a month later in August Place not stated Related account #31153

Growl

The witness stepped onto the back porch at night and heard the same low growl much louder, then rustling and a loud hit to the wooden shed, but found nothing with a spotlight.

GrowlProperty disturbanceMovement only