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Two separate encounters with "thing" leave three friends scared, shaken and curious.
Shortly after 1:30 a.m., the witness and two companions heard screaming and metal being torn near junked cars below an old railbed. A very large presence came up the steep bank and stood close enough for its breath to be felt, accompanied by a foul odor. When the group fled toward the road it chased them with audible footsteps before stopping at the brush, and a heavy station wagon nearby was later found overturned and torn apart.
Footsteps near Wellsville, New York
The same witness returned to the same trail years later with a different companion, heard movement in the swamp, smelled a powerful odor, experienced sudden silence, and felt followed while leaving.
Wood knock near Kane, Pennsylvania
Over about seven years, group members reported hearing knocks, loud branch breaks and large bipedal footsteps, smelling foul odors and feeling watched without seeing a creature.
Vocalization
While walking at dusk near a stream the witness and two companions smelled compost and urine and then heard a deep hollow groan, after which the smell vanished.
Teens have scary encounter in abandoned creamery near Sussex
Two teenagers exploring an abandoned creamery had the companion climb a ladder to the upper floor, where he reported a foul smell and hairy legs behind a box. Both then heard heavy running overhead with ceiling boards moving, and saw a large hairy figure break through a wall, cross a roof, and appear directly after loading doors blew open. They watched it run away through a cornfield for several seconds until it went over or through a fence and disappeared.
Scream
Relatives reported a night-visiting screaming animal at their farm that left odor, stripped bark, high scrape marks, ate stored oats and killed vegetation with urine.
Scream
Relatives described a woman-like screaming presence with a foul smell visiting at night in hot or cold extremes.
Whistle
As children the witness and a companion repeatedly heard whistles, had small stones tossed near them, and found a bedding area, large footprints and a wet-dog odor in woods on a circular trail.
Odor near Street, Maryland
Later the same year after dusk the witness found a relative knocked to the ground and then smelled a pungent odor and heard heavy breathing and footsteps retreating through woods and across a creek.
Wood knock near Badin Or Albermarl, North Carolina
The witnesses returned to the general area in early October 2004 and reported possible knocks, vocalizations, odor, and a fleeting sighting too dark to discern.
very loud vocalizationSounds heard by four witnesses near a farmers field used for crops.
The witness was spending the weekend at a friend's house when the group heard loud high- and low-pitched screaming on a summer Saturday night. Three of them walked toward a field near a river with a flashlight and saw red eyes in the brush while hearing limbs breaking, then ran back to the house. Screaming reportedly continued for hours, and the next midday they found a snapped vine, bark torn high on a tree, disturbed ground, and a partial large heel print.
Wood knock
While camping on a later date the witness group reportedly heard tree knocking around 2 a.m. and smelled the same strange odor again.
Odor near Jessamine County
The witness smelled a foul odor and later heard a loud scream of rage near the garage.
Sasquatch sighting
While bow hunting for deer in early morning, the witness and a companion saw a broad tall dark figure along the fence that grunted, gave off a strong wet-dog to overpowering stench, and crashed into the woods.
Wood knock near Harman, West Virginia
The witness reports hearing knocking, whooping and strange whomping noises and smelling a pungent odor around the home on several occasions since moving in.
Odor
School friends reported smells, footprints, and noises while hunting in the woods above Richwood without seeing anything.
Odor
On other occasions the witnesses had smelled foul scat-like odor and heard howls from the woods.
Tracks
Companions mentioned rumors of an unusual sound, smell, and possible footprints by a creek the week before.
Growl
The witness heard a growl turning to a scream while walking at night and heard pursuit with a foul odor before reaching home.
Odor
The witness reports an intermittent rotten smell in the garage, occasional feelings of being watched outside, and footstep-like sounds in the dark.