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15 May 2026 Kenansville, Duplin County, North Carolina Class A #81362

Daylight sighting by hunter in swampy riverbed 58 miles east of Fayetteville

The witness was scouting for a deer stand site in a swampy pine forest in the early afternoon. After hearing a distant splash and nearby snapping limbs, the witness saw a massive ape-like animal running away while grunting. The animal disappeared into the swamp, leaving a strong musk smell. The witness left, unsure what had been seen.

Full-body sightingVocalizationOdorUnidentified sound
10 March 2015 Bryson City NC, Swain County, North Carolina Class B #48224

Vacationers blame a restless night on possible vocalizations at a remote mountain cabin near Bryson City

The witness and three companions were staying at a rented cabin in remote mountains. In the early morning after two of them got up unable to sleep, they heard grunting nearby followed by a very loud scream and sounds of something running through the woods breaking branches. They then heard whooping sounds off and on for about two hours and reported that the whoops answered when they imitated them. They also reported a foul garbage-like odor.

ScreamWhoopGrowlOdorMovement only
January 2013 Archdale, Randolph County, North Carolina Class B #39279

Veteran is surprised at home by a large night visitor near Archdale

Shortly after midnight the witness walked past his front door on the way to the bathroom and noticed a tall, hair-covered figure standing at the bottom of his front steps. He estimated it at about 8 feet tall and as wide as his steps, with long arms and no visible neck or facial features. He turned to grab a camera but the figure was gone when he looked back, and he saw nothing when he opened the door and turned on the porch light. Shortly afterward he heard repeated deep rumbling sounds described as like thunder from inside the house.

Partial sightingGrowlUnidentified soundOdor
22 January 2012 Hot Springs, Madison County, North Carolina Class B #32447

Possible vocal interaction with children playing at dusk near Hot Springs

Several children playing outside exchanged yelps and whistles with an unseen source that sounded progressively closer, moving from the mountaintop to the woods' edge. When a boy took a hunting dog to the treeline, the dog stayed silent with raised tail and ears, stopped, and refused to advance. An adult also noted a foul smell during the few-minute interaction, after which the sounds stopped.

WhistleVocalizationOdorAnimal behaviour
19 November 2011 Pin Hook, Duplin County, North Carolina Class A #42999

Law Enforcement Officer observes large figure along river bank while hunting for deer near Pin Hook

The witness was deer hunting on foot along a riverbank in the late afternoon when they noticed a musky odor and then saw a reddish figure crouched at the water's edge apparently drinking or scooping. The figure stood rapidly, emitted a deep guttural grunt, and walked away bipedally into brush and over a hill. The frightened witness left the area quickly, running several miles back to their vehicle, and has not returned.

Full-body sightingOdorGrowl
18 October 2008 Ellerbe, Richmond County, North Carolina Class B #26013

Deer hunter finds possible footprint near Ellerbe

While scouting and then deer hunting near a river over several weeks, the witness reports a persistent foul odor, sounds of being followed, and repeated loud wood knocks. The witness found single very large deeply impressed tracks on two occasions, plus stick formations, flattened vegetation, long strides in leaves, and animal remains including hide on a high limb and a bloody disturbed area. A wildlife biologist viewed the first track but considered it contaminated, and later investigators visiting the site found no tracks or signs.

OdorWood knockTracksStructure or nestFootsteps
24 April 2007 Winston-salem, Davidson County, North Carolina Class B #18943

Possible pre-dawn approach to property outside Winston-Salem

Early in the morning the witness took the dog out to the end of the driveway before work. The dog alerted toward the treeline, then the witness heard a loud howl and wood-on-wood sounds very close and glimpsed a figure by a tree. After going back inside and leaving again, the witness heard footsteps in the dark and saw a huge dark upright figure moving along the fence and driveway by a pond, later noticing a foul odor and disturbed leaves in the area.

HowlWood knockPartial sightingSilhouetteFootsteps +2
July 1999 Camp Lejeune, Onslow County, North Carolina Class A #9750

Motorist observes bipedal animal shaking a pecan tree near Camp LeJeune

While commuting to work in the morning, the witness pulled over to watch what they first thought was a bear sitting under a large pecan tree. After noticing a strong foul odor, they watched the animal stand, walk to the tree on two feet, and shake pecans from it. After the witness honked, the animal froze, turned to look, made a loud screeching noise, and ran quickly into the woods.

Full-body sightingOdorScream
1990–1994 North Carolina #dccb8130-881e-46af-9c62-f45ca4459603

Sasquatch sighting in North Carolina (1990)

The witness joined relatives for a night coon hunt in a cornfield. He saw a tall silhouette at the woods edge that stood slumped with long arms swinging and noticed a strong rotten odor. The figure returned to the woods, gave a howl then a rising scream, and the hunting dogs abandoned the hunt and returned to the truck.

SilhouetteHowlScreamOdor
July 1987 Hampstead, Onslow County, North Carolina Class B #3334

Man hits 7 foot tall, reddish-brown creature with his car, then is pursued by the creature

The witness was driving toward the beach at dusk when a large hairy creature stood in the road. The car glanced the creature, then the witness stopped and the creature got up, approached, and chased the car, striking the rear. The witness drove away and later found a dented quarter panel with hair, a shattered spoiler, and a lingering foul smell on the car.

Full-body sightingGrowlOdorVehicle contact
October 1982 Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, North Carolina Class A #3335

Deer hunter witnesses a large, gorilla like animal

The witness, a teenager on a deer-hunting trip on private wooded land in North Carolina, was waiting in a tree stand in the morning when he noticed a strong bad odor and then heard twigs snapping. He watched the upper half of a large dark-furred creature about 50 yards away standing in one spot eating leaves for several minutes before it walked away while still audible. When companions arrived he recounted the sighting and they suggested it was a bear, which he rejected because he had seen a bear earlier that day.

Partial sightingOdorFootstepsAnimal behaviour
August 1977 Mocksville Nc, Davie County, North Carolina Class A #7393

Teenage boys have sighting at night near Lake Myers

Three teenagers camping in a field behind a house smelled urine and heard something rushing through nearby woods. They fled toward the house as a tall hairy creature pursued them and later stood over their campfire throwing logs aside. The creature then circled the house and stepped onto the porch during the night before leaving by daylight, with broken branches found the next morning.

Full-body sightingFootstepsOdorObject throwingProperty disturbance +1
In early October 2004 Badin Or Albermarl, Montgomery County, North Carolina Related account #8983

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.

Wood knockVocalizationOdorPartial sighting
growing up North Carolina #b51f7e7c-1e8a-4f98-baae-45f0c86c5183

Vocalization in North Carolina

Throughout childhood the family experienced constant strange activity on the farm including murmuring voices, something calling names in the mother's voice, rocks thrown into the pond while night fishing, hammer-like knocks, whoops, nightly crashing like a falling tree that never hit ground, and moving smells. Visitors felt watched and refused to return.

VocalizationWhoopWood knockRock throwingOdor +2