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November 1964 Zenia, Trinity County, California Class B #6962

Friends hear late night scream near Garberville

After returning late from a dance, three people sitting indoors heard a loud wailing cry from bluffs across the road that rose in pitch and lasted several minutes. Frightened, they stayed inside with doors locked for the night. The next morning two of them found a freshly cleared, trampled area on the blufftop where trees had been pulled from the ground, with a strong smell but no tracks due to hard ground.

ScreamTree breakOdor
August 1964 Between Crested Butte And Gothic, Gunnison County, Colorado Class B #2553

Bowhunter and wife abandon deer when threatened by large, unseen animal

The witness and spouse were bow hunting in timber when something unseen followed them, starting and stopping as they moved. After the witness shot a deer, the follower vocalized loudly and thrashed brush and trees while pursuing them downhill. The pair abandoned the deer and left the timber, with the follower continuing to vocalize behind them to the timber edge.

VocalizationHowlScreamFootstepsTree break +1
August 1963 Myers Flat, Humboldt County, California Class A #6961

Teen has daytime sighting near Myers Flat

The witness was hunting with two friends and hid alone in berry bushes to startle them. While waiting, the witness smelled a strong odor and saw a large hairy biped stand up nearby and walk away through thick brush, hearing snapping and leaf crunch as it left. The witness ran to the friends and later returned with them to find a squatted feeding spot and small broken trees.

Full-body sightingOdorFootstepsTree break
1 August 1959 Graf, Dubuque County, Iowa Class B #36817

Screams and stalking at a Girl Scout camp 13 miles west of Dubuque

In the summer of 1959 the witness was working as a counselor at a wooded Girl Scout camp. Over roughly two weeks, staff repeatedly heard footsteps moving through the tent area after dark, saw a dark figure near a hut, and found a director's tent ransacked, with deputies searching each day without finding anyone. On the final night the group heard extremely loud screams that moved from near a remote tent toward a pond and creek and found a large maple branch freshly broken off, leading the witness years later to wonder if the visitor had been a Bigfoot.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingSilhouetteFootstepsScream +2
Spring 1993 mid-morning Place not stated Related account #28740

Footsteps

While fishing with a companion the witness heard heavy footsteps approaching from a mountainside with repeated loud wood breaks but saw no animal.

FootstepsTree break
Nov. 1984 between 12:00& 1:00AM Colchester, Chittenden County, Vermont Related account #1178

Footsteps near Colchester, Vermont

Two family members waiting by a ditched car heard bipedal stomping and trees breaking approach and then retreat when a tow truck arrived.

FootstepsTree break
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #18115

Scream

Three campers on a mountainside west of Goat Lake were awakened late at night by screaming from below and violent shaking of trees or branches.

ScreamTree break
late afternoon, probably 4:00 to 5:00 Place not stated Related account #80009

Unidentified sound

Earlier that afternoon while sitting on shore, the witness and companion heard sharp cracking sounds followed by a tree falling despite calm conditions.

Unidentified soundTree break
BFRO YEAR: ~1970 Baxter, Piscataquis County, Maine Class B #8259

Hunters find scat and have large rock thrown at them

While hunting near a lake in the fall of 1970, the witness reported a strong musky odor, unusual large and small scat, rhythmic thumping with ground vibration, and a large dead tree falling nearby while alone. The next day the witness returned with a companion, encountered the thumping and shaking again, and a large rock flew over their heads, after which they left the area.

OdorScatUnidentified soundFootstepsTree break +1
in the fall and winter of 2008 Place not stated Related account #25631

Wood knock

A family member walking in the woods felt watched, heard loud repeated wood-on-tree strikes, and found a muddy human-like footprint and stripped cedar bark.

Wood knockTracksTree break
a few years ago Place not stated Related account #23856

Tree break

The same witness reports an earlier incident while hiking where something smashed trees and produced loud click-like noises.

Tree breakUnidentified sound
over a period of approximately 7 years Kane, McKean County, Pennsylvania Related account #49903

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.

Wood knockTree breakFootstepsOdorAnimal behaviour
on several occasions Place not stated Related account #10632

Unidentified sound

On several occasions while swimming or fishing in a nearby stream, the witness and family heard loud crashing and brush thrashing across the water and left without seeing the source.

Unidentified soundTree break
only at night during the 1950's Place not stated Related account #12825

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.

ScreamOdorTree breakProperty disturbance
After the episode Place not stated Related account #30634

Unidentified sound

Same night after fleeing, the witness and companion heard prolonged movement, branch breaks, and tree and bush shaking in a different forested area without seeing eyeshine.

Unidentified soundTree breakMovement only
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #41506

Howl

The witness reports hearing limbs and trees being broken and strange howls in the same lake location.

HowlTree break
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #417

Sasquatch sighting

Other hunters camping by a creek swamp cave have reported seeing dark brown creatures with screaming and tree-knocking.

Partial sightingScreamTree break
BFRO YEAR: 1985/86 Marietta, Greenville County, South Carolina Class B #791

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.

EyeshineScreamOdorTracksTree break
about fifty years ago Place not stated Related account #30673

Sasquatch sighting

The witness's mother and grandmother reportedly encountered a howling, grunting monster at their rural home that damaged a door and left marks on a tree.

Partial sightingHowlGrowlDoor or window contactTree break
BFRO YEAR: Sep 2014 Berea, Madison County, Kentucky Class B #47067

ATV riders near Berea have scary ride out of woods at night

The witness and four companions were riding ATVs at night when they heard a single loud branch snap followed by dead silence. After moving to a clearing, a large log and then a limestone slab were thrown from an uphill wooded area toward a companion's ATV, barely missing the rider. Loud thumps and breaking branches suggesting something heavy running downhill followed, and the group started their vehicles and left quickly.

Object throwingRock throwingFootstepsTree break