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BFRO YEAR: 1988-89 IDOC Lake A-41 On The Map, Jackson County, Illinois Class A #44003

Close encounter while fishing remembered near Giant City State Park

The witness was fishing alone at a small wooded lake in the afternoon when brush breaking, snapping trees, and splashing rocks drew attention. The witness turned to see a large muscular creature standing nearby that emitted a loud high-pitched scream. The witness froze, the creature quickly retreated into the woods, and the witness fled down the trail to the vehicle.

Partial sightingScreamRock throwingTree break
the next morning Place not stated Related account #26823

Growl

The next day near the area the witness heard a deep growl, wood knocks and large limbs or trees breaking, taken as a warning to leave.

GrowlTree breakWood knock
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #9174

Tree break

Breaking-limb sounds and walking-through-water sounds have been heard from the swamp area.

Tree breakFootsteps
The next night Mulberry, Polk County, Florida Related account #12732

Footsteps near Mulberry, Florida

The witness and her spouse heard something large running and knocking down trees approaching them and went inside.

FootstepsTree break
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
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #31933

Footsteps

On the prior day the witness heard movement pacing him in dense brush and an unfamiliar screech/growl after noticing high tree scrapings.

FootstepsGrowlScreamTree break
Date unknown ALVA, Lee County, Florida Related account #38165

Sasquatch sighting near ALVA, Florida

A companion saw a figure peering through a bedroom window, then the witness heard heavy footfalls as it jumped a fence and crashed through swamp screaming.

Partial sightingFootstepsHowlScreamTree break
Sept. 6 Place not stated Related account #446

Growl

Two men on a trail heard a sustained loud growl from tall reeds, and small pushed-over and broken trees were found nearby the next morning.

GrowlTree break
at night Bunnell, Flagler County, Florida Related account #46728

Wood knock near Bunnell, Florida

The witness reports taking people to the area at night on multiple occasions and experiencing knocks, howls, tree breaks and thrown objects.

Wood knockHowlTree breakObject throwing
Since that time Bunnell, Flagler County, Florida Related account #46728

Scream near Bunnell, Florida

The witness states that everyone he took hunting in that section had encounters involving screams, knocks, tree breaks, stone throws or howls.

ScreamWood knockTree breakRock throwingHowl
in September of 2008 Place not stated Related account #25043

Footsteps

While camping nearby in September 2008 the witness heard something flee, sensed a presence overnight, heard wood breaking, and later found small pines snapped at about four feet in a trail-like pattern.

FootstepsTree break
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #25043

Scream

The witness and another person present had previously heard screams and seen mid-sized trees snapped in a path-like pattern.

ScreamTree break
3 different nights in the weeks prior Adel, Cook County, Georgia Related account #58046

Footsteps near Adel, Georgia

On three prior nights in preceding weeks the witness heard walking and limbs breaking approach the wood line then go quiet as if watching.

FootstepsTree break
three weeks after that, about the same time Jackson, Butts County, Georgia Related account #31888

Sasquatch sighting near Jackson, Georgia

About three weeks later the witness again found the figure closer, it huffed and charged on two feet, he fired a gun to scare it and it ran toward the creek.

Full-body sightingVocalizationTree breakAnimal behaviour
November of 2006, around 4AM Jackson, Butts County, Georgia Related account #31888

Growl near Jackson, Georgia

In November 2006 around 4 a.m. the witness went to the carport, heard a snarl, huffing and branch breaking, and a bowling-ball-sized rock was thrown toward him.

GrowlRock throwingTree breakVocalization
BFRO YEAR: 04-present Jackson, Butts County, Georgia Class A #31888

Scary encounters outside a rural home near Jackson

The witness and a companion were camping in a tent on the witness's driveway in mid-October. Around 2 a.m. under a full moon, the witness awoke to grunting and snapping trees and saw a large hair-covered figure striking and eating a deer, then dragging it uphill. The figure approached the tent, giving off a strong musky odor and knocking a frying pan from a tree before leaving. In the morning the witness found deer remains, drag marks, and a shelter-like structure of bent and broken pines.

Full-body sightingGrowlOdorTree breakStructure or nest +3
Date unknown Cartersville, Bartow County, Georgia Related account #33985

Howl near Cartersville, Georgia

On many return visits the group heard howls, screams and return whoops, heard branches breaking, and found different-sized tracks and large stick structures.

HowlScreamWhoopTracksStructure or nest +1
December 26, 2013 Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Related account #35339

Tracks near Tuscaloosa, Alabama

In late 2013 the witness found a line of large tracks in mud and later reported wood knocks, howls, and twisted pine trees.

TracksWood knockHowlTree breakTwist
Later that night Place not stated Related account #44386

Wood knock

Later the same night the witness with others heard wood knocks and a tree being pushed down.

Wood knockTree break
as a youth 12-14 Place not stated Related account #22969

Unidentified sound

As a youth the witness and a relative heard a huge noise in a creek and found twisted branches and uprooted bushes.

Unidentified soundTwistTree break