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Two young men almost run into a large nighttime visitor north of Stockton Lake
Two young men were burning trash and playing harmonicas at a house when they started to race toward a barn. After a few steps they saw a very tall, broad figure that stopped and looked toward them, which startled them so they ran back inside the house. Soon after they heard banging sounds described like rocks being thrown at the house, but found no one outside when they checked.
Hunter hears loud vocalization and is nearly trampled by a spooked Elk north of Burns
The witness and a relative were elk hunting and following two blood trails in a steep ravine at dusk. After a wounded bull ran past the witness, a very loud angry howl or growl came from the wooded hill below. The sound was described as far louder than an elk bugle and spooked horses in the area, and a strong foul odor was noted.
Man observes creature walking across road
The witness was driving home at night through a canyon pass when the headlights revealed a tall, big bipedal animal crossing the highway into a gully. The witness repositioned the vehicle to shine light into the gully but could not relocate it, hearing rocks rolling as it moved up. While standing in front of the truck the witness heard a very loud scream/roar described as gorilla-like but higher pitched, which prompted leaving the area immediately.
Possible vocalizations heard at Lake Huron near the town of Bruce Mines
Late at night at their home, the husband went outside to smoke and heard loud strange vocalizations coming from the creek area and called his wife to listen. She also heard loud, deep, resonant sounds pulsing at intervals that grew closer to the house and crossed the adjacent field. Unable to see anything in the darkness, they turned off lights and searched with a flashlight but found nothing, and the sound stopped after she closed a window.
Animal behaviour in Pennsylvania (2005)
The witness was deer hunting on a friend's wooded property in Pennsylvania during buck season in 2005. From a ridge he watched a single hairy biped for about 10 to 12 minutes as it broke a small pine tree, investigated the stump, and appeared to eat ants from a rotten stump. The creature sniffed the air, showed no aggression, then walked away apparently unaware of the witness. The witness noted an apparent left arm injury and described the animal as about his own height, thin, and more human-like than expected.
Couple camping at a lake near Greenwater experience possible screams
The witness and a companion were camping at an isolated lake over a long weekend. On Saturday morning they began hearing very loud guttural scream-growls that seemed to warn them away from certain areas, including the path to the lake, and the sounds continued into Sunday. Overnight they heard cooking gear clanging and a heavy thump like logs dumped beside their trailer, but in the morning the gear was largely in place and no logs were found, and the companion also reported a strong putrid smell.
Couple hears bipedal walking while hiking near Prineville
The witness was hiking with two family members and had stopped to rest on a log when repeated rhythmic thumping was heard from about two hundred feet away. The sound recurred after a short interval and then again from a different direction after the witness walked toward the area while filming. No source was seen and the witness stated it did not sound like machinery or running. The group left shortly after the sounds stopped.
Hunters experience odor, vocalization near Wynoochee Valley Road
The reporter and a companion were walking about two miles back to their vehicle after hunting when they noticed a foul burnt-garbage odor and rustling in roadside bushes without seeing anything. Shortly after, from behind them near a creek crossing, they heard four very loud two-toned calls that echoed and seemed to come from a very large animal. Unable to identify the sound as elk, deer, bear, cougar or bird, they suspected a sasquatch, became frightened, and hurried out of the woods.
Calls heard by hunter and his girlfriend near Old Railroad Grade
The witness and a companion hiked out toward their vehicle after hunting as darkness fell. During the walk they noticed an out-of-place foul odor and later heard rustling beside the road without seeing the source. Shortly after, they heard a very loud two-toned whoo-hoo call repeated four times from behind them near a creek crossing, which the witness felt must come from a very large animal unlike known wildlife. Frightened, they left the woods quickly and later felt online recordings matched what they heard.
Zoologist hears wood knocking
The witness was hunting and staying in a tent in the Chuska Mountains. At about 12:30 a.m. the witness heard two clear wood knocks from the north side of the tent. The witness listened for additional knocks or noises but heard nothing further.
Possible vocalization heard near Woodlands Parkway
The witness was walking dogs late at night near dense forest around a subdivision when they heard an unidentified whooping call from a distance. They described the source as a larger animal and said the whooping matched a 1974 recording and a vocalization heard on a website. The dogs reportedly did not react, and the witness hoped to record the sound if heard again.
Possible knocks heard near the Flat Tops Wilderness area of White River National Forest
The witness and his father were dressing an elk on a steep mountain slide when they heard 8-10 loud rhythmic knocks from dense timber about 100 yards away to the south. The sounds were described as crisp impacts like rock on wood and unlike anything they could identify. The father had heard similar loud knocks earlier that same morning from up the slide.
Possible late night vocalizations heard outside Redmond
Late at night the witness lay in bed and heard repeated moaning-howl sounds from outside through a partly open window. After looking from a lit front window without seeing anything, the witness went to a parent's back bedroom where the sound was still clearly audible. When blinds were raised and a window was opened noisily the sound stopped and was not heard again.
Possible daylight stalking and knocking heard by hunter near Deposit
While scouting alone for deer in late afternoon, the witness heard a loud deep growl from a nearby thicket and later heard heavy movement paralleling his path through brush. He found two live trees bent over a logging road, then heard repeated knocking sounds from the direction of his entry route. While leaving through a creek bottom at dusk, he heard rocks striking and rolling downstream several times before driving out without seeing the source.
Possible vocalizations and rock clacking near Knob Fork
The witness was on a hunting trip with three companions and went to collect firewood in the evening. An extremely loud scream-like vocalization was heard from a nearby valley, prompting the pair collecting wood to return to camp. The group continued to hear similar vocalizations from multiple directions through the night, along with sounds like rocks being knocked together near camp. Nothing was ever seen.
Backyard nighttime sighting in a village outside Rome
The witness and her mother heard a whistle around 2 a.m. and went outside to check. From near their elevated pool deck, they shone a flashlight on an unknown figure with red eyes positioned just above deck level. The figure moved its head to avoid the light, then walked away while repeatedly looking back and briefly peeking from behind a neighbor's shed.
Sighting by three groundskeepers at Arrowhead Golfcourse around 8:30pm
Three coworkers riding in a golf cart while collecting flags passed within a few feet of a tall pale human-like figure beside the path near hole 13. They drove past, confirmed they had all seen something, and turned back; two of them saw it again peeking from behind the elevated tee box before it moved out of sight. They left, returned minutes later in an enclosed cart, and heard repeated creaking sounds nearby before leaving the area.
Family hears vocalizations and finds footprints in their backyard east of Pekin
The witness's brother was sleeping in a tent in the yard and woke around 12:30 a.m. feeling uneasy after hearing something outside. He looked around the tent, saw nothing, and went inside the house to sleep on the couch. The next morning very large footprints were found right outside the tent in wet sand and were photographed.
Four wheelers hear vocalizations
Two witnesses riding ATVs stopped at a ravine and heard unknown calls answering each other, a deeper call from below and a higher-pitched reply from the other side. After several minutes the deeper call seemed to have moved behind them to their right, with only underbrush noises and no sign the source was disturbed. The account was relayed by a relative who interpreted it as a Bigfoot encounter, while the witnesses said they had never heard the sound before.
Various incidents near a possible nest on Vancouver Island
A group of seven hikers were hiking on a mountain trail in the afternoon. They heard cackling, yelping, growling and moaning sounds and found the trail blocked by a large uprooted stump with placed boulders and smashed trees. Two upright figures, one black and one light brown and hairy, were seen moving parallel to the group and leaping down a cliff, while the group felt stalked and watched as they hurried out to the road.