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16 January 2005 Redwood Valley, Mendocino County, California Class B #10279

Family hears unusual calls

The witness was walking a dog on a residential hillside after dark when an unfamiliar loud howling/yelling sound was heard repeating at intervals. The witness brought a spouse outside to listen, noting that no local dogs were barking at first. After a time a dog began barking and the unfamiliar sound stopped and did not return that night.

Howl
15 January 2005 New York EP 1054

Tracks in New York (2005)

After hearing a loud pop near the deck during a heavy snowstorm, the witness and his partner found a straight line of large footprints with a five-foot stride and no drag leading from under the house 50-70 yards into the woods and down the mountain, which they concluded could not be a person.

TracksUnidentified sound
14 January 2005 Stanfield, Umatilla County, Oregon #1017

Man shoots at creature attacking cattle

The witness was inspecting a field with a relative when they noticed something hunched over attacking cattle. The witness shouted and the creature stood up to about eight feet tall. The witness retrieved a shotgun from a truck, fired once and hit the creature, which fell, got up, screamed and sprinted away like a human. The witness followed a blood trail to a river where it was lost.

Full-body sightingScreamBlood or tissue
spring of two thousand and five Alabama EP 830

Footsteps in Alabama (2005)

After moving into a [name withheld] vacant three years, the witness and her nine-year-old son heard loud bipedal thumps that shook the [name withheld] wall. She distinguished them from neighboring Clydesdales and found nothing on looking outside, believing it already in woods.

FootstepsMovement only
2005 Great Barrington, Massachusetts EP 693

Sasquatch sighting near Great Barrington, Massachusetts (2005)

The witness was camping with his uncle at a lakeside campsite near the state line. After noticing eyeshine the first night and seeing other campers flee the ATV area, he woke at night to see two large hairy creatures at the campsite. The creatures took the food cooler into the woods where more eyeshine was seen, and left a large handprint on the vehicle sunroof.

EyeshineFull-body sightingVocalizationHandprintProperty disturbance +1
2005–2006 Gateway, Colorado EP 633

Sasquatch sighting near Gateway, Colorado (2005)

The witness and a friend drove up a canyon to visit a remote field with a strange concrete desk. After hopping a fence and walking in, they heard a loud roar and the witness turned to see a very tall muscular figure standing close by. Both men fled to the car and drove away without speaking about it at first.

Partial sightingVocalizationOdor
2005 Connecticut EP 576

Tracks in Connecticut (2005)

The witness drove to the end of Legion Road in American Legion State Forest and found large impressions in spongy moss. After making a hand-pop sound, he heard loud bangs and a tree fall across the road blocking his car. He found a similar 14-inch impression at the base of the fallen tree, dragged the tree aside with his car, and returned the next day to cast one print.

TracksWood knockTree breakFootstepsMovement only
2005 California EP 420

Vocalization in California (2005)

On the final expedition to the same remote canyon, after a missing call-blasting component was retrieved by a long hike, nightly activity resumed for two weeks. The team reportedly got thermal images nightly, culminating in something reaching from bushes and pushing a tent down on its occupant.

VocalizationDoor or window contactTracks
2005–2010 Coquille, Oregon EP 408

Whistle near Coquille, Oregon (2005)

The witness had hung apples to signal friendliness and returned a week later with his wife. In pitch darkness they heard spaced faint whistles from the forest. On leaving he saw an object with head and shoulders pop up from a bush and duck back.

WhistlePartial sighting
2005–2010 Curry County, Oregon EP 408

Vocalization near Curry County (2005)

While alone at a deserted campground at night the witness heard a strange bird-like call about a hundred feet away. Minutes later the same call came from a bush right in front of him. He did not investigate the thick bush and left.

VocalizationMovement only
2005–2006 Grand Junction, Colorado EP 372

Sasquatch sighting near Grand Junction, Colorado (2005)

The witness took a friend for a drive up a canyon toward Gateway to show a strange concrete desk in a field. After hopping a fence and walking in the dark, a loud roar sounded and a large upright figure stood very close. Both men fled to the car and drove away without discussing it at the time.

Partial sightingVocalizationOdor
2005 Evadale, Texas EP 294

Sasquatch sighting near Evadale, Texas (2005)

While checking timber lots for a paper mill job in the afternoon, the witness heard a chimpanzee-like sound and found a large primate-like animal squatted with its back to him. The animal stood, watched him, then walked through the river and ran off to the west. He later described its face and hands in detail and learned from his grandmother that locals called it a bugger.

Full-body sightingVocalization
January 2005 Cardington, Morrow County, Ohio Class A #10863

Two young men have a sighting while tending a campfire near Cardington

The witness and a friend were maintaining a camp fire at night behind the friend's house near a wooded ravine. When the witness stepped toward the ravine to gather twigs, he saw a tall black form standing in tall weeds below and watched it move side to side before it looked up showing red eye reflection. After the friend also looked and fled to the house, the form ran across the creek toward a field and the witness ran inside.

Partial sightingEyeshineFootsteps
January 2005 Muscle Shoals, Colbert County, Alabama Class A #27568

Daylight sighting of a Bigfoot outside Muscle Shoals

Two companions were deer hunting near their camp in the late afternoon when they heard loud popping sounds, heavy footsteps, and a foul odor. A large hair-covered biped stepped out of the treeline across a logging road and stared at them without moving or making noise. After a brief stare the creature stepped back into the woods and the witnesses fled and have avoided hunting deep in that area since.

Full-body sightingWood knockFootstepsOdor
Fall 2005 Jane, McDonald County, Missouri Class B #26306

Possible nighttime encounter at a rural home near the village of Jane

The witness went outside at night after dogs began barking and heard what sounded like bipedal footsteps in the woods behind the house. The footsteps approached after the witness called out, and a normally fearless dog retreated from the treeline. The witness inferred the source was very tall from the interval between steps and fired two shots into the ground, after which the footsteps calmly receded.

Footsteps
Summer 2005 Payson Or Heber, Coconino County, Arizona Class B #16397

Rock throwing incident at Woods Canyon Lake

The witness was fishing at a lake spillway in the afternoon when a basketball-sized rock flew through trees from an upslope hill to the east and landed in the lake. Birds that had been chirping went quiet, and another nearby fisherman who also saw it left. The witness later smelled a strong skunk-like odor upwind.

Rock throwingOdorMovement onlyUnidentified sound
January 2005 New Waverly, Walker County, Texas Class A #10407

Journalist and investigator have early morning sighting in Sam Houston National Forest

Two occupants of a Jeep returning to base camp late at night noticed a large, dark, upright figure walking in the road ahead of their headlights. The figure, described as broad, massive and moving smoothly, stepped off into a ditch and into the woods as the vehicle approached. After stopping, one occupant heard sounds in the woods and both then saw a head-and-shoulders shape move quickly between trees before the area went quiet.

Partial sightingUnidentified sound
summer of 2005 Federal Way, Washington State EP 800

Cryptid sighting near Federal Way, Washington State (2005)

Three friends were sitting in a fenced backyard at dusk after playing softball when they noticed two spinning white lights in the tops of tall evergreens. Moments later a small, heavy, furry creature with a human-like face crawled from behind a wheelbarrow, looked at them, then ran uphill on all fours with loud heavy footfalls and cleared an eight-foot shed into the trees where the lights had been. Two of them started to investigate with a shovel and flashlight while the third reported a bright shooting star, then they left to meet friends. They have reported no similar activity at the house before or since.

Full-body sightingFootsteps
fall of 2005 Place not stated EP 67

Vocalization (2005)

At about 10pm the witness and his wife heard a young deer wailing for over six minutes as other deer fled. Next morning he found that deer with a hind leg ripped from the socket and head pulled off about 10-12 feet away with a muddy footprint on its leg, and the body was gone the following morning except the head.

VocalizationTracks
2005 New York EP 607

Scream in New York (2005)

The witness was camping with family by a pond on the property when a very loud roar or scream was heard from a couple hundred feet away. Frogs and insects went silent, and a large splash like a stone was heard in the pond. The group left in the middle of the night and never camped there again.

ScreamRock throwing