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Young couple have unusual late night experience near Weaverville
A couple sleeping in a rented fifth-wheel trailer at a campground were awakened around 2 a.m. by sounds outside. The wife reported padded footsteps circling the trailer, followed by pressure on the exterior step that shook the trailer while their normally vocal dog stayed silent. The occupants remained inside in fear and later closed windows and fell asleep; companions camped nearby said they heard nothing.
While riding ATV, witness smells, hears then sees creature
The witness and two relatives were riding ATVs on trails off a logging trail when they noticed a garbage-like odor and then heard a loud roar followed by a high-pitched scream. As they started back toward the house, they saw a tall figure covered in black hair about 37 yards away parallel to them. The figure ran alongside them on two legs until they neared the house, when they fled.
Large creature leaves 12"+ handprints on camper trailer during rainy night
The witness and three companions camped over multiple rainy nights. They heard persistent huffing and a growl, experienced silence and a sense of being watched, and reported a dark shape blocking a camper window. When leaving they later found muddy primate-like handprints high on the camper and a trailer lock twisted and broken.
Family hears rock-clacking and screams while camping
The witness was camping with family at Lake Mary and had gone to bed in a tent trailer at night when repeated whooping cries, a loud scream, and rock-clacking sounds were heard nearby. The sounds frightened the witness and her sons. She first assumed the noises came from nearby campers possibly bothering a bear cub, but later came to believe they were Bigfoot-related after reading a similar account.
Screams heard by fishermen on Trout Lake
Three fishermen were trout fishing at a lake when they heard a loud series of screams from across the water. They described themselves as avid hunters familiar with elk and cougar calls and said this sound was different from anything they had ever heard.
Campers hear animal groan, find tracks in the morning
The witness and companions were camping by a river when the witness heard groaning and splashing in the water around 2-3 a.m. The witness shouted, thinking it was a companion playing around, and the source of the noise left. At sunrise the group found very large footprints leading from the water into the trees.
Footprint found in Beck Spur area
The mother awoke overnight to a strong animal-like odor and sustained movement sounds in weeds outside her trailer window and retrieved a gun. The odor lingered in the trailer for over an hour. The next morning her daughter visited, heard the account, and found a large flat human-like footprint in mud outside the window, which she measured and photographed, plus reddish hair strands on a nearby tree.
Campers hear more nighttime vocalizations at Sugar Pine Campground, on the west side of Lake Tahoe
The witness and a relative were camping overnight when they heard a loud whooping sound nearby followed by loud crunching like branches breaking. A girl was heard screaming after the whooping. In the morning they found large footprints near their tent measuring about 12 to 16 inches long, which they felt were too large for a bear.
Spelunkers hear loud, garbled howls on consecutive nights near Trout Lake
The witness and a companion were camping overnight at a campground. Around 3 a.m. the witness was awakened by extremely loud howling that continued for many minutes and was also heard by the companion. Later the witness alone heard the howling shift into loud ape-like chattering, then heard howling again near dawn after coyotes sounded.
Family finds prints and hears vocalizations in forest near Seaside
A large family group in a van with open windows in a dense, mossy forest heard four very long, loud screams described as hair-raising. The mother imitated the sound and received a reply each time. The forest was otherwise completely silent, and the group reported feeling watched.
Two campers on island surrounded by strange night time activity
Two people were camping on an island when they heard strange noises through the night into the morning. Around 8 a.m. the noises stopped and they heard something large running on a nearby island, accompanied by a very bad odor. They later found many large tracks around their island, plus a pile of clam shells and a large indentation that had not been there earlier.
Eerie vocals in the forests of Karlin
The witness reports hearing strange laughter-like sounds from woods near a companion's house over several months, later followed by almost nightly yard disturbances. Other household members and a neighbor also heard the sounds, and trash was disturbed, items knocked over, and apples went missing while dogs barked. The witness never saw the source and states no physical evidence was recovered, with activity stopping when weather turned cold.
Camper awoken by vocalizations near Suiattle Pass
The witness claims to have been awakened around 1 a.m. by a loud, primate-like calling sound that continued for about two hours. After the witness imitated the call, the sound stopped. Nothing was seen and no other sounds were reported.
Camper reports loud "groaning grunting barking sounds" on consectutive nights while camping near South Arm
The witness camped alone for two nights in mid-July near Lower Richardson Lake. On both evenings after rain eased, the witness heard very loud deep groaning, barking and moaning sounds from a pond area below the tent. The witness stayed in the tent without investigating, heard the sounds again the second night, and left early the next day.
Two scouts report close sighting of young sasquatch; biologist stumped
Two scouts exploring the shore of a high mountain lake during a backpacking trip heard growls and then saw a small brown biped at very close range. The animal stepped from behind a tree, vocalized, and walked away upright swinging its arms. The pair ran back to camp and reported seeing something freaky to adult leaders within minutes.
Observer yells at dogs from window and hears return scream
The witness was awakened in the night by barking dogs and opened a window. She heard a loud scream she did not recognize, then heard a large animal moving and breathing close by in the dark yard. The sounds moved away uphill, which she interpreted from the sound as bipedal running.
Environmental Engineer hears calling and responding screams near Shelton
The witness was taking overnight ambient-noise measurements at a rural residence surrounded by timber land. Shortly after starting, after hearing distant coyotes, she heard loud scream-like howls exchanged between two directions for about 30 seconds. After a quiet period during which nearby dogs and a horse became agitated, she heard another solitary similar howl-scream from the same direction.
Family members describe possible nighttime vocalizations heard over the years near Prescott
The witness family was gathered around a bonfire at a cabin at night when they heard distant screams that sounded chaotic. They initially dismissed the sounds but later wondered if they had heard a sasquatch after hearing a similar scream on television. About eight family members were present for the hearing.
Sister remembers possible incident while attempting to scare her brother near the town of Elizabeth
Late at night, the witness slipped outside to knock on her brother's window as a prank. As she raised her fist near the window, a deep, body-vibrating growl/roar came from very close above her. Too frightened to look up, she froze briefly then ran back inside and spent the night in her brother's room.
Daylight sighting outside rural home in small community of Herbine, south of Rison
Late at night the witness went outside after dogs barked and noticed a strong foul odor. Under yard lighting he saw a tall hairy biped just beyond a nearby fence. When shouted at, it walked away upright. A relative later said she had been awakened that night by a deep growling sound.