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Vocalization in Alabama (1975)
As children the witness and her sister walked down a dirt road to pull down a sapling. A loud lion-like roar sounded nearby. Both fled back to the truck in fear.
Memory told of a close dalylight observation outside Alexander City
The witness and a companion were walking down an old pulpwood road with a dog when they noticed a strong goat-like odor and heard rustling and a tree shaking. The witness pulled back branches and saw a tall, hair-covered biped running away downhill on two legs. The companion did not see the creature. The witness lost sight of it in pines and underbrush near a swampy area.
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.
Footsteps near Tuscaloosa, Alabama
The witness later heard branches breaking and footsteps and found yards of fence torn up with posts pulled out.
Scream near Tuscaloosa, Alabama
The witness and a relative sitting outside late at night heard the same long guttural yell three times, followed by intense coyote-like yapping.
Wood knocks heard by hunter outside Camden
The witness was hunting alone from a climbing stand on the middle bench of a hillside. He heard two knocks from a tree to the west near the hilltop, then about 45 seconds later heard another knock from low behind him. He saw nothing and heard nothing else.
Vocalization near Anniston, Alabama
On earlier trips to the same location the group heard strange vocalizations and something large walking on two legs through brush.
Growl near Morgan, Alabama
About three and a half years earlier the same witness was camping and cooking, heard growling, saw a tall figure watching, shouted, and the figure ran away, with footprints found nearby the next day.
Wood knock near Union Grove, Alabama
The witness returned at night, howled and exchanged tree knocks heard at a distance without seeing anything.
Wood knock near New Market, Alabama
The witness and two companions heard something approach and strike a tree twice after dogs chased it.
Scream near New Market, Alabama
The witness heard a high-pitched yell from behind the trailer and checked for cattle.
Growl near Opelika/Auburn Area, Alabama
The witness heard the same grunts and shrieks down the creek for a few months while riding in the area.
Wood knock near Hytop, Alabama
The previous morning in the dark while preparing hunting gear, the witness heard a tree knock nearby.
Man has repeated visits at family farm
In early fall 1980 around 7 p.m., the witness was in the kitchen after feeding horses while his wife brought in laundry. Both heard screaming near the corral gate, the wife ran inside frightened and horses fled, and the witness glimpsed a very tall dark furry figure moving through a lit patch while it screamed and made clicking growling noises before he went back inside and locked doors.
Unidentified sound near Unknown/Talladega National Forest, Alabama
One adult companion thought he heard deer moving north of the camp after the knocking.
Odor in Alabama
From a blind in the afternoon the witness shot a doe that ran into the tree line. Following blood and a strong gut-like stench that grew stronger, the witness found the deer on its side with the body undulating and something large behind it. After a loud heavy exhalation, the witness yielded the deer and left.
Scream in Alabama
Walking in with lights to a shooting hut after being dropped off, the witness went too far toward the plot and heard a piercing scream likened to a woman in a slasher film. Looking up, the witness saw two eyes on a rear road as coyotes erupted, then retreated to lock inside the hut and later told the father nothing was seen.
Howl in Alabama
As an adult accompanying an ailing father hunting, the witness sat on the floor of a shooting hut while the father sat in a chair. A loud howl likened to a known recorded howl sounded, shaking the witness and bringing tears and memories of childhood rock-throwing. No creature was seen.
Tree break in Alabama
While deer hunting on a calm afternoon the witness heard a snap and watched a tall dead pine fall about seventy-five yards away. On night walks out he heard steps pacing him and stopping when he stopped. On night shifts napping in graveyards he heard loud wood knocks and odd owl-like calls from thick swamps.
Footsteps near Enterprise, Alabama
The witness was alone at night after pulling a deer into the woods to gut it. He heard cracking and clean snapping of branches circling just out of sight about 20 yards away. He could see nothing in the thick dark until his father drove by and he ran to the truck.