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Spring 1998 Hampstead, Pender County, North Carolina Class B #3336

Person awakes to a 'howling' or 'wailing' sound just outside the house; he compares the sound to a recorded howl of a bigfoot

The witness was sleeping overnight at a companion's house after hunting nearby. At about 3 a.m. the witness woke to a howling or wailing sound from the woods outside that lasted 30 seconds to a minute. A companion sleeping nearby did not wake. The witness stayed in bed frightened and later felt the sound matched a howl recording heard on the archive website.

Howl
1990–1994 North Carolina #dccb8130-881e-46af-9c62-f45ca4459603

Sasquatch sighting in North Carolina (1990)

The witness brought friends by car to the cornfield and walked with a friend atop lined hay bales toward the woods. They found something hunkered by the bales, shone a small light on it, and it stood up very tall and screamed. The witness fled, ran off the bales, severely broke an ankle, and required hospital surgery.

Full-body sightingSilhouetteScream
1990–1994 North Carolina #dccb8130-881e-46af-9c62-f45ca4459603

Footsteps in North Carolina (1990)

A week later the witness returned to the same woods with a relative and dogs. Footsteps followed them and stopped when they stopped, then something circled them whooping and making gibberish sounds while another answered from the right. Trees sounded like they were being ripped up and the dogs fled the area.

FootstepsWhoopVocalizationTree breakAnimal behaviour
1990–1994 North Carolina #dccb8130-881e-46af-9c62-f45ca4459603

Sasquatch sighting in North Carolina (1990)

The witness joined relatives for a night coon hunt in a cornfield. He saw a tall silhouette at the woods edge that stood slumped with long arms swinging and noticed a strong rotten odor. The figure returned to the woods, gave a howl then a rising scream, and the hunting dogs abandoned the hunt and returned to the truck.

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November 1989 Windsor, Bertie County, North Carolina Class A #13663

Daylight sighting by hunters near Windsor

Two people hunting deer near a creek crossing watched a shape first mistaken for a stump move, crouch, stand upright and stretch. The witness observed through a rifle scope an apelike face and hair-covered body moving along the creek for about ten minutes. As they backed away, a growl and a single loud scream were heard from its direction before it ran and leapt across the creek, after which the pair left.

Full-body sightingGrowlScream
July 1987 Hampstead, Onslow County, North Carolina Class B #3334

Man hits 7 foot tall, reddish-brown creature with his car, then is pursued by the creature

The witness was driving toward the beach at dusk when a large hairy creature stood in the road. The car glanced the creature, then the witness stopped and the creature got up, approached, and chased the car, striking the rear. The witness drove away and later found a dented quarter panel with hair, a shattered spoiler, and a lingering foul smell on the car.

Full-body sightingGrowlOdorVehicle contact
1983 Forsyth County, North Carolina #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/getbB_16nwpZEww6fJEI-cUABLcp24LPCKmiLpKZqDY

Sasquatch sighting near Forsyth County (1983)

The witness and a friend parked in a car on a wide tractor path near creek bottoms at night to drink before a party. A very large hair-covered biped took one long stride into the path about 20-25 feet away and faced the car for a minute or more, breathing heavily and flexing its fists. After a whistle-like sound from the woods, the creature made a dismissive huff, stepped out of sight in one stride, and left silently. The two men drove away and did not return.

Full-body sightingTracksWhistleVocalizationAnimal behaviour
October 1982 Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, North Carolina Class A #3335

Deer hunter witnesses a large, gorilla like animal

The witness, a teenager on a deer-hunting trip on private wooded land in North Carolina, was waiting in a tree stand in the morning when he noticed a strong bad odor and then heard twigs snapping. He watched the upper half of a large dark-furred creature about 50 yards away standing in one spot eating leaves for several minutes before it walked away while still audible. When companions arrived he recounted the sighting and they suggested it was a bear, which he rejected because he had seen a bear earlier that day.

Partial sightingOdorFootstepsAnimal behaviour
August 1977 Mocksville Nc, Davie County, North Carolina Class A #7393

Teenage boys have sighting at night near Lake Myers

Three teenagers camping in a field behind a house smelled urine and heard something rushing through nearby woods. They fled toward the house as a tall hairy creature pursued them and later stood over their campfire throwing logs aside. The creature then circled the house and stepped onto the porch during the night before leaving by daylight, with broken branches found the next morning.

Full-body sightingFootstepsOdorObject throwingProperty disturbance +1
12 December 1976 Yadkinville, Yadkin County, North Carolina Class B #13378

Menacing commotion at night, tracks in snow the next morning, out Yadkinville

The witness and two companions were snow sledding at night when they heard loud noise and commotion beyond their firelight and fled to the house. The next day they returned and found very large tracks in the snow leading from and back into nearby woods, with tracks around a tree with stripped branches. They did not see the source of the sound and report no further experiences since.

Unidentified soundTracksTree break
November 1976 Falcon, Sampson County, North Carolina Class A #6267

Two young men are confronted in broad daylight by a large creature near Falcon

On a November 1976 afternoon two young men hunting squirrels walked toward a river when a large hairy biped came up from the river bottom toward them. It stopped about 30 feet away, looked at them, snapped a small dead tree and vocalized. The pair retreated over a ridge and ran, later discussing whether it had been a person in costume.

Full-body sightingVocalizationTree breakAnimal behaviourPossible hoax +1
1976 Chatham County, North Carolina #59321171-6806-4d6d-8ffe-b5c669b83190

Sasquatch sighting near Chatham County (1976)

Witnesses around the Cape Fear River reported a tall hairy biped that screamed and moved with a slumping gait. The creature was said to leave large three-toed footprints. The author presents this as a 1976 flap in Chatham County.

Full-body sightingScreamTracks
Fall 1968 Snow Hill, Greene County, North Carolina Class B #6960

Early morning vocalizations heard near Rainbow Creek

The witness was lying in bed at home around 4am when an unidentified screaming sound was heard outside. Dogs appeared to chase the source, and heavy thudding footsteps passed the window followed by barking dogs. The witness was frightened, did not look outside, and years later recognized a similar scream on a television program about Bigfoot.

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October 1965 Hubert, Onslow County, North Carolina Class A #1939

Youth's presence startles unknown animal

As a teenager cutting through dense swampy woods on a military reservation, the witness noticed the forest go silent and felt watched. He saw a brown, long-haired form that rose to an estimated 8-10 feet and crashed rapidly through thick brush. He remained frozen until normal forest sounds returned, then left and never returned to the area.

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1957–1959 North Carolina #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/7CSpSH9qYhcCPwIqaJvgmM-V0kqOE2oITzhfv8hbLkY

Sasquatch sighting in North Carolina (1957)

The witness, then about 12, was hunting squirrels alone in the woods behind his childhood home. After crossing a creek bridge into thick regrowth he heard rhythmic leaf-rustling and pushed through brush to within a few feet of a very large cinnamon-brown hairy animal lying flat asleep. He watched its breathing move leaves, could see only its back with legs tucked under, then backed out fearing it was a bull and told no one for decades.

Partial sightingVocalizationAnimal behaviour
BFRO YEAR: 1971 or 72 Hamptonville, Yadkin County, North Carolina Class A #3439

Young boy startles creature under house porch.

The witness went onto a raised side porch to dump breakfast scraps for dogs and noticed light fur under the porch. Hearing a scuffle, the witness turned and saw a tall fur-covered creature with long arms that looked back while moving around the side of the house. The witness dropped a pan and was unable to scream.

Full-body sightingUnidentified sound
in Jan. Albemarle, Montgomery County, North Carolina Related account #27906

Footsteps near Albemarle, North Carolina

The witness heard the same crunching footsteps at the same campsite again in January.

Footsteps
Friday night El Dorado, Uwharrie, Montgomery County, North Carolina Related account #50074

Howl near El Dorado, Uwharrie, North Carolina

The witness and his wife heard distant coyote howls followed by a single deeper, louder wailing vocalization on the Friday night before the main event.

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In early October 2004 Badin Or Albermarl, Montgomery County, North Carolina Related account #8983

Wood knock near Badin Or Albermarl, North Carolina

The witnesses returned to the general area in early October 2004 and reported possible knocks, vocalizations, odor, and a fleeting sighting too dark to discern.

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on the morning of the 11th Sprucepine, Mitchell County, North Carolina Related account #450

Whoop near Sprucepine, North Carolina

The relative and the spouse heard the repeated whoops return around 3 a.m., ending in low monkey-like chattering.

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