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Two people in canoe see creature on shoreline
Two companions fishing from a canoe at dusk noticed a dark crouched shape on the shoreline about 50 yards away. As they rowed closer the shape stood upright to about seven feet, looked toward them, turned toward a twig-snapping sound behind it, then spun and ran into the forest with further movement sounds heard. After waiting in the canoe, they paddled ashore and found two obscured marks in the sand where it had turned.
Sasquatch sighting in New York (1995)
The witness's family had moved to a remote house bordered by extensive forest. Over three consecutive nights an exchange student staying in the lower level reported a face watching him through the window while working out. The witness heard car-door-like slams and footsteps with no vehicle present, and on the final night the witness and the father chased outside and heard something crashing rapidly and powerfully through dense woods away from any road.
Motorist sighting in Harriman State Park not far from Appalachian Trail
The witness was riding as a front-seat passenger with two companions driving slowly on a winding park road at night with high beams on. The witness saw a large upright hair-covered being run across the road in front of the car and climb the bank into dense thickets. The driver saw movement but not details, and the occupants heard sounds of it moving upslope through leaf litter before it disappeared.
Sasquatch sighting in New York (1994)
The second guest was scouting alone near his hunting camp in the Adirondacks in September 1994 at the start of archery season. After noticing shaking trees he walked a leafy trail at dusk and came face-to-face within arm's reach of a very large hairy man-like figure. The figure growled, shaking the witness, who closed his eyes, then fled to camp.
Tree break near Albany County (1994)
The witness's car sputtered to a stop on a bridge and the witness set out on foot toward home. From a dark forested slope the witness watched a tall tree thrash, then heard a massive thud, three loud knocks, and rapid footsteps sprinting uphill toward the road. An unseen presence stopped feet away breathing sharply, then repeatedly ran ahead and waited, forcing the witness to pass it several times over an eighth to a quarter mile. Near dawn where cover ended the presence vanished without ever being seen.
Two young boys experience powerful, high-pitched vocalization
When the witness was about 10, he and a companion were shooting BB guns at fish in a pond on family land and then fired into a hedgerow. Immediately something unseen about 10 feet into the brush produced loud screaming and howling vocalizations and violently shook vegetation before moving rapidly toward the forest while continuing to vocalize. The boys fled to the house.
Unseen large animal stalks jogger at night along trail near Elmira
Late in February 1989 the witness was jogging on a wooded trail at night when footsteps paralleled him about 20 feet inside the treeline. The steps quickened when he ran, continued briefly after he stopped, and suggested a biped taking one stride to his two to three. He ran to a clearing by a golf course, heard heavy breathing and a throaty rumble and a branch snap without seeing a form, then fled to a town street.
While taking a break during a deer drive, hunter sees 6 foot tall creature run away down hillside
The witness was deer hunting with companions and stopped to rest on a hill. A black entity about the witness's height ran very fast down the hill about 50 yards away and disappeared in about five seconds, with breaking deadfall heard as it left. The witness was startled, thought it might have been watching, and later wondered if it was a large bear or loose livestock.
Sasquatch sighting near Sackett's Harbor, New York (1980)
After cattle broke through the fence, the witness's brother and a friend went deeper into the woods to find a missing cow. They came running out saying they had seen big monkey people and that one chased them.
Encounter with Juvenile Creature
In 1979 the witness had moved ahead of a hiking group in the Adirondacks to watch beavers and was walking back to the main trail. Something flushed from thick brush ran diagonally toward the witness on the trail, pounding loudly and wailing like a woman screaming, and was seen partially as a fast, upright furry figure about four and a half feet tall. The witness initially assumed a bear cub but later doubted that because it ran upright for about 150 feet and the vocalization resembled sounds associated with Bigfoot reports.
Sasquatch sighting near Whitehall, New York (1976)
The guest drove into an unmowed field off Abair Road after midnight with a trooper in another field and waited. After tree-breaking sounds and the trooper fleeing, a large hairy upright creature approached to about 30 feet, vocalized intensely, then turned and walked away across the field into the woods.
Occasional incidents from 1970's up to recent years, near Findley Lake
Around 1975 the witness was at a hunting camp late at night with two relatives when they heard a loud strange call moving through the woods. They moved to a nearby field to try to intercept the source as it approached to about 100 yards. The calling then stopped and nothing was seen or crossed the road, so they waited without further result.
Old sighting (1973) and recent vocalizations (2005/06) on the outskirts of Maryland (town)
On February 2, 2006 around 6 a.m. the witness was walking to a vehicle after dropping children at a sitter. From across the road and over a creek about 100 yards away, the witness heard a single loud yell lasting six to seven seconds that sounded like the Ohio Howl. The witness did not remain to listen for a second vocalization.
Scream exchanges heard by camper on Appalachian Trail near Greenwood Lake
The witness hiked to a bedrock outcropping to camp overnight. Around midnight the witness awoke and heard a loud high-pitched scream from about 100 yards away. The witness shouted back and exchanged screams for about an hour, including screams later heard from a different direction, while throwing gathered stones toward the sounds. In the morning the witness found dry leaves in the sound area and was puzzled at hearing no movement noise.
Man recounts childhood incident at his home on Oneida Lake
The witness, age 11 at the time, was in bed when a large shadow was cast on the bedroom wall from outside the window for about 20 to 30 seconds. A few minutes later the witness heard the back storage room door being ripped off and sounds of ransacking, including the freezer being opened and heavy objects moved. The next morning the storage room was found in disarray with the door off, faint scratches without tool marks, and frozen foods missing.
Man recalls incident as a child in a swampy area near Cazenovia
When the witness was a young child, the witness and a companion were chopping a rotted fallen tree with hammers far out in a swamp. After hearing a loud noise described as like a scream, they saw a very large dark man-like form walking very near them. Both children dropped everything and ran home without looking back.
Woman followed by large, dark shape in the experimental forest on the campus of SUNY College
The witness was walking alone through a small college forest on a trail to work on a dark winter evening. Something off the trail followed alongside her, keeping pace and making increasingly loud breaking and movement sounds, and she glimpsed a very tall blocky dark shape moving beside her while hearing breathing. She stayed on the trail with it alongside until the edge of the woods, then ran to a nearby building while it remained in the woods.
Footsteps near Glens Falls, New York (1963)
The witness walked alone down a dark road at night and felt heavy thudding footsteps approach. A bipedal presence came very close but could not be seen in the darkness. The witness shouted and held a posture, after which it turned and lumbered away.
Scream near Wolcott, New York
The witness and relatives frequently heard screams, hoots and howls from the woods on and near the property.
Vocalization near Sabbath Day Point, New York
The witness reports hearing unusual sounds near the same lake area in the early 1990s.