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Date unknown Alaska EP 11

Vocalization in Alaska

A survivalist gathering grass for bedding heard an unknown ape-like vocalization from nearby trees. It repeated several times louder than demonstrated. When he moved for his camera, something crashed away through the trees and was gone.

VocalizationMovement only
Date unknown South Carolina EP 1196

Whistle in South Carolina

While sitting in a box stand in a hardwood bottom, the witness heard a whistle-like sound followed by whoops from toward the creek and river. He said no one else was down that way. It was the first time he had heard such vocalizations.

WhistleWhoop
probably about two years prior to my daylight sighting South Carolina EP 1196

Footsteps in South Carolina

The witness was walking in with a dim light when he heard bipedal steps paralleling him at an angle behind. The steps stopped when he stopped and resumed when he walked. He waited until daylight but never saw or heard anything further.

Footsteps
Date unknown South Carolina EP 1196

Unidentified sound in South Carolina

The witness and his son were at a stand in the evening after the son shot a deer. While crossing a creek to recover it they heard strange high-pitched noises up the creek. Both noticed it while loading the deer, and the witness could not identify it as any known animal.

Unidentified sound
one night in November Ohio EP 1194

Howl in Ohio

After moving back to Ohio, the guest was training martial arts with others along the Cuyahoga River one November night. They heard an incredibly loud howl that scared them enough to leave the spot and train next to their cars.

Howl
the following year Washington EP 1194

Wood knock in Washington

The next year the guest hiked to Swamp Lake with his young daughter, a friend from Eugene and families while doing wood knocks. On the return near a river log crossing they heard a loud wood knock behind them. After crossing, a large rock thrown from a small cliff splashed 30 to 40 feet away, but nothing was seen.

Wood knockRock throwing
like a week ago California EP 1203

Vocalization in California

While sleeping in his van in Alabama Hills, the witness woke at 2:30 AM to bird-like sounds shifting to crickets, then a short wailing whistle. Something pressed against the van and shook it violently while he felt overwhelming dread, pressure, inability to move and hear. After it stopped he dressed, found no tracks, felt watched while leaving, and drove to a populated rest stop.

VocalizationWhistleUnidentified soundVehicle contactAnimal behaviour
Date unknown Georgia EP 1203

Scream in Georgia

The guest's niece was in the woods with relatives gathering firewood when they heard a loud scream-roar felt in the gut. The group fled the area. She said she will remember it for life.

Scream
Date unknown British Columbia EP 1184

Sasquatch sighting in British Columbia

After hearing a howl followed by five whoops surrounding the group, the witness and others went into the forest filming. Review of old footage later revealed a camouflaged hairy individual moving from center to left behind trees, distinct from another figure recorded at the same time. He describes hairy legs, torso and top of head visible through foliage and considers it a juvenile.

Partial sightingHowlWhoop
the next morning about six thirty British Columbia EP 1184

Sasquatch sighting in British Columbia

After a cold night sleeping out, the witness walked alone to a field where a large track had been found and sat with his back to the woods. He heard heavy stomps behind him and felt the ground shake, then saw a gray figure behind a tree about 30 feet away that struck the tree and vocalized. He scanned with his phone, noted an old tree break nearby and later heard two large knocks from another direction before returning to camp.

Partial sightingVocalizationFootstepsWood knock
back in June of this year British Columbia EP 1184

Whoop in British Columbia

During a short June work trip the witness and two companions placed three apples high at the gifting area with intention. Around 9:30 p.m. they heard three whoops from three different directions, interpreted as acknowledgement. By morning all apples were gone with no cores, skins or residue on the ground.

WhoopProperty disturbance
The second to last day that I was there British Columbia EP 1184

Footsteps in British Columbia

On the second-to-last night of the expedition the witness slept outside by the campfire while companions slept in a nearby shelter. After waking around dawn he startled something behind him that jumped back and landed, then heard distinct bipedal footsteps walking beside his head. He kept still with eyes nearly closed trying to calm himself, then looked and found nothing there.

FootstepsMovement only
BFRO YEAR: 2023 & 25 Boise, Ada County, Idaho Class B #78583

Backpacker hears howls and knocks on different trips in Upper Dry Creek, seven (7) miles NE from Boise

In May 2023 the witness camped overnight with four companions at a secluded site off Dry Creek Trail north of Boise. Unable to sleep, the witness heard three long howls from different directions across the valley, described as similar to a known Ohio recording but longer. The companions reportedly did not hear the sounds, and no further howls occurred that night.

Howl
Date unknown Washington EP 118

Unidentified sound in Washington

On a morning the witness and a visiting relative were having coffee outside when rhythmic rock-clacking sounds came from downhill brush. Both heard it and agreed it sounded like rocks struck together. The sounds are said to occur only in mornings.

Unidentified sound
Last year, 4th of July Washington EP 118

Footsteps in Washington

After an evening of shooting guns and launching fireworks, five adults were in the backyard at night. They heard something moving on two feet in the woods below the house. All heard it and decided to go inside.

Footsteps
a few months after I had my sighting Washington EP 118

Unidentified sound in Washington

A few months after the sighting the witness was walking a ridge south of the sighting area. A series of loud claps was heard from timber. The witness repeated the pattern and received a different pattern back, continuing an exchange for about ten minutes while moving along the tree line.

Unidentified sound
Date unknown Washington EP 118

Chatter in Washington

After finding the family dog shaking in a closet, the witness slipped outside to the front of the house. From nearby brush the witness heard two figures conversing in unintelligible chatter. The sound was estimated within fifty yards and the witness believed the figures were unaware of being overheard.

Chatter
many months later Washington EP 1186

Vocalization in Washington

After an all-night watch in a hunting blind, the witness slept in his tent and was woken three times by the same loud canyon sound blasting into camp. He found no logging activity nearby. A large apple set four to five feet from the tent in front of a game camera had vanished with no photo captured.

VocalizationProperty disturbance
Date unknown Washington EP 1186

Vocalization in Washington

While climbing out of a remote canyon with only his dog, the witness heard an extremely loud machinery-like jackhammer sound bellow from the canyon bottom. He had never heard it recorded elsewhere and could not imitate it. His dog flattened its ears and cowered as if seeking protection.

Vocalization
Date unknown Washington EP 1186

Tracks in Washington

While exploring remote canyons that connect to the valley, the witness found a large footprint with distinct toes on a steep game trail. He heard loud whistles directed at him from across the canyon that later moved down the canyon. The same day he found a teepee-like arrangement of evergreens still rooted but pushed together.

TracksWhistleStructure or nest