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November 2014 Eatonville, Pierce County, Washington Class B #49869

Possible vocalizations heard at night in southern Eatonville

In late November 2014 the witness arrived home to an apartment in Eatonville and paused at the front door. She heard a very loud, powerful repeated hooting vocalization twice from the south, followed by dogs barking and howling across town. She described the sound as ape-like and extremely powerful, unlike any known coyote, elk, owl or livestock sound she knew.

Vocalization
19 October 2014 Malott, Okanogan County, Washington Class B #46809

Possible tracks photographed by an LEO hiking North of Loup Loup Pass

The witness hiked down a service road into a ravine and heard two loud wood-on-wood impacts from uphill. After returning to the vehicle for a camera battery, the witness found a line of large tracks crossing a dirt berm that had not been there earlier. The witness photographed the tracks and made a cast of the clearest impression, also noting an odd odor and a crashing sound in the area.

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10 October 2014 Wilkeson, Pierce County, Washington Class B #46769

Mushroom picking couple scared out of a forest near Wilkeson

A couple were picking mushrooms in dense old-growth forest in the afternoon when they heard crunching and repeated loud thumping likened to wood knocks from about 100 yards away. A few minutes later a loud snap like a small tree or large branch breaking occurred about 20 feet behind them. Frightened, they abandoned their mushrooms and left the area without seeing the source.

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October 2014 Stevens Pass Ski Resort, Snohomish County, Washington Class B #47115

Hiker near Stevens Pass alarmed by very close and loud vocalizations of unknown origin

The witness was camping alone with his dog and stepped outside the tent around 1:30 a.m. He heard a very loud siren-like sound lasting several seconds, immediately followed by three whoops from about 70 feet away inside the treeline. He scanned with a flashlight, heard nothing further, and returned to the tent with his dog, which had stared fixedly toward the sound.

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9 September 2014 Winthrop, Chelan County, Washington Class B #47014

Hikers hear "weird vocal exchange" from unknowns near Lake Ann

The witness and a companion were hiking toward Lake Ann in the evening when they heard a prolonged exchange of high-pitched, varied and eerie calls between two distant, inaccessible points across the valley. The exchange lasted several minutes. Shortly afterward they met two other hikers who had also heard the sounds and found them strange.

Vocalization
September 2014 Naches, Yakima County, Washington Class B #46546

Mother and son, while backpacking, experience a possible night-time camp approach near Natches

The witness and her adult son were camped overnight in tents at a lakeside site. At dusk the witness gave a loud whoop and heard a return whoop from across the lake, followed by elk bugling and a loud knock from behind camp. After going to bed, the witness felt something heavy step on the tent edge and push on her head through the fabric, then heard soft bipedal steps around camp until dawn when another knock was heard.

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16 August 2014 Morton, Lewis County, Washington Class B #47160

Two men observe Strange Lights and a "Finger" up close near Mt. Saint Helens

Two men sat in complete darkness in a forest hotspot talking and playing harmonicas to invite contact while two companions monitored from about 100 yards with a thermal imager. After hearing a stick break and soft knocks, they reported seeing a small red-orange light near the ground that illuminated ferns and silhouetted what looked like a large finger with knuckles moving toward them before fading. They remained on site afterward playing music and talking.

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August 2014 Brinnon WA, Jefferson County, Washington Class B #46477

For two nights campers are scared by loud vocalizations near Brinnon

Six people were camping together on a ridge between two rivers over Labor Day weekend. Starting early Saturday morning and continuing Saturday night into Sunday morning, they heard series of very loud roar-like vocalizations from a creek bed several hundred yards away. The sounds lasted up to 45 minutes at a time, frightened the group and a dog, and led a camper to ready a pistol. Steep terrain prevented them from investigating for tracks.

Vocalization
22 June 2014 Plain, Chelan County, Washington Class B #45726

Dirt bike riders hear possible knocks north of Lake Wenatchee

Four people on a dirt-bike trip stopped at a dirt-road intersection and heard knocking like someone hitting a tree. After finding no people or vehicles nearby, one witness knocked on a tree and two or three loud knocks answered within seconds. The group left immediately, and a search the next day found no trails or camps to explain the sounds.

Wood knock
June 2014 Washington #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/uR-MhvUABS5aHAGv-S0tfJU3gIxnn5Ll78LIjEW2SLs

Sasquatch sighting in Washington (2014)

The witness and his father were sleeping in hammocks at a secluded lake camp. Around 2 a.m. the witness woke to a putrid smell and heavy breathing beside his hammock and saw an upright hair-covered figure with long arms and a flat face staring at his father's shelter and then at him before leaving almost silently. The next morning his father thought a bear had visited, and later that day while hiking along a riverbed they smelled the same odor in dead silence and turned back, packing up early.

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June 2014 Yakima, Yakima County, Washington Class B #45360

Campers sleeping inside their tent hear clacking and are touched near Bumping Lake

The witness was sleeping in a tent at a lake campground with family when she awoke to repeated patterned clacking sounds from the south. Later she felt contact through the tent fabric, felt the foot of the tent lift and settle, heard movement and more clacking from two directions, and felt unable to move or speak. She awoke again later to distant clacking, and in the morning found no sign except deer tracks with the tent still staked.

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5 May 2014 Maple Valley, King County, Washington Class B #44946

Couple awakened by very loud howls near Maple Valley

The witness and a companion were sleeping at home with a bedroom window open when they were awakened around 1:30 a.m. by extremely loud howls coming from outside. They heard four howls that echoed through the area with pauses between them. They later concluded the sounds were similar to a previously reported Bigfoot vocalization and possibly made by such a creature.

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1 March 2014 A Few Miles Away, Ashford, Pierce County, Washington Class A #44474

Off roader testing his snow machine observes an “Oversized Gorilla” near Ashford

The witness was driving an off-road vehicle up a snowy forest road in the afternoon when a large hairy biped crossed the road and went up the bank into the forest. The witness stopped and watched it disappear and saw nothing else for the rest of the trip. Later, while parked at the ridge top, the witness heard wood knocks estimated to be about a mile away.

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March 2014 Ocean Shores, Grays Harbor County, Washington Class B #46520

Homeowner has possible encounter while in his yard near Ocean Shores

The witness went outside in the afternoon to retrieve plant pots from the side of the house while a neighboring dog barked. Something unseen in dense brush thrashed vegetation, produced a loud growl, and moved away with heavy pounding steps that shook the ground and broke branches. The witness retreated to a shed and then to the house for a shotgun, and later noted a strong musky odor at the residence.

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2014 Washington #20518cc0-3d41-4cef-a10b-92163c5325ee

Wood knock in Washington (2014)

The guest recalls feeling extremely threatened in daylight down by the creek in 2014. After a bird reacted, knocking sounded all around and grew frantic, producing intense dread. She ran from the tree line into the field and the sounds stopped at once.

Wood knock
January 2014 Shelton, Mason County, Washington Class B #43859

Horse trainer hears frightening vocalizations near Shelton

The witness was tending a burn pile in darkness on a rural property after caring for horses when three loud calls were heard from toward a creek and wooded hillside within about 100 yards. The sounds were described as similar to a howler monkey and crane mix with a low rumble that was felt more than heard, and the source could not be seen. Feeling watched, the witness left for the house, and horses were reported as restless afterward.

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Fall 2014 Packwood, Lewis County, Washington Class B #78558

Man and his son hunting elk have an encounter with a possible sasquatch near Packwood

The witness and a companion were elk hunting off a forest road when they heard a loud sharp snap uphill interpreted as a large limb or small tree being broken. They scanned the hillside but saw no animal and heard nothing further. They were then struck by a nauseating putrid odor and felt an ominous urge to leave, so they left the area.

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November 2013 STANWOOD, Snohomish County, Washington Class B #43757

Rocks and growls spook carpenters working at a home with ongoing activity near Stanwood

The witness was away deer hunting while contractors re-sided the home. The contractors reported having rocks thrown at them over two days, with one rock hitting a worker, followed on two later evenings by loud growls from woods only yards behind them. They dropped their tools and left promptly each night.

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October 2013 Colville, Stevens County, Washington Class B #51816

Hunter hears possible knocks after evening meal near Smackout Creek Road

While camping on a hunting trip with two companions, the witness heard a very loud bang resembling wood striking wood from about 50-60 yards away across a creek. After about five minutes the same loud sound recurred. The group armed themselves with spotlights and guns, stayed up late, and slept ready thereafter, but heard nothing further and found no tracks the next morning.

Wood knock
30 September 2013 Between Ocean Shores And Hoquiam, Grays Harbor County, Washington Class A #42448

Motorist has a close daylight sighting of a Sasquatch chasing a deer near Ocean Shores (Sketches included)

The witness was driving on Highway 109 in early afternoon when a deer ran across the road, prompting slowing for a possible follower. A large bipedal male creature then ran across the road in three strides and stopped on the embankment about 20 feet away, facing the witness. After staring, the creature made a bared-teeth threat display, vocalized loudly, gestured to go away, then turned and disappeared into brush.

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