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Footsteps near Wellsville, New York
The same witness returned to the same trail years later with a different companion, heard movement in the swamp, smelled a powerful odor, experienced sudden silence, and felt followed while leaving.
Wood knock in New York
As a middle-school-aged child the witness went with family members on quads to a quarry to get cell service. They had brought wood to try knocking like they had seen on television. After a final knock they heard an answer from one direction and then another from the opposite direction. Their father ended the activity and they left quickly.
Sasquatch sighting near Sackett's Harbor, New York
The witness and his step-cousin were picking berries when the cousin whimpered and fled. After hearing loud whistles, the witness reached into the thicket, touched hair, and saw a large creature squatted in the bush showing its side, shoulder and leg with knee near eye level. He froze, then dropped his bowl and ran home.
Unidentified sound in New York
The witness reported horses avoiding a pasture behind the house and corral rails repeatedly pulled down in one direction at night. Recently after tossing a stone onto a wall and making a clack, a similar loud clack answered within seconds from a ravine across the street.
Wood knock in New York
While working at the barn during the day over the summer, the witness repeatedly heard loud wood knocks from down by the creek across the street. The knocks echoed through the valley. The witness identified them as Sasquatch knocks and warned a neighbor.
Vocalization in New York
The witness was awakened at night by loud shouting-like sounds from the fields behind the house. The sounds came from two sources exchanging wordless calls back and forth. The witness listened from inside and outside but could not make out words.
Unidentified sound near Putnam County
The witness, young daughter, and small dog walked an unlit road through wetland to the water. After ice-breaking triggered a heavy thud on one side, the return ice-break triggered overlapping whoops with chatter on the other side. The daughter then reported a large black man-like figure crossing the road ahead and staring at them; no tracks were found on frozen ground.
Vocalization in New York
While hunting in upstate New York, the guest and his brother met in a field and heard what sounded like a little girl yelling for help. They called back and searched deeper into the woods several times with no response. They felt uncomfortable and left.
Tracks near Tivoli, New York
While investigating a farm, the team found large tracks along a tractor road, cast a 17-inch track, and found hair on a barbed wire fence. They also heard wood knocks and hoops, and the farmer said cows stampeded through a metal fence to escape the area and will not re-enter it.
Scream near Pine Plains, New York
As a teenager camping alone on the mountain after being grounded, the guest heard a loud close owl then an extremely loud terrifying scream-howl she felt was within feet of her tent. She froze, then ran down the hill to her house. At the time she had never heard of Bigfoot.
Vocalization in New York
The witness and friends walked into dark woods and heard deep snorting or grunting that sounded like a bull but seemed impossible among close trees. As they ran toward their campfire, the unseen animal pursued them, its steps shaking the ground, until they reached the fire and left.
Wood knock near Trout Creek, New York
While living isolated near a reservoir, the witness repeatedly heard packs of coyotes vocalizing late at night followed by loud snapping of healthy trees about 300 yards away, after which coyotes went quiet. He also heard wood knocks almost nightly but never heard howls and never saw an animal.
Paranormal encounter near Whitehall, New York
The writer had recently moved to Whitehall and was lying in bed when he began crying uncontrollably. A door slammed open and heavy footsteps and furniture movement were heard downstairs, then something came up the stairs. He waited with a bat and confronted a huge black outline with glowing red eyes that seemed to enjoy his fear before leaving.
Wood knock in New York
After the son's sighting, the witness heard loud popping like wood knocks around 1:30 in the morning while settling into bed. The witness interpreted it as possible wood knocking. No creature was seen.
Sasquatch sighting in New York
The guest's teenage son took the dog for a walk to a waterfall on the property and heard heavy breathing. A reddish-brown muscular creature darted from a cove, leapt about 12 to 15 feet, looked back with a surprised expression, then ran down the shallow creek without touching stones. The son was shaken and the family later measured about eight feet tall at the site.
Tree break in New York
The witness noticed several green trees snapped or pushed over near the house over about a year. One small tree used for target practice was snapped about six and a half feet up, a larger cherry tree was pushed over, and another small tree blocked a trail. On one night the son heard the dog react and trees cracking as the witness walked home, but nothing was seen.
Growl near Wellsville, New York
On another weekend the witness was leaning back on a four-wheeler with a rifle across his lap near the ravine edge when he heard close rock clacking ahead. Then from about fifty feet behind him in the forest came an extremely loud escalating bark-growl-roar that shook the vehicle and his body. A younger companion walking the ravine edge within fifty yards reportedly did not hear it at all.
Wood knock near Wellsville, New York
On another weekend on opening morning of rifle season, the witness was in a tree stand near the first encounter spot at false dawn feeling emotional about a friend. He heard a very close rapid tree knock like an alarm, close enough that he felt he should see the source, but blurred vision prevented seeing anything.
Footsteps in New York
The guest camped several days alone with his dog, noticing hairy scat, twisted saplings forming a gate, and feeling watched. On the third night the forest went silent, footsteps approached, loud breathing and an ape-like vocalization occurred outside the tent, followed by exchanged fake owl sounds and a spinning yin-yang light with a brief vision inside the tent. In the morning disturbed dog food was attributed to a raccoon.
Vocalization near Whitehall, New York
The guest's son woke the guest to listen to a loud high-pitched long vocalization that agitated a distant dog and then silenced a nearby dog. The next day the two followed the direction of the sound and found a large barefoot-like track and a smaller juvenile-like track in ice on a deer trail.