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Heavy footsteps and screams heard near Bear Canyon Lake
The witness was camping overnight in a tent with two companions. Around 4 a.m. the witness woke to loud heavy footsteps moving away from camp and found the tent door half open with a damaged zipper. The witness searched with a spotlight, saw no one, and noted the steps stopped while a foul odor like dirty feet and urine lingered. Earlier that night the group had heard loud screaming and growling amid barking dogs.
Youngster Surprised by Tall Creature near Linside
The witness walked up the driveway after collecting the morning newspaper and paused to put hair up. On looking up, the witness saw a large tan-brown creature with short clumped fur and a hump on its back. The creature ran into the woods, the witness ran back inside, and tree banging was then heard.
Brief sighting by youth with flashlight outside Middleburg
The witness was camping with two friends and walked alone to sit by a creek circling the camp. Across the creek he heard movement, then turned on a flashlight and saw a large hairy creature that fled into brush, shaking trees. After retreating about 30 yards it emitted a loud growling snarl, and the witness ran back to camp in panic.
Campers hear multiple, pre-dawn vocalizations in Humboldt Redwoods State Park
The witness and family were camping on a hillside above a campground when they heard loud, prolonged human-like screams from the creek beds nearly every morning for eight days. The cries lasted about thirty seconds and repeated several times around 4:30 a.m., seeming to move toward and away from camp. On three mornings the witness tried to approach the source with a flashlight, but the sounds moved uphill toward the ridge without any brush noise heard.
Knocks and whooping sounds heard north of Clint's Well
The witness was tent-camping with companions near Clint's Well when wood-on-tree knocks woke him around 3 a.m. He then heard about three whoop-like sounds over roughly ten minutes before it went quiet. A companion in a nearby tent reported hearing the same noises, and a next-day search found no sign after rain.
Boy describes hearing loud roaring screams near homestead
The witness claims that while living at a wooded residence for about a decade, an unidentified thing came almost every night in spring and summer, looked into windows set 6 to 8 feet off the ground, and produced extremely deep loud roars. The witness says the sounds were unlike any other animal heard in those woods.
Late night vocalization heard by fishermen north of Flemington
The witness and a companion were night fishing at a reservoir when they heard an unfamiliar loud vocalization. The witness described himself as an experienced outdoorsman and said the sound resembled Bigfoot sounds heard online and was not a known animal. The howl was heard from a distance twice, about 15 to 20 minutes apart.
Possible evening vocalizations heard near Snowbowl
The witness and a relative were doing sunset photography from a parking lot above forested hills. They heard an extremely loud single scream or roar coming from the forest several hundred yards below, on two occasions that evening, which others in the lot also noticed. The sound was described as starting low and building, with power and a chorus-like quality that seemed beyond a single human, and did not match any known animal to them.
Daytime encounter by two people near Rock Creek Road
The witness and a younger relative parked and hiked toward a beaver dam meadow. The relative heard knocking sounds and then saw a tall hunched hair-covered figure with striking yellow eyes watching from the treeline, while the witness smelled a strong odor and the dog barked and kept looking back. The group walked back to the truck without running while hearing twigs snapping behind them, and later wondered if they had disturbed the animal while feeding.
Possible vocalizations heard from the Swift Creek Campground on the south slope of the Uintas
The witness and family members were settling to sleep in their trailer at a campground late at night when they heard a distant but distinct whooping-howl sound lasting about 30 seconds. The witness stated that family members also heard it and that it matched a sound previously heard on a website. The family dog did not bark or become upset.
Group of climbers hear possible vocalizations near Cougar
The witness and four companions camped on a logging spur to climb Mount St Helens. Around 2-3 a.m., the witness and one companion awoke to very loud, distant, deep howling that lasted about 15 minutes. They had not heard the sound before and ruled out cougar and elk, tentatively considering a bear but finding it too loud for a bear at that distance. No visual contact or physical evidence was reported, and the sound was heard on only one of three nights at the site.
Possible vocalizations heard by campers near Eagle Lake
A couple camping with their children woke around 3 a.m. to repeated loud, deep yells lasting several seconds each. About 10-15 minutes later they heard an extremely loud bang from a nearby hill that sounded like wood striking a large tree. Other campers nearby reacted with alarm and left early the next morning, while the host suggested sirens.
Husband and wife hear loud scream from inside their home in the town of Rocky Mount
Late at night in July 2007 the witness was watching television at home while his spouse slept in another room with a window open. Both were startled by an extremely loud scream coming from outside that corner of the house. The witness went outside to investigate but found nothing. Years later the couple heard purported recordings on television that they felt matched the sound exactly.
Possible whoops and knocks heard by relic hunter in the Ace Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve
The witness was searching for relics with metal detectors in a swampy coastal area when separated from two companions. He reports hearing two loud deep ape-like whoops followed by stick-against-tree impacts about 100 yards away and then again farther toward the river. He also notes smelling a foul stench shortly before the sounds while acknowledging it might have had another source.
Campers hear large visitor, find tracks the next morning
The witness and his father were camped with children when they heard a large presence near camp at night. The two men took guns to investigate and saw a large man-like silhouette in brush about 100 feet away, which moved quickly away through thick brush. The next morning they found large footprints, high claw marks on trees, and a stump torn apart with debris scattered, then stayed another night without further incident.
Dusk sighting by hikers in Flat Island Preserve
The witness and a companion were walking a nature trail at night when they heard repeated wood-on-wood knocking. They approached the sound and saw a tall muscular figure that looked at them briefly before running away. Both witnesses were later interviewed separately and estimated the figure at 7 to 8 feet tall.
Mother and son have encounter in campground
The witness and a relative were bedded down in separate tents for the night with dogs present. Late at night the witness heard heavy footsteps with a large stride pass very close to the tent but saw nothing when looking out, while the relative reportedly saw the figure from the other tent. The dogs did not bark, which the witness found unusual. Four footprints were found the next morning.
Campers hear possible whoop-howls near Yosemite (Sawmill campground)
The witness and two relatives were camping at the Sawmill Walk-in Campground east of Yosemite and talking around the camp table after sunset. From the forested canyon to the west they heard a series of about ten loud whoop-howl calls with pauses between them. Normal background wildlife noise stopped during the calls and resumed shortly after, with no answers or repeats and no visual contact.
Afternoon sighting by hiker at Seneca Rocks
The witness was descending from Seneca Rocks on a shortcut and became lost in rough rocky terrain. They heard heavy footsteps and branches cracking, then saw the back of a tall orange-brown haired creature moving uphill about 30 yards away. The creature continued uphill quickly over rocks and disappeared, and the witness returned to the trail to tell family.
Young men hear footsteps and have rocks thrown at them
Two companions camping in the woods heard large, heavy footsteps moving around their camp around 11:00. They threw rocks to scare it off, but it did not flee, and the companion's dog barked then whimpered. As they packed up with truck headlights on, they heard the movement recede then return closer with heavier footfalls, and small rocks were thrown toward them.