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Unidentified sound
Same night after fleeing, the witness and companion heard prolonged movement, branch breaks, and tree and bush shaking in a different forested area without seeing eyeshine.
Structure or nest near Port Deposit, Maryland
The witness brought his aunt to the structure site to get her opinion, where they noted animal remains and scat.
Man sees ape-like animal in back yard
The owner heard noises by his fenced trash area late at night and went to look with a rifle. He saw an ape-like animal outside the fence, fired into the air, and watched it stand up with its shoulders and head above the 6-foot fence before fleeing through bushes toward the woods. Footprints were left only in soft dirt by the bushes and one was preserved as a plaster cast.
Annapolis resident sees 9-10ft shadowy figure in driveway at 1:30am
The witness's brother spent the night alone in a camper parked in the driveway. Around 1:30 a.m. he watched a shadow move across the curtained window and translucent roof, apparently cast by a neighbor's porch light, as something slowly circled the camper while lightly tapping its sides. The next morning the family found fingerprint smudges, a large handprint, and large toeprints in spilled sand.
Odor
The witness had previously seen piles of rocks and smelled a similar but weaker body odor.
Structure or nest near Fries, Virginia
The witness recalls having seen tee-pee-like structures in the same woods on prior trips.
Tracks near Blackstone, Virginia
Over about two years the witness experienced nighttime wall pounding and rock throwing and tracked large bipedal steps.
Hair
The witness saw long gray hair caught on a barbed-wire fence near the woods.
Scat near Roxboro, North Carolina
The witness found strange human-like feces with leaves and grass at the woods edge.
Tracks near Ellerbe, North Carolina
After the season the witness returned to the same area with two younger companions and they saw many tracks and limbs broken high up.
Tracks near Nantahala Outdoor Center, North Carolina
The witness observed and photographed a fresh bear track in the same canyon the next day while descending.
Long trail of 13" long human-like footprints found in deep snow and rough terrain
The witness was backpacking alone on a steep, snow-covered trail when they found large bare human-like footprints heading the same direction for about a mile and a half. The witness initially dismissed them as a possible hoax and chose not to photograph them. Overnight rain melted the snow, and the footprints were gone by the descent the next day.
Tracks
The witness found mulch piles ripped apart, food items missing or bitten, garden vegetables stomped, and two sets of footprints of very different size and stride.
Wood knock
The witness reported repeated knocks, screams and other signs at a personal research site.
Howl
The witness reports hearing limbs and trees being broken and strange howls in the same lake location.
Tree break
A relative found a tall sapling behind the house with one trunk bent over and the other snapped off about three feet from the ground.
very loud vocalizationSounds heard by four witnesses near a farmers field used for crops.
The witness was spending the weekend at a friend's house when the group heard loud high- and low-pitched screaming on a summer Saturday night. Three of them walked toward a field near a river with a flashlight and saw red eyes in the brush while hearing limbs breaking, then ran back to the house. Screaming reportedly continued for hours, and the next midday they found a snapped vine, bark torn high on a tree, disturbed ground, and a partial large heel print.
Unidentified sound
Later that night the camp group was awakened by a heavy rushing noise between the tents ending in a stream splash, and in the morning found an overturned picnic table and additional large footprints.
Tracks near Ransom, Kentucky
As a child the witness and family found many large humanlike tracks in snow leading from the steep hillside to the house.
Rock throwing
The same witness reports repeated rock-throwing incidents and finding tree breaks while camping or fishing in the surrounding hills over the years.