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back when I was 12 Indiana #d1b60833-a6db-4537-a084-6ddcb1580a06

Tracks in Indiana

The witness was fishing at an older neighbor's pond when he noticed large bare footprints in the mud. The prints were several inches longer than his own size 11 boot. When asked, the blind neighbor chuckled and said they belonged to his friend.

Tracks
a Sunday morning Place not stated #23892198-383b-4e46-9533-253c965d557f

Tracks

On a Sunday morning the older witness opened windows while cooking and later noticed two large fresh hoof-like marks side by side in wet mud outside the window about four feet apart. There were no other tracks, and the impressions looked deep as if made by something heavy.

Tracks
one winter Place not stated #23892198-383b-4e46-9533-253c965d557f

Tracks

At the younger witness's upstairs apartment, fresh triple claw marks were found scratched into laminated outdoor stairs. In the yard by a small tree a single large split-hoof-like print about hand-sized was found with no other tracks around it.

TracksProperty disturbance
Last week Place not stated Related account #4440

Tracks

Last week the witness and his son found a footprint and the witness made a cast kept at home.

Tracks
during deer season, about an hour after sunset Place not stated Related account #4440

Vocalization

During deer season the witness heard grunts and a tree breaking and falling toward him while walking back to the cars after tracking a wounded deer.

VocalizationTree breakObject throwing
Recently Place not stated Related account #24794

Tree break

Recently the witness and a companion found a three-inch-diameter tree near a hunting stand twisted off and down with no nearby damage to explain it.

Tree breakTwist
about five years ago Michigan #49fc4b26-2fa4-4a43-a9ce-3595920ad815

Partial sighting in Michigan

Coming home from third shift near daylight, the witness glimpsed a figure running through the front yard toward the barn. He found footprints that went around the barn, through the backyard, over a hot tub, around the house and over the propane tank, then disappeared with no continuation.

Partial sightingTracks
two nights ago Michigan #49fc4b26-2fa4-4a43-a9ce-3595920ad815

Vocalization in Michigan

Sitting on the deck around 5:30 in the morning, the witness heard a large-lunged wailing sound then branches scraping the barn and a large presence the dog fled from. Later that morning his brother found gigantic footprints by the mailbox and his father tracked 18-inch prints going north to the neighbor's then back south to the barn, suggesting something had watched him.

VocalizationTracksUnidentified sound
almost exactly three years ago, ongoing with visits every three weeks Missouri #03360fd9-5907-496a-802d-e50dc58d2898

Tracks in Missouri

The same truck-driver couple described ongoing activity at a cabin property they bought about three years ago on the outskirts of Mark Twain National Forest. After a few months all regular wildlife stopped visiting, and motion cameras began triggering nightly around 10-11 with nothing visible but low growls and a distant siren-like scream that set dogs barking. They also found footprints with toe ridges, fresh tree breaks, bent and intertwined trees, and a semi-circular stacked-log structure of large broken trees behind the property.

TracksGrowlScreamTree breakStructure or nest
when I was 16 years old Perry, Oklahoma #abc7e28a-f432-4411-8005-75c8b0b2532c

Scream near Perry, Oklahoma

The witness and a friend went dove hunting at dawn at a pond in open pasture. After a shotgun shot a very loud scream came from the woods accompanied by crashing wood sounds that moved toward them. The witness raised the gun, the noise stopped at the treeline, and they watched a large dark bipedal shape move along inside the trees as they walked back.

ScreamTree breakPartial sighting
day before my 13th birthday Perry, Oklahoma #abc7e28a-f432-4411-8005-75c8b0b2532c

Footsteps near Perry, Oklahoma

The witness and a friend were quail hunting on the family property and heard steps following them through dense woods. After crossing a fence they watched a tall hairy biped step over the fence and move between trees to watch them before heading toward a creek. About an hour later the witness returned with older female relatives and saw a different-colored hairy leg and foot watching them from behind trees near the road.

FootstepsFull-body sightingTracks
Date unknown Utah #080edaf7-f5bb-4cf2-b93f-abd0019a8cd0

Tracks in Utah

While documenting activity on the ranch property, the guest's team found a trackway that appeared to change from human footprints to horse hoofprints. The impressions were unusually deep, suggesting great weight throughout. Local Native consultants later associated the sign with skinwalker activity.

Tracks
at least in the same month South Carolina #b249adab-db11-4aee-b2d1-0fe9333640b7

Tracks in South Carolina

After leaving a fishing rod wedged in a tree over baited pond channels overnight, they returned at dawn to find the rod gone. At the base of the tree in murky water they saw a large heel-shaped depression with skin-line detail. They first suspected the grandfather had taken the rod as a prank, but he denied it.

TracksDermal ridgesOdorProperty disturbanceUnidentified sound
we were 13 or 14 at the time South Carolina #b249adab-db11-4aee-b2d1-0fe9333640b7

Vocalization in South Carolina

Two friends squirrel hunting in a fenced former fox-training woods noticed total wildlife silence, then a foul odor, then a loud roar accompanied by a large pine falling in the distance. The ground shook when the tree hit and they fled to the grandfather's farmhouse. The grandfather laughed and used a local term for a wild hairy creature.

VocalizationTree breakOdor
here a few years back Texas #482fbd82-1be1-4cc5-af04-4b1af06d924e

Footsteps in Texas

A few years before the interview the guest walked a forest road at night in deep East Texas to see if an animal would follow him. After hiding by cane and waiting between pines, he fired his thermally sighted rifle at a heat signature following him. The animal screamed loudly, crashed through brush and splashed across a creek, and was tracked for two days with no blood or hair found.

FootstepsSilhouetteScreamTracks
dead of winter Owensboro, Kentucky #4a2bd381-ea8b-47d0-bf1e-5514668f86e1

Tracks near Owensboro, Kentucky

In winter the guest walked through a cleared deer plot in the ravine area. In a muddy thawed patch he found a fresh bare footprint about four to five inches long. He reasoned no child would be barefoot there in winter and took it to suggest a family group.

Tracks
Date unknown Owensboro, Kentucky #4a2bd381-ea8b-47d0-bf1e-5514668f86e1

Wood knock near Owensboro, Kentucky

On later return visits the guest tried wood knocking and got responses. He found partly washed-out 16-18 inch footprints inside the barn and, while hiking, noticed possible nests or bedding areas and tree breaks throughout the woods.

Wood knockTracksStructure or nestTree break
about five years ago Ohio #d23b8fd9-2d77-4838-941e-9152f2f04fae

Footsteps in Ohio

The witness and a companion were deer hunting in the evening from a ground blind and a nearby tree stand in wooded ravines. The woods went silent before heavy footsteps that could be felt, grunting sounds, and two large trees falling without wind occurred. The pair left early without seeing the source.

FootstepsVocalizationTree break
earlier in the year during archery elk season, about a month and a half before late October Oregon #d23b8fd9-2d77-4838-941e-9152f2f04fae

Tracks in Oregon

Earlier in the same season the group was camped overnight in a basin while elk hunting. Something circled the camp at night and frightened guard dogs that normally showed no fear. The next day the men followed large barefoot tracks with very long strides and a damaged toe from behind the camp to a canyon.

TracksFootstepsUnidentified sound
it's like the second week of September at the time Missouri #9bec03bd-cbfa-416a-93b8-8401a62e7c0e

Scream in Missouri

The witness and his dog were hunting near a lake in the afternoon when the dog alerted on a huge thorn thicket. A loud scream-roar came from the brush, and the witness fired multiple shotgun loads into the shaking vegetation. A huge dark figure then ran off on all fours, breaking small trees while screaming in apparent pain, and the witness fled.

ScreamPartial sightingTree break