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1980 to 1999 Ottawa, La Salle County, Illinois Related account #36667

Footsteps near Ottawa, Illinois

Over many years the household heard loud walking and branch breaking at night, noticed quiet beforehand and foul smell, and found footprints and damaged rabbit cages.

FootstepsTracksOdorProperty disturbanceTree break
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #9174

Tree break

Breaking-limb sounds and walking-through-water sounds have been heard from the swamp area.

Tree breakFootsteps
The next night Mulberry, Polk County, Florida Related account #12732

Footsteps near Mulberry, Florida

The witness and her spouse heard something large running and knocking down trees approaching them and went inside.

FootstepsTree break
In 1988 or '89 Pasco County, Florida Related account #737

Footsteps near Pasco County

In the late 1980s the same group heard something walking through tall grass toward an abandoned house, heard something hit the house, fled, and the next day found a path through the grass and a damaged wall under a window.

FootstepsObject throwingTracksProperty disturbance
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #31933

Footsteps

On the prior day the witness heard movement pacing him in dense brush and an unfamiliar screech/growl after noticing high tree scrapings.

FootstepsGrowlScreamTree break
Date unknown ALVA, Lee County, Florida Related account #38165

Sasquatch sighting near ALVA, Florida

A companion saw a figure peering through a bedroom window, then the witness heard heavy footfalls as it jumped a fence and crashed through swamp screaming.

Partial sightingFootstepsHowlScreamTree break
in September of 2008 Place not stated Related account #25043

Footsteps

While camping nearby in September 2008 the witness heard something flee, sensed a presence overnight, heard wood breaking, and later found small pines snapped at about four feet in a trail-like pattern.

FootstepsTree break
about two weeks later, around 1400hrs Place not stated Related account #18707

Tracks

The same witness with two companions fishing up the creek felt watched, heard heavy movement, smelled a strong odor, found very fresh large footprints crossing a sandbar, and left quickly without seeing anything.

TracksOdorFootsteps
3 different nights in the weeks prior Adel, Cook County, Georgia Related account #58046

Footsteps near Adel, Georgia

On three prior nights in preceding weeks the witness heard walking and limbs breaking approach the wood line then go quiet as if watching.

FootstepsTree break
Early February Colfax, Grant Parish, Louisiana Related account #56576

Tracks near Colfax, Louisiana

In early February the witness mowed a path across the street, found a fresh large footprint, photographed the area, then heard human-like sloshing in the swamp and left.

TracksFootsteps
A few months later Place not stated Related account #13718

Footsteps

The same witness later heard repeated footsteps following them while hunting, then heard a branch snap and a tree shake before firing a shot and hearing the presence move away along a ridge.

FootstepsUnidentified soundTree break
Date unknown Place not stated #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/08/21/sc-ep246-law-enforcement-night

Footsteps

During a group expedition the witness heard two heavy wide-stride bipedal footfalls the first night and found two large heel-only impressions the next morning. The next night there was a massive tree knock with a reply about a hundred yards away. On a night hike the witness was hit with overwhelming fear and had to use breathing to avoid running.

FootstepsTracksWood knock
Date unknown Missouri #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/Be6UISlnLqXrqPqtuXoGsqeHv3MDvtCb947ODto7Km8

Rock throwing in Missouri

A small research team camped for five days on the Missouri property to document ongoing rock-throwing activity. At night rocks repeatedly struck the tent, table, chairs and vehicle from a ridge above. The team marked piles of rocks with marker and later found marked rocks thrown into camp, along with foot tracks and a handprint.

Rock throwingTracksHandprintFootsteps
summertime Oregon #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/04/14/sc-ep422-this-haunts-me-to-this-day

Footsteps in Oregon

The witness and a tent-mate camped far from roads to be ready for an early volunteer shift. The tent-mate stayed awake most of the night hearing something walking around the woods that seemed to approach the tent, but headlamp checks showed nothing. In the morning both saw a nearby tree, about 50 to 75 feet from the tent, that had been pushed over during the night.

FootstepsTree break
near the end of summer Poland, Maine #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/04/08/sc-ep421-chased-out-of-the-woods

Tracks near Poland, Maine

After finding a huge footprint in snow, the witness and his friend returned armed the next day and followed branch markers placed high in trees. In a shallow ravine they heard gibberish chattering, then silence, then three trees fell and screams came from three directions while the ground shook. They fled down to a logging trail where a huge red creature screamed at the witness from about ten feet away before the pursuit stopped near an old train road and river.

TracksChatterVocalizationScreamTree break +2
Friday night between 945 and close to 10 o'clock Place not stated #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/07/09/sc-ep341-encounters-with-the-old-man-of-the-forest

Vocalization

On a weekend camping trip, the guest and his friend heard a fawn-like distress sound that seemed to approach. The friend ran toward it with a light while the guest followed behind. The friend saw a tall grayish-silver upright figure move between trees and dart away. Next morning they found a snapped trip line, a missing bell, and a large human-like track looking toward them.

VocalizationPartial sightingTracksFootsteps
sometime in July Place not stated #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/t_SHDdiTSkQYgoCFJHhxGx8e8ax-1VtE0jy0X-8O43o

Sasquatch sighting

A young child reported a furry smelly cowman at the field edge, followed by an older sibling being followed by heavy footsteps and a father finding long coarse hair on a loosened fence wire. That evening the father and son were chased from the woods, night howls with whoops continued, and a large shape spoke and made faces at the bedroom window. The mother shot at an arm reaching for the child, the family fled, and returning days later found the house interior violently torn apart.

Full-body sightingEyeshineVocalizationWhoopChatter +6
a few weeks ago Place not stated #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/02/24/sc-ep18-sasquatch-stories-with-jim-grant-aka-bear

Sasquatch sighting

The witness and a companion hid in a camouflaged blind at night using night vision and listening gear. After hearing loud footsteps, heavy breathing and branches snapping close by, the witness saw a tall shaggy creature about twenty feet away scraping at the ground for a couple minutes before standing, looking around and leaving down the valley.

Full-body sightingFootstepsVocalizationTree break
in the fall Ontario #13fdce52-693e-4f85-855a-f19d31393ff4

Wood knock in Ontario

The witness describes a fall investigation in a remote forest north of the city. A prior night vigil yielded stomps, calls, knocks and sounds of something circling camp. Follow-up reconnaissance found sharpened sticks staked across a game trail, tracks along a nearby river, and a very tall teepee structure the next day.

Wood knockVocalizationFootstepsTracksStructure or nest +1
late June Lake Quinault, Washington #9732f6a8-f196-4012-acee-a47c459dbef4

Whistle near Lake Quinault, Washington

A week after moving into the second house, the guest, his wife, and his visiting parents were awakened around 2 a.m. by a sharp whistle and bipedal footsteps outside and aggressive banging on the bedroom window unit. In the morning they found spaced impressions leading from the tree line to both bedrooms and around the house, a river stone atop the high window unit, and a large forearm-shaped hair impression above garbage.

WhistleFootstepsTracksDoor or window contact