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July 1965 Myers Flat, Humboldt County, California Class A #6963

Teens have unusual experience near Myers Flat

Five boys were camping overnight in a repaired old logging cabin in the woods. During the night they were awakened by huffing, shuffling and prying sounds as something circled and probed the cabin walls. When the door was opened they saw only dark hairy legs in the darkness, a companion fired a rifle, and the creature screamed and fled with heavy thuds, leaving torn ground and indentations.

Partial sightingScreamUnidentified soundFootstepsProperty disturbance +1
Summer 1964 Estill And Hampton, Hampton County, South Carolina Class B #975

Young boy witnesses man like creature in the swamp while camping, also a mention of a truck driver encountering a similar creature.

The witness's brother was camping with friends late on a Friday night when the group heard noises and reportedly saw a tall hairy man-like figure that frightened them into fleeing and leaving their gear. The witness learned of it secondhand after the brother returned home terrified despite carrying a shotgun. The next day the witness accompanied the brother back to retrieve belongings and found the camp torn up with scattered items and strange toed footprints.

Full-body sightingUnidentified soundTracksProperty disturbance
July 1950 San Bernadino, San Bernardino County, California Class A #2248

Sighting along Lytle Creek

The witness heard whistling and chomping sounds near a creek and looked toward them. A very muscular, hairy, man-like creature was present for about two minutes before walking into the treeline at the creek edge. The witness later returned to the area and found footprints by the creek.

WhistleUnidentified soundFull-body sightingTracks
1700–1799 Montana #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/07/27/sc-ep130-a-trapper-is-killed

Tracks in Montana (1700)

Two trappers set up camp to trap beaver and found their camp demolished and human-like tracks around it. At night they heard rustling, smelled a foul stench, fired a shot and heard something flee. After separating in the morning, one man found his partner dead with a broken neck and bite marks and fled, blaming a wild man.

TracksOdorUnidentified soundMovement onlyProperty disturbance
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #27281

Unidentified sound

Friends of the witness reportedly heard sounds and saw tracks in that area.

Unidentified soundTracks
late afternoon, probably 4:00 to 5:00 Place not stated Related account #80009

Unidentified sound

Earlier that afternoon while sitting on shore, the witness and companion heard sharp cracking sounds followed by a tree falling despite calm conditions.

Unidentified soundTree break
BFRO YEAR: ~1970 Baxter, Piscataquis County, Maine Class B #8259

Hunters find scat and have large rock thrown at them

While hunting near a lake in the fall of 1970, the witness reported a strong musky odor, unusual large and small scat, rhythmic thumping with ground vibration, and a large dead tree falling nearby while alone. The next day the witness returned with a companion, encountered the thumping and shaking again, and a large rock flew over their heads, after which they left the area.

OdorScatUnidentified soundFootstepsTree break +1
a few years ago Place not stated Related account #23856

Tree break

The same witness reports an earlier incident while hiking where something smashed trees and produced loud click-like noises.

Tree breakUnidentified sound
on several occasions Place not stated Related account #10632

Unidentified sound

On several occasions while swimming or fishing in a nearby stream, the witness and family heard loud crashing and brush thrashing across the water and left without seeing the source.

Unidentified soundTree break
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #66051

Unidentified sound

With a different companion the witness visited woods near an abandoned house in another town, hearing noises and whistles and seeing large footprints similar to those near home.

Unidentified soundWhistleTracks
After the episode Place not stated Related account #30634

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.

Unidentified soundTree breakMovement only
BFRO YEAR: Early 70's Harford County, Maryland Class B #1168

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.

Partial sightingUnidentified soundTracks
That very night after we had all retired to our tents Place not stated Related account #912

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.

Unidentified soundTracksProperty disturbance
next day Place not stated Related account #27551

Tracks

The companion and a relative reportedly heard a crashing noise in a field the next day and found and photographed large fresh footprints showing a slide.

TracksUnidentified sound
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #1774

Odor

School friends reported smells, footprints, and noises while hunting in the woods above Richwood without seeing anything.

OdorTracksUnidentified sound
the next weekend Bradshaw, McDowell County, West Virginia Related account #63863

Sasquatch sighting near Bradshaw, West Virginia

The same witness returned the following weekend with five companions to the same path, where the group found two large human-like footprints, heard something ahead on the path, and all six watched a figure move away over the ridge.

Full-body sightingTracksUnidentified sound
The next night Ridgeview, Boone County, West Virginia Related account #15355

Unidentified sound near Ridgeview, West Virginia

On the following night, two coworkers in the same area heard noises in the woods and found an area trampled down by something larger than a deer or bear.

Unidentified soundTracks
the week before Place not stated Related account #4981

Tracks

Companions mentioned rumors of an unusual sound, smell, and possible footprints by a creek the week before.

TracksUnidentified soundOdor
the next day Tipp City, Miami County, Ohio Related account #57659

Unidentified sound near Tipp City, Ohio

The witness group came back the next day to look for the creature, heard a shot, found intertwined trees and rocks, then went back to the truck.

Unidentified soundStructure or nest
Date unknown Hocking Hills, Hocking County, Ohio Related account #58053

Unidentified sound near Hocking Hills, Ohio

A man in the same preserve reportedly heard loud noises in the woods and found a possible footprint on the trail.

Unidentified soundTracks