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Summer 1977 Sparta, Morrow County, Ohio Class A #1625

Children have daytime close encounter near Sparta; UPDATED with Witness Sketch

Three children walking on a wooded footpath noticed a tall female-like figure with a smaller juvenile standing by a tree off to the side. The larger figure stared at them, gave off a dead-animal smell, stepped toward them, growled and bared its teeth after being pointed out. The group fled toward a residence while hearing branches breaking, prolonged howling and screaming, and trees being beaten.

Full-body sightingOdorHowlGrowlScream +3
November 1975 Burns, Harney County, Oregon Class B #669

Two hunters got the terrifying feeling they were being watched and followed

While heading back to their truck at dusk during an elk hunt, the witness and a companion felt watched and heard a loud scream lasting several minutes from behind trees, along with banging and branch breaking. They hid behind boulders with rifles but nothing emerged. They then left for the truck about a half mile away.

ScreamWood knockTree break
October 1975 Mooreland, Henry County, Indiana Class B #28453

Growl near Mooreland, Indiana (1975)

The witness and three companions were coon hunting at night with three hounds along a logging road beside a swamp. The dogs yelped in fear and ran past the group back toward the truck. The group heard a deep growl and loud limb breaking and wood knocking moving toward them from the swamp, then left the woods and found the dogs shaking in their boxes on the truck.

GrowlWood knockTree break
17 January 1972 Between Rio Grande And Centerville., Gallia County, Ohio Class B #63178

A couple is escorted out of the forest after finding a possible nesting area near Rio Grande

The witness and his wife returned in late January to a rock grotto where he had earlier found a possible bedding area. They found the bed intact but an old wagon moved from a ledge with drag marks in the rock. As they hiked out through a ravine, unseen actors on both ridges followed them for about an hour with knocks, whistles and other vocalizations, shaking and snapping saplings and throwing rocks until the pair reached the woods edge. Neither reported seeing anything.

FootstepsWood knockVocalizationWhistleTree break +3
15 July 1971 Fishtail, Stillwater County, Montana Class B #47215

Female fly fisherman's lucid recollection of classic territorial intimidation behavior of Saquatches ; 6mi NE of Mystic Lake

A group hiked to remote mountain lakes and fished. The witness heard branches breaking and a very loud wood-on-wood knock, then smelled a strong foul stench. Pine cones landed sideways next to the witness and large tracks were seen in smashed grass, with a sense of being watched and shadowed until leaving the plateau. No creature was seen.

Wood knockUnidentified soundOdorObject throwingTracks
Later that day Claremont, Sullivan County, New Hampshire Related account #55269

Wood knock near Claremont, New Hampshire

The witness and a friend returned to the site later the same day, made calls that reportedly drew wood-knock responses, and reported finding a footprint, hair, a branch bed, and tree structures.

Wood knockTracksStructure or nest
in the fall and winter of 2008 Place not stated Related account #25631

Wood knock

A family member walking in the woods felt watched, heard loud repeated wood-on-tree strikes, and found a muddy human-like footprint and stripped cedar bark.

Wood knockTracksTree break
over a period of approximately 7 years Kane, McKean County, Pennsylvania Related account #49903

Wood knock near Kane, Pennsylvania

Over about seven years, group members reported hearing knocks, loud branch breaks and large bipedal footsteps, smelling foul odors and feeling watched without seeing a creature.

Wood knockTree breakFootstepsOdorAnimal behaviour
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #63235

Wood knock

An investigator reports previously recording wood knocks and finding juvenile track impressions in the same general research area.

Wood knockTracks
all his life Place not stated Related account #79620

Wood knock

A man the witness met later said he has experienced knocks, vocalizations, and tree structures around the Troutdale area throughout his life.

Wood knockVocalizationStructure or nest
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #24988

Wood knock

The witness reported repeated knocks, screams and other signs at a personal research site.

Wood knockScreamFootstepsTracksStructure or nest
Memorial Day Weekend 2014 Place not stated Related account #46635

Wood knock

Later on Memorial Day Weekend 2014 after hearing knocks and movement, the witnesses found a large track crossing the road and watched a Sasquatch hiding nearby stand and retreat.

Wood knockTracksPartial sightingMovement only
Over the years Place not stated Related account #67875

Wood knock

Over years of nearly daily hikes the couple heard wood knocking on multiple occasions and found small trees twisted or broken in ways they felt a person could not cause.

Wood knockTree breakTwist
for the last 25 years Dennison, Harrison County, Ohio Related account #9022

Sasquatch sighting near Dennison, Ohio

The witness reports sporadic sightings, tracks, screams, wood knocks, and tree damage on the same property over 25 years.

Partial sightingTracksScreamWood knockTree break
during his next camping trip Place not stated Related account #34312

Wood knock

On a later camping trip on family-owned land, the group heard knocks answered from the distance, whoops and grunts, violent shaking of bushes, and found branches stacked like a small shelter.

Wood knockWhoopVocalizationStructure or nestProperty disturbance
mid-afternoon Place not stated Related account #42351

Wood knock

While returning to a car in deep snow the witness heard branch snapping and exchanged a whistle for loud knocks, reporting feeling unable to move before leaving.

Wood knockWhistleTree breakAnimal behaviour
the third week in September Place not stated Related account #36355

Wood knock

The same witness later reported hearing nighttime knocking, whoops, whistles, falling trees and mumbling-like sounds from the yard and swamp behind the home.

Wood knockWhoopWhistleVocalizationTree break
Many times Place not stated Related account #48695

Wood knock

An investigator notes the witness and companions have repeatedly experienced loud knocks, charging, paralleling, and track and hair finds.

Wood knockTracksHairAnimal behaviour
for years Place not stated Related account #48695

Tracks

The witness states that over years, the witness and two companions have encountered unexplained tracks, hair, howls, screams, whistles, tree impacts, and whoops.

TracksHairHowlScreamWhistle +2
every year around April and will continue through the year until just after the firearm deer season ends on November 30th Bark River, Delta County, Michigan Related account #42967

Wood knock near Bark River, Michigan

The witness and family report recurring knocks, tree falls, howls and chatter on the land over about ten years, typically from April through late November.

Wood knockHowlChatterTree break