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23 August 2026 Hodgenville, Larue County, Kentucky Class B #82512

Country boys have frightening nightime encounter 50 miles south of Louisville

The witness and two companions stopped on a rural back road at night and heard a distant knock, then sounds of wood breaking after the witness whistled. After driving on to turn around and stopping again, the witness shone a light into the woods and saw a tall dark hairy figure with eyeshine watching them. The encounter lasted only a few seconds before the group drove away in fear.

Wood knockTree breakPartial sightingEyeshine
April 2021 Kentucky #f7bfe408-1485-4234-ad06-3c2c7e371719

Tracks in Kentucky (2021)

The couple left the trail to look for sheds and reached a slipping area of soft dirt from old logging. They found what looked like two barefoot prints with toe impressions where loggers would not have left prints. The prints led to an old grown logging trail, they heard an unidentified knock-like noise, and they left.

TracksWood knock
5 April 2012 Leitchfield, Grayson County, Kentucky Class B #35456

Possible knocks, vocalizations and footprints found outside a home near Leitchfield

Late at night the witness went outside to feed dogs and heard three loud solid knocks followed by a long loud scream-like cry. About half an hour later after going back outside the same sequence repeated. She later found very large footprints where the sounds seemed to originate and had tracking dogs follow the scent until they stopped and refused to continue.

Wood knockScreamTracks
21 October 2008 Slade, Powell County, Kentucky Class B #24948

Campers experience possible harassment all night in the Red River Gorge

Three people camping overnight near a creek reported prolonged howling in the evening and a close loud scream during the night. Through the night they heard movement around the tents, sticks hitting trees, branches breaking, and had objects disturbed including a tent stake pulled out. They also reported white eyeshine, a pungent odor, a dark figure seen in the treeline after daylight, and footprints and torn branches found in the morning.

HowlScreamWood knockEyeshinePartial sighting +5
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