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Youth has daytime sighting near LaVale
The witness was playing by a creek when they spotted a tall, muscular creature in a nearby thicket. The animal stood upright on two legs and walked toward the creek while favoring one side. Startled, the witness fled and never saw the creature again.
Daylight sighting by a wood cutter on a logging road in the Mts. above Oakley
The witness was cutting firewood and loading blocks into a truck when a very foul odor suddenly appeared. Looking around, the witness saw a brown-furred biped about 100 feet away walking up a slope out of a ravine with its back turned. The creature briefly steadied itself with a hand on a tree and continued uphill without looking at the witness. Frightened, the witness finished loading quickly and left the area.
Motorist observes bipedal animal shaking a pecan tree near Camp LeJeune
While commuting to work in the morning, the witness pulled over to watch what they first thought was a bear sitting under a large pecan tree. After noticing a strong foul odor, they watched the animal stand, walk to the tree on two feet, and shake pecans from it. After the witness honked, the animal froze, turned to look, made a loud screeching noise, and ran quickly into the woods.
Young man has midnight close encounter
The witness had been retrieving items from a storage shed with friends and stayed behind to latch the door, then hurried to catch up. Hearing rustling leaves, he stopped and saw a large dark hairy figure about 15 feet away on the other side of a chain-link fence. He watched for about 30-45 seconds, hearing heavy breathing and an intermittent deep growl, then slowly walked away out of fear.
A van driver and passenger observe a large animal walking
The witness and a companion were driving east on a highway in Montana in the early morning. They saw a large reddish-brown hair-covered biped walking along a fenceline about 100 to 150 yards away. The animal took long strides and did not appear to notice the vehicle. They kept driving and watched it for only a few seconds without stopping.
Youth has daylight sighting near New Pekin
The witness, then 13, went outside to a car at a relative's home to retrieve an item. After closing the car door, the witness saw a very large, dark furry biped crossing an adjacent field toward the woods with a long slouched stride and swinging arms. The figure covered a large distance quickly and entered the woods, after which the witness went inside and spent about half an hour trying to process the sighting.
"Tree stump" jumps up and runs away
The witness was hiking with family on a trail near their campsite at midday. He noticed a stump-like shape in a sunlit area that suddenly stood and ran away bipedally for about 100 yards. His family did not see it. He reported it to a park worker and later returned to find large tracks and disturbed wood.
Memory of a daylight sighting as a passenger on Old Hwy. 94 east of Jefferson City
The witness, riding as a passenger on a daytime leisure drive, spotted a large hairy humanoid on its hands and knees beside a round hay bale about 20 feet off the road. The creature was focused on picking something off the ground and did not react to the car. After passing, the witness alerted the driver, who also glimpsed it in the mirror, but they did not turn around after the witness objected out of fear.
Night time sighting by a youth leader at a bible camp near Grand Junction
The witness was crouched in bushes beside a road near a baseball field while playing a nighttime search game at a mountain camp. A very tall, muscular, hair-covered figure emerged from bushes near third base, paused and crouched as children walked past on the road, then crossed the field in seconds and entered the woods. The witness watched in moonlight from near first base and afterward returned to the cafeteria.
Vocalization, followed by sighting near Carnation/Fall City
Four telephone-line workers heard ape-like high-pitched sounds while working on an isolated road lined with pines and brush. After the witness mimicked the sounds, a large hairy biped crossed the road about 60-70 yards away and paced back and forth, repeatedly stopping in the road to stare at the witness. The witness described upright human-like walking, long arms at the sides, hips wider than shoulders, and an extremely large foot. The animal eventually left into thick bushes leading to heavy fir.
creature seen in the woods.
On May 21, 1999 the witness and a friend were hunting armadillos in woods near St. Cloud, Florida when they saw a large hairy biped. The creature walked slowly with low arms and a hunched back, turned to stare at them for about four seconds, then continued walking until out of sight. The two ran back to their group to report the sighting, which most of the group did not believe.
Daylight sighting of a white creature while walking near Thompsonville
The witness was on an early spring morning walk along a two-track through swampy woods when she heard movement and saw a large white figure moving quickly away about 50 yards away through dense undergrowth. She followed it visually for some distance and noted its rapid movement and swinging arms. The next day she returned to the same area and found very large footprints with only three toes visible and widely spaced, which she interpreted as confirming the figure was not a human.
Evening sighting by two young boys
Two relatives were at a tree house in the evening when one noticed squawking birds, a shaking tree, and a long tail. After regrouping in the tree house, they fled toward a vehicle when a creature reportedly jumped from the tree and ran toward them. They reached the house highly frightened and later refused to return alone.
Series of accounts under investigation by the curators regarding reports of a large creature.
Three relatives riding an ATV in a hollow in the evening stopped to watch a tall fur-covered biped about 200 feet away for about two minutes. The creature faced them, then strode across a field with swinging arms and entered the woods. The group estimated its height at 8 to 9 feet and concluded it was not a bear.
Daylight sighting in woods behind high school outside Houghton Lake
A 15-year-old walking home from school through the woods felt uneasy and then saw a dark upright figure standing on the trail ahead near a swamp. The figure watched from behind a tree, then stepped into the trail and disappeared into the swamp after less than a minute, leaving the witness temporarily unable to move. The witness later examined the spot, found no tracks on hard ground, and estimated the being at nearly nine feet tall based on a branch above its head and a roughly five-foot step.
Mushroom hunter has early morning sighting near Festus
The witness was driving east in the early morning to go mushroom hunting when a large dark hairy animal crossed the road toward a cedar thicket. The animal was estimated at six feet tall, with heavy shoulders and a human-like walk with swinging arms, then hurried and ran into cover. The witness stopped with the engine off to listen, heard nothing, then continued on and avoided stopping at the crossing site on the way home.
Fisherman has afternoon encounter while bowfishing for gar in Sabine River bottom
The witness was bowfishing from a boat when he noticed an upright, hair-covered entity standing on the bank about thirty yards away. When the entity turned toward him it gave a loud high-pitched scream, then walked away into the woods while the witness watched and slapped the water with a paddle. The witness described the walk as stooped with bent knees and swinging arms.
Motorist found six thirteen by eight and a half inch tracks near a small bridge that led to a large gate.
Late in the morning while driving, the witness stopped by the roadside and found a line of large footprints. The six prints spanned about 30 feet and appeared to cross the road, pass over a 4.5-foot gate, and continue toward a treeline and gully. The witness photographed the prints and noted their dimensions.
Man has late night sighting north of Redding
The witness was driving north and pulled off near Edgewood to eat and nap in the parked car. The witness awoke around 1:30AM to a rock hitting the hood, then turned on the headlights and saw a tall chocolate-colored creature watching nearby. After about 20-30 seconds it walked away into brush in a few long strides, and the witness left and later contacted authorities.
Upright hair covered figure seen beside river
The witness parked by a river to fish for steelhead on a rainy winter afternoon and heard two loud whoop-like bellows. While wading downstream the witness saw two tall, hair-covered figures standing motionless across the river and noticed a cocoon-like bundle of grass on a root wad. After fishing back upstream the witness looked back to find the figures and object gone, and a return visit the next day was blocked by flooding.