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16 May 2026 Florida MA, Berkshire County, Massachusetts Class B #81161

Possible bigfoot vocals and knocks 14 miles SE of the NY-MA-VT state boundary intersection

A couple stopped their car on an isolated forest road and made whoop sounds. They heard wood knocks and strange whoop-like vocalizations answered from both downhill and uphill sides of the road. The exchange lasted about five minutes until a distant dog barked and the couple left.

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30 April 2016 Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts Class B #51847

Hikers have possible daytime encounter on state's highest peak, Mount Greylock

The witness and his wife were hiking down from a summit in the morning when they heard non-rhythmic clapping-like sounds about 100 feet away in thicker woods, with walking and branch-breaking noises between the sounds. They stopped to listen for about a minute, then advanced toward the area but found no sound or movement. Further down the trail the witness tried reproducing the sound with tree knocks, rocks, and hand claps, finding cupped hand claps matched most closely.

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Winter 2016 Mt Washington State Forest Mass, Berkshire County, Massachusetts Class B #51359

Man records possible wood knocks in Southern Berkshires

The witness and a companion were on an overnight camping trip in a state forest. Around 2 AM the witness was half-awake in cold conditions when a loud distant noise was heard. The witness noted the time to locate the sound on an all-night audio recorder and later felt the recording sounded like a very loud distant wood knock from a large source.

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13 September 2015 Washington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts Class B #49877

Hikers have large rock thrown their way on October Mountain

Three people hiking in daylight near a pond had a large rock thrown toward them, with the rock striking a tree. They searched the apparent origin area and found a fresh large bass displayed on a boulder, aligned toward the path, with no other people around. An investigator later documented the rock size and photographed the pond and fish.

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11 September 2015 Great Barrington Mass, Berkshire County, Massachusetts Class B #56293

Another possible encounter along Appalachian Trail

The witness was solo camping at a shelter while section-hiking the Appalachian Trail. After spending the evening with a fire and making whoop calls and a wood knock with no reply, the witness went to sleep in the shelter loft. Around 2:30 a.m. the witness was awakened by a loud wood knock immediately followed by a thud interpreted as a tree being pushed over, then silence.

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20 October 2014 Washington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts Class B #46973

Hikers hear possible knocks and howls in The Berkshires

Two people hiking near a lake in a remote state forest heard loud wood knocks and a long low-pitched howl from a ridge to the east. The sounds occurred around sundown while owls were also calling. The reporter felt the howl did not come from a coyote and noted no human habitation nearby.

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30 January 2012 Becket, Berkshire County, Massachusetts Class B #32670

Homeowner sees red eyeshine and hears wood knocks in woods near Becket

The witness was on the back porch at night when a noise was heard moving in the wooded hillside. The witness shone a flashlight into the woods and saw reddish eyeshine staring back for about 20 seconds, during which it blinked. The animal then turned and walked away uphill deeper into the woods, and the witness later measured a reference tree to estimate the eye height at about 7 feet.

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