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Loud vocalizations heard above Riffe Lake
The witness and a companion were cutting cedar blocks by a creek when they heard a loud, long drawn-out scream resembling a man yelling for help coming from below them. The sound was loud enough to be heard over a running powersaw and was heard three times over several minutes before stopping. No creature was seen and no roads were noted below the sound's location.
Man recalls being spooked by loud vocalization near McKinney Bridge Road
The witness and two companions stopped late at night at a dead end by a wooded creek. After all feeling watched and making monkey-like noises, they heard a close, very loud growl followed by a high-to-low scream-roar they felt in their chests. They scrambled to get into the truck and drove away quickly without seeing the source.
Possible sighting by a security guard at strip mine outside Holden
The witness was working an overnight security shift at a strip mine when he heard movement in brush behind the trailer. Shining a flashlight, he saw a large bipedal animal squatting behind a thicket that covered its face with huge hands before running away. About half an hour later he heard a chilling scream from inside the locked trailer, and he left the mountain for good that night.
Group of hunters have unusual experience near Dorrington
Twelve hunters were sleeping in a meadow camp after a day of bow hunting. Around 2 a.m. something heavy ran through the camp emitting a high-pitched female-like scream. The runner shook a truck as it passed and knocked over a full ice chest but was not seen in the dark. No unusual prints were found the next morning.
Boaters on the Deschutes hear loud scream from bank
Two people were fishing from a slowly drifting boat on a sunny morning. A very loud, long yell that rose and fell in pitch came from the direction of a dirt bank about 100 yards away. The pair went to the apparent source area to look around but found nothing and saw no animal.
Man recalls hearing strange howls while camping in High Point State Park
The witness was camping with two young siblings near a lake when they heard a loud prolonged howl from a hillside at dusk. The same sound was heard again closer after dark and a third time very loudly in the middle of the night, waking them. The witness did not see the source and years later associated the sound with alleged Bigfoot howls heard on television.
Possible sighting in woods separating farms west of Tarrytown
The witness returned with a dog to an abandoned campsite to collect leftover camping items. While crossing a field, the witness saw a reddish-brown figure with long arms and an oval head standing motionless in the treeline about 300-400 feet away. The witness then ran away.
Backpackers report screams and camp stalking near Dutchman's Flats outside Idyllwild
The witness and a companion were camping in a tent when they were awakened in the very early morning by prolonged loud screams, followed by heavy footsteps, sniffing and heavy breathing just outside the tent. They remained inside until sunrise. In the morning they found scattered pine needles and dirt but no blood or fur, and large deep human-like footprints leading away into a wooded ravine, which the witness followed briefly before packing up and leaving.
Tracks found in snow & other stories from vicinity of Bear Mountain State Park
The witness found footprints in overnight snow in the morning at home. The tracks started at a tree in front of the house, led around the back to another tree near the chicken coop, circled there about four times, then stopped with no trail leaving the circle or returning to the front. The witness covered one print with a garbage can lid to preserve it for a photo but never got a photo.
Possible track find in snow, near the town of Sand Lake
The witness and a companion were cross-country skiing on a logging road in January when they found large, fresh, barefoot-like tracks crossing the trail. The tracks had not been there about ten minutes earlier, were estimated at 1.5 to 2 feet long, and only two prints spanned the 6- to 7-foot-wide trail. They found no vehicle tracks or other human footprints to explain them and left the area quickly.
Possible bluff charge toward a hunter in a blind near Copemish
The witness was deer hunting alone from a ground blind in a remote swamp after dark. While packing up noisily, the witness heard a heavy animal running through the woods, passing about 20 yards away. The footfalls sounded rhythmic like a person running, unlike a deer. The witness never saw anything because of darkness and dense woods.
Young man hears nighttime vocalizations and is followed in woods near Mounds
On a summer night in 1990 the witness walked up a field road near his home when he heard a loud whistle followed by screams from nearby ridges. As he fled back toward his house he heard another scream close by and was followed to the creek behind his house, where he heard heavy breathing, growling and bipedal footsteps. He fired a large amount of ammunition toward the sounds without seeing the source, then stayed inside overnight, and the next day found bullet damage to trees and a flattened depression but no blood or tracks.
Tracks found on a creek bed near Chandlerville
The witness and a relative were taking a break from farm work to shoot targets on ice by a creek behind the farm. The witness noticed a large five-toed footprint in the ice, described as twice the size of a normal human foot, with a heel print on the opposite bank and no additional prints. The witness, who described experience with animal tracks from trapping and hunting, thought the prints could have been made by a big foot.
Possible encounters near the Upper Chattahoochee River Recreation Area
Late at night in 1990, the witness and five companions were walking to their camp in the mountains when they saw a distant moonlit silhouette on a nearby ridge. The figure stood, jumped a great distance, then strode over the far side of the ridge without audible sound, frightening the group. The witness later estimated from memory that the animal was at least eight feet tall.
Series of encounters with bigfoot in close proximity to Sulphur River
Around 1990 the witness was called to a friend's rural property after livestock losses and a hog attack. At the hog pen the witness and others found large human-like footprints in the dirt. Plaster casts and photographs were made of one print, with the cast later displayed and retained. Additional prints were later found leading toward a nearby cabin.
Loud Howling Sounds Heard
In the summer of 1990, the witness and a companion were camping and preparing dinner just before nightfall when they heard a loud distant howl. Both reacted to the sound, which the witness estimated as about a mile away and coming from something large. The witness said the sound closely matched a howl recording on the website.
Loud low moan then rose quickly to a high pitched scream heard
The witness and a cousin were resting against a tree while hunting when they heard a loud moan rising to a prolonged scream from several hundred yards away. A few minutes later they heard a much louder similar scream that sounded immediately behind the tree. They did not see anything, heard something move away through brush, then left for the logging road where other hunters had heard nothing.
Young girl sees road-crossing figure during car repair stop
When the witness was in elementary school, the witness stopped with parents and companions on a back forest road in Washington while they looked at a truck with trouble. The witness saw a very tall dark silhouette with thick long limbs cross the road in front over a small bridge, moving quickly. No one else in the party noticed it, and the witness recalls no sound or odor.
Family discovers fresh footprints in the snow while cutting down a Christmas tree
The witness family went into the woods in deep fresh snow to cut a Christmas tree. They found large footprints that crossed a pond and continued into a hemlock grove, with prints 12 to 14 inches long and a stride estimated at six feet. Something appeared to have stepped over a small leaf-covered tree without knocking leaves off, and the family dog barked intensely, leading the witness to feel they had just missed whatever made the tracks.
Recollection of a possible nighttime encounter on a four-wheeler near Sullivan
The witness and two companions snuck out on a 4-wheeler into woods behind a house on a snowy night. They noticed a dead-like odor and heard monkey-like chattering, then saw a tall hair-covered biped walk toward them while growling. The group fled on the vehicle and on foot as the animal followed to within arm's reach without touching them, apparently driving them from the area.