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Two people observe a large bipedal creature moving towards a creek. Footprints and unusual hair were discovered later in the month
After hearing screams the previous evening, the witness and a companion walked into a heavily wooded area along a power line toward a creek. They felt they were being followed and then saw a large bipedal figure moving toward the creek. Frightened, they headed back toward the road and noticed a large footprint in fresh mud along the way.
Witness recalls a possible daytime sighting while 4-wheeling as a youth west of Nashville
The witness was riding an ATV on a logging road with his stepbrother riding behind him when a tall hair-covered biped dashed across the road directly in front of them. The figure cleared the logging road in about two steps and disappeared into thick brush on the other side. The witness sped away in fear and the passenger did not see the figure. The witness later returned to the spot but found no tracks or odor, only a seldom-used path through the brush.
Boy scouts have possible encounter near Possum Kingdom Lake
In early July 1988 the witness was alone at a summer camp when rustling and screams were heard from a rocky ledge above and a white upright figure was glimpsed moving behind trees. Two companions ran down the hill saying they had encountered a large white humanoid ape-like creature with long arms on a trail that screamed and fled after eye contact. The companions were shaken for hours but later denied the incident, and the witness remains uncertain whether it was a costumed person or a real creature.
Recollection of seeing a hair covered creature squatting next to a road near Waterloo
The witness and a companion were driving past a grassy roadside area in the early evening when they noticed a dark-haired creature squatted in the grass beside the road with its back to them. The creature kept its head down and appeared to search through the grass with its hands, showing no concern for the passing car. The witnesses turned the car around for another look, but the creature had left, and they did not get out to investigate.
A man driving stops to watch a hair covered creature walk across a cornfield
On Thanksgiving morning the witness was driving back from rabbit hunting and scanning open cornfields for deer when they stopped to watch a large dark hair-covered form walking upright across corn stubble toward the woodline about 1/8 to 1/4 mile away. The witness then left the area. The sighting occurred less than a mile from a lake bank where the witness and three companions had heard an unidentified scream and crashing sounds the previous year, which the witness now links to the same kind of animal.
Motorist has nightime sighting near Harmony
The witness was driving home from work at night when headlights revealed an upright figure standing in the road ahead. The figure briefly turned its head toward the car, then ran across the road on two legs with long hopping strides and disappeared into the woods. The witness, who hunts locally, said it was not a bear or other familiar animal.
Man hits 7 foot tall, reddish-brown creature with his car, then is pursued by the creature
The witness was driving toward the beach at dusk when a large hairy creature stood in the road. The car glanced the creature, then the witness stopped and the creature got up, approached, and chased the car, striking the rear. The witness drove away and later found a dented quarter panel with hair, a shattered spoiler, and a lingering foul smell on the car.
Youth has nighttime sighting along Rock River
The witness was home alone in the evening when the dogs became agitated and ran toward the pasture and river. The witness followed carrying a shotgun and observed a hairy humanlike figure near where the dogs stopped at the river edge. After a shot was fired into the air the figure departed with a distinctive walk and the witness returned quickly to the house. Large footprints were noted in the snow between the pasture and the river.
Teenagers have nighttime sighting of animal near Milltown
In fall 1986 the witness was driving a pickup with two companions on a rural dirt road at night with the headlights off. He saw a figure emerge and walk across the road ahead toward a pasture for about five seconds before he looked down for the lights. The female companion also saw it and became distressed, while the male companion did not see it, and the group turned back without continuing to the lake.
Man had deer stolen by creature near Lakehead
A homeowner had shot a deer and hung it in a tree behind the house. That night while going to let dogs out, he heard an unfamiliar scream and saw a large ape-like creature in the yard. The creature seized the deer and fled into the forest, tearing out a stretch of barbed-wire fence and leaving hair and tracks. A friend visiting the next day was shown where it stood and ran, including the tracks and hair.
Memory told of a possible sighting at night in a pasture east of Jacksonville
On a winter night in 1986-87 the witness was alone on his turn riding a three-wheeler through a snowy pasture near a wooded creek in Morgan County while a companion waited elsewhere. From about 30 yards away he watched a roughly 7-foot tall, dark-haired, roughly 400-lb figure walk across a narrow strip of pasture between two stands of woods. The figure looked toward him and then kept walking as if unconcerned.
Fisherman recalls his possible nighttime sighting near Vermilionville
A fisherman was driving out on a dirt road by a river after dark with headlights on while his dog ran ahead. The headlights revealed an upright animal standing in the road ahead, which then dropped to all fours and ran out of sight. The dog ran back to the truck and jumped in through an opened door, and the witness drove away without getting out.
Recollection of spotting a tall figure cross a trail at dusk near Norris Lake
At dusk the witness and her young son were leading family members back along a wooded trail after fishing when a tall dark hairy figure crossed the trail just ahead of them and vanished into dense vegetation. The witness described it as very tall and bulky with long hair and long arms swinging as it moved quickly in a slumped posture. Her son also glimpsed the figure, but relatives behind a bend saw nothing, and the group heard no further sounds and did not search for tracks.
Dusk and evening sightings around Stissing Mountain
In late spring 1985 the witness and a companion were driving in daylight when a tall figure crossed the road in a few strides and entered a field. They reached the spot seconds later but the figure had disappeared from the open field. The witness later described the figure as tall, heavy, hunched and dark with obscured facial features.
Brief sighting by motorsist near Shelby Forest
The witness was a passenger in a car with five companions driving at night. A large dark hair-covered figure on two feet ran across the divided highway in front of the car, crossing multiple lanes in a few seconds. Only the witness and the driver saw it, and the driver stopped briefly before reversing to a turnaround and leaving.
Possible sighting by two brothers in the Dunrobin area west of Ottowa
In 1984, the witness and a relative were driving slowly on a dirt road west of Ottawa at night to find a spot to set up a telescope. After the relative reported feeling uneasy and shouted, the witness saw a tall, dark, hairy primate-like figure approaching the vehicle. The witness panicked and reversed away at high speed for about a mile.
Fisherman has night time sighting along dirt road east of Scranton Lake
The witness was driving on a dirt road by a small lake late at night while looking for a fishing spot. They stopped after noticing a tall, muscular, fur-covered figure standing in the grass by a small tree and watched it looking toward the car. The witness left quickly after a companion said it moved.
Good Samaritan has encounter near Liberty Hill
A driver stopped to help two motorists whose car had left the road after swerving to avoid a large hairy creature chasing a deer across the road. While fetching a rope from his truck to pull their car out, he walked directly into the creature standing behind his truck. He noted a foul smell, red eyes, and a low growl before it walked to the woods edge and then into the woods. He then helped move the car and continued his trip, shaken by the encounter.
Man recalls watching a possible late night road crossing from his home outside Fieldale
Around 3 a.m. on a cold clear night during Christmas season, the witness got up for a drink and looked out the back-door window toward a lit road. He watched a tall, hairy, upright figure with long arms climb a steep bank, grip a bridge rail, cross the two-lane road in one stride, and disappear down the opposite bank. The observation lasted about five seconds under a street light.
Memory of a possible daylight sighting when returning to retrieve a watch near Marysville
The witness, then a child swimming with siblings, walked back alone to a swimming hole to retrieve a watch. He saw a tall dark upright figure cross his path near a fenceline and take several steps. Startled, he ran home, where family members suggested it was a deer, which he rejects.