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Campers on Mount Graham are frightened by late-night visitor
The witness was camping with extended family in multiple tents when awakened after midnight by rhythmic tapping and footsteps moving around the tents. A dog in camp whimpered, and relatives in another tent reported footsteps, heavy breathing, and two individuals apparently communicating before one screamed. The witness and his father exited their tent within seconds and saw nothing. Around 4 a.m. the camp again heard rocks clicking and chattering from dense woods about 50 yards away.
Possible vocalizations heard in the Bradshaw Mountains (w/recordings)
The witness was camping alone overnight and heard repeated strange calls late at night over about 35 minutes that seemed to move closer. The sounds did not match known local animals to the witness. The witness captured part of the sounds on a digital voice recorder and searched the area the next day without finding other campers.
Several early morning vocalizations heard at Wheatfields Lake
The witness and his girlfriend were camped on the east side of Wheatfields Lake with relatives, awake in their tent caring for a child before dawn. They heard loud low roars from near the west side campground repeated 5-6 times for about 10 seconds each, followed by dogs barking, then one more call about 30 minutes later. The witness stayed awake while the others slept, and companions in camp said the next morning they had not heard the calls.
Trailer shaken and objects thrown at campers on the north rim of the Grand Canyon
On a Friday night during an archery-hunt camping trip, the witness and a relative sat by the campfire while two unseen presences circled the camp, breaking branches, pacing, and making heavy footsteps. Small rocks and sticks were then thrown into camp, including a softball-sized rock that landed nearby, followed by impacts on a food box and the trailer. Others sheltering in the trailer also heard footsteps, breaking branches, impacts, and a heavy sigh, and later a branch-like object was dragged across the trailer roof.
Possible vocalizations heard by campers near Knoll Lake
Five people camping together turned off a loud car stereo after noticing a strange sound. They then heard a series of loud, deep, aggressive bellowing vocalizations that seemed to come from 50 to 200 yards away in nearby canyons, each lasting several seconds. About 15 minutes after the last call, coyotes were heard from several directions and no further similar sounds occurred.
Twilight vocalizations heard near Lake Mary
The witness was camped with his wife along FR 124 east of Flagstaff. While on an evening walk he heard a brief coyote chorus followed by two mid-pitch "AH,OO" calls from farther in the same direction. After returning to camp he heard additional "AH,OO" and high-pitched "WOW" calls from the same direction, totaling six odd calls, then heard nothing more by 9 PM.
Father and son hear unidentifiable sounds
The witness stopped with a child by Sunset Crater to look at lava formations while driving from Phoenix to Utah. From the pine-covered slope above them they repeatedly heard loud, breathy huffing. They saw nothing because trees blocked the view, and video recorded at the time did not capture the sound. They left uneasy without identifying the source.
Possible vocalizations heard by campers at Riggs Lake, Coronado National Forest near Mt Graham
The witness's wife woke in their camp trailer around midnight to prolonged laughter-like vocalizations she first mistook for another camper before becoming frightened. The husband slept through the sounds and initially dismissed them as animals. Months later the wife heard alleged Bigfoot chatter on a television program and said it matched what she heard on Mt. Graham.
Couple experiences vocalizations in Bradshaw Mountains and group detects odor while camping by Mogollon Rim.
The witness and their then-spouse were sleeping in a tent at a camp in the Bradshaw Mountains when they were awakened by high-pitched calls coming from both a ridge above camp and a slope below. They listened for about half an hour as the two sources called back and forth and shifted position, then retreated to their truck after hearing rocks trickle down the slope, hearing the sounds move north before dawn. In the morning the witness saw a trail crossing the campsite, and years later both the witness and the former spouse said the sounds matched a published recording labeled 'Scream.'
Possible vocalization heard in the Chuska Mountains, NE Arizona
Two forestry workers finishing a pre-dawn spotted owl survey heard a loud, deep yell lasting about five seconds from a canyon below them. The sound echoed through the canyon and struck both as too deep and sustained to be human. They saw no animal and later wondered if the source was responding to their imitated owl calls.