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5 July 2022 Clover, York County, South Carolina Class B #74674

Wood knock near Clover, South Carolina (2022)

The witness was walking in a power line cut in the early afternoon when loud wood-on-wood knocks were heard from both sides of the clearing, seeming to answer each other. The witness also found a large grassy bedding depression with a very strong unfamiliar odor nearby. No other witnesses were present.

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30 October 2021 Gaffney, Cherokee County, South Carolina Class B #71792

Chatter and knock heard on the Broad River, 5 miles NE of Gaffney

The witness was camping overnight with two companions. After the group made a howl and a growl, they heard chatter from across the parking lot followed seconds later by a wood knock from farther away in the same direction. The witness answered with two wood knocks using a stick but got no response.

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21 July 2007 Ashepoo In The ACE BASIN NATIONAL ESUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE., Colleton County, South Carolina Class B #20523

Possible whoops and knocks heard by relic hunter in the Ace Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve

The witness was searching for relics with metal detectors in a swampy coastal area when separated from two companions. He reports hearing two loud deep ape-like whoops followed by stick-against-tree impacts about 100 yards away and then again farther toward the river. He also notes smelling a foul stench shortly before the sounds while acknowledging it might have had another source.

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October 1998 Salem, Oconee County, South Carolina Class B #26072

Trout fishermen encounter unnerving sounds & rock throwing in Joccasee Gorge

Three college roommates hiked to the Thompson River to fish and camp overnight. After dark they repeatedly heard a childlike crying sound from a nearby ridge, had small river stones tossed into camp, and later heard loud knocks alternating with the cries. At daylight they hiked out, noticing concentrated scat and disturbed ground near oak trees, and concluded the activity was not from a person.

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