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Campers encounter large animal near Cle Elum
During a family reunion campout, four relatives walked to nearby creek pools at night to look for frogs. They smelled a strong fecal odor and heard rustling and two heavy thuds approaching from dense woods, then fled back to camp. After calming down, some returned armed but found no source, noticed the odor was gone and the dogs had not reacted, and one noted a den-like resting spot across the marshy creek.
Two Local Residents Interviewed about Sighting
The author states this is not a sighting report but a follow-up visit to the location of a prior anonymous Three Rivers report. He describes dense riparian vegetation along a canyon bottom and a dry creek bed that could conceal animal movement, and notes nearby homes along the road. He spoke with two local residents who said they had never heard of the prior sighting and doubted it.
Tracks found by family hunting for arrowheads
The witness was searching for arrowheads with companions when alerted to an unusual track near a small cedar tree. He describes a large human-like left footprint with only three toes impressed in soil, larger than his own boot, plus a second fainter matching print nearby. He interpreted the distance between prints as a long stride that would have cleared the small tree.
Loud vocalizations heard
The witness and a companion were in bed at home when their three dogs barked intensely and then fell suddenly silent. Shortly after the silence, the witness heard a loud deep grumbly yell ending deeper that she had never heard before. The companion also said he heard it while half-asleep, and the dogs remained silent afterward.
Second-hand report of creature looking in at woman through window
About two decades ago a woman washing dishes at night saw a large hairy-faced man looking through the window above her sink. Police were called and during the subsequent search an officer saw a tall man-like figure run across a highway. Very large tracks with a long stride were found but dogs could not track anything and the figure vanished into river bottoms. A later visitor examined a cast and said weight distribution argued against a fake shoe.
Campers hear unusual grunting sound from behind tent
Four people settling to sleep at a deer hunting camp heard a deep grunting animal shuffling behind a tent. Two of them got up with rifles and lights to investigate, and the animal left quickly while grunting and breaking through brush. They never saw the animal and found no tracks the next morning.
Howling followed by speech-like vocalization heard
The witness was sitting outdoors with four companions late at night when a distant loud howl-like sound repeated several times, each lasting about 15 seconds. A second prolonged echoing sound resembling garbled speech then continued for about five minutes. Nearby dogs across the lake began barking after the second sound started.
Creature seen hiding behind a large boulder
A female forestry technician was alone checking a cutblock and walking out on an old road in the afternoon when she noticed she was being watched. She turned and saw a tall, dark-brown furry animal with long arms walk with bent knees for two strides before hiding behind a large boulder. Spooked, she readied her bear spray and hurried to the beach pickup spot.
Creature seen on a Vancouver Island beach in full daylight
A beach resident told the reporter he had encountered a sasquatch on the beach about a month earlier. The creature reportedly came out onto the open beach in daylight, noticed the witness, and then quickly retreated into the surrounding forest. The only descriptive detail the reporter recalled was that it was very dark in colour.
Witnesses hear two powerful vocalizations near their property on the Flathead Reservation
The witness was called outside by a relative who had heard a strange sound in the forest. Both then heard loud, resonant, high-pitched vocalizations from the woods, later seeming to come from two different directions as if answering each other. Dogs nearby barked toward the forest while the sounds occurred. After several exchanges over a few minutes the sounds stopped and did not recur.
Witnesses hear unusual screams while hunting & note local Indian stories regarding Bigfoot
The witness and three companions were hunting deer at dusk in brushy river bottomland. While separated along irrigation canals and field edges, they heard prolonged loud screaming with gurgling and hooting from about 100 yards away in dark woods. Frightened, they regrouped, fled to their vehicle, picked up the fourth hunter on the road, and left the area.
Father and son hear heavy footsteps made by an apparent bipedal creature
The witness and a relative were walking in dense woods when they heard large, heavy bipedal footsteps on the other side of a dirt mound. The footsteps approached to within a few feet, stopped for several minutes, then resumed and moved away. As they left the area they noticed a strong ammonia-like odor.
Backpackers find long, oval shaped nests, three miles from camp
During a 1983 backpacking trip in wooded hills in Arkansas, the witness and friends found three oval rock-and-leaf structures described as nests, with bark-stripped branches beside two of them, plus a very large scat pile and a pine tree with bark stripped in long strips. They remained in the area two more days hearing unidentified spooky noises but reported seeing no animal.
A Local Writer Discusses Her Experiences Pursuing Local Reports and Legends
The author went with a young tribal guide to a canyon on a reservation where the guide said Bigfoot hid in caves. The guide refused to enter a taboo area near the caves, and they waited without a reported sighting. They hiked back and the author left the area at dusk.
Loud, high-pitched, close-range screams directed at bowhunters
The witness and his father were scouting a river-bottom area for deer stand sites at dusk when they heard a loud, long, high-pitched scream three times from the edge of the woods about 150 yards away. They could not see the source as darkness fell. Perceiving the vocalizations as directed at them to leave, they ended scouting and returned to camp.
Sighting by truck driver near Felsenthal Wildlife Refuge
A truck driver was sitting in his truck at night on the outskirts of a swamp during an oil loading operation. He reported a strong gamey smell and, after turning on the headlights, saw a large ape-like creature with red eyes staring at him. He panicked and drove away with the loading hose still attached, spilling oil, and afterward refused to do night loads.
Vocalizing, smelly animal circles cabin
Four people were staying overnight in a remote cabin when they reported foul odors followed by very loud warbling sounds that seemed to move around the building. One of the occupants captured the sounds on a portable tape recorder. The recording was reportedly never submitted for analysis.
witnesses heard bizarre loud screams while out catching bullfrogs in a swamp.
The witness, then 8, was camping with relatives at a boat-access camp far back in the swamp. A little after 1 a.m., after a relative blew a hunting-dog horn to elicit an owl response, the group heard a single loud scream while lying on cots in the moonlight. The witness describes it as indescribable and unlike other swamp sounds, and says the group did not know what it was.
Series of three incidents describing a human sized creature near edge of Edwardsville
Three residents described separate encounters in early June 1973 with a human-sized creature that chased them. The creature was said to be about 5 feet 8 inches tall and broad-shouldered, with red eyes sensitive to light, a musty odor, and silent movement. One man told police it tore his shirt and scratched his chest.
Beige upright creature seen at a distance of 1000 yards near Kell
The witness's mother was talking on the telephone on the screened porch when the outside dogs began barking intensely. She saw a large beige animal crouched at the edge of the woods about 1000 yards from the house. The creature stood upright, looked toward the house, then walked into the woods, after which the dogs calmed; the encounter lasted about 15-20 seconds.