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Footsteps Virginia Giles County Clear all
March 1997 Giles County, Virginia Class A #2281

Shocked hikers watch hairy human-like animal run by them 10 feet away

The witness and a companion were hiking in the evening when they heard a muffled gibberish-like scream and called out with no response. As they walked toward the sound, they heard crashing and saw a large, hunched, hairy human-like figure run past about 10 feet away down the mountainside. They were too shocked and scared in the fading light to follow it.

ScreamFootstepsFull-body sighting
early the next morning Pearisburg, Giles County, Virginia Related account #22865

Footsteps near Pearisburg, Virginia

The witness and companion were awakened early the next morning by something walking bipedally around their camp without being seen.

Footsteps
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