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Deer hunter reports loud wood knocks where PCT passes Hyatt Lake
While deer hunting near Hyatt Lake, the witness heard a large object crash through the woods moving away. Shortly after stopping, the witness heard tree knocks from the same direction, then heard additional knocks behind while walking back to a truck on the main road. Despite aiming a rifle scope toward the sounds from under 100 yards away, the witness saw nothing and was frightened.
Wood knock near Butte Falls, Oregon (2025)
The witness was tent-camping overnight when awakened late at night by an animal believed to be an elk running nearby. About two minutes later the witness heard repeated sets of three wood-on-wood knocks that seemed to originate farther away each time over several minutes. The witness perceived the source as moving unusually fast through dense regrowth in darkness and left the site uneasily in the morning.
Bow hunter describes close encounter at dusk from his tree stand near Grain Valley
The witness was deer hunting alone from an elevated stand at dusk when deer behaved nervously. A large unseen animal approached behind the stand, breathing heavily, sniffing, producing knocks and screams, and pacing before moving west. The witness turned on a headlamp and saw a tall dark figure from behind that grunted and ran along a creek bank into the woods.
Wood knock near Makanda Or Cobden, Illinois
The night after the eyes encounter the group walked the same path hearing movement, twig snaps, snorting sounds and one woodknock.
Wood knock near Hytop, Alabama
The previous morning in the dark while preparing hunting gear, the witness heard a tree knock nearby.
Tracks near Grain Valley, Missouri
After the sighting the witness returned to the exact spot, found large wet footprints crossing the road and heard nearby wood-knock responses.