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Wood knock New York Putnam County Clear all
17 May 2020 Patterson, Putnam County, New York Class B #65469

Knocks heard from Great Croton Swamp south of Pawling

The witness was sitting alone by a campfire late at night when they heard something moving through woods toward neighboring houses, sounding bipedal. Several minutes later they heard a distant wood knock to one side, an answering knock from the opposite direction, then another knock from the first direction. The witness described the sequence as an instantaneous call and response in an otherwise quiet neighborhood.

FootstepsWood knock
May 2020 Putnam County, New York #15556cfb-f717-4eb9-a599-1afaa1168ab0

Wood knock near Putnam County (2020)

During lockdown the witness sat by a backyard fire late at night when loud wood-knock-like impacts exchanged between a tree patch near the school and the swampland. Several knocks went back and forth with a pause. The witness reported it to BFRO the next day and later learned of connected woodlands and investigations nearby.

Wood knock
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