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Witness has daytime sighting while four wheeling near Flat Brook
The witness and family stopped at a turnaround in a state forest. After returning to their vehicle, the witness and a relative saw a tall, upright, reddish-brown hair-covered figure watching them from behind tall brush. When they began to drive away, the figure moved off in the opposite direction.
Campers have possible encounter while staying in High Point State Park
Two brothers camped overnight beside a lake in the park. During the night and again after dawn they repeatedly heard a loud aggressive exhale-like sound nearby, along with footsteps and branches breaking as something moved through the forest, followed by scream-like sounds that turned into chatter. In daylight they found a matted vegetation bed, a fresh flattened trail, and footprints in mud where the sounds had come from. The entity itself was never seen.
Possible daylight sighting by a young girl catching frogs at Pleasant Acres Campground
The witness reports catching frogs near a small lake while camping with family and friends when a branch snap was heard. The witness turned and saw two brown hairy figures, one large and one smaller, noting a foul odor and loud screams, with the larger grunting as they left with a long stride. A companion reportedly heard the sounds but did not look.
Possible sighting of a juvenile in a backyard at base of Stokes State Forest
The witness was watching birds in the yard when the birds disappeared, then walked toward the woods to look for deer. The witness saw a dark figure on all fours about 40 yards away on a gully that rocked from side to side. After briefly looking away and returning with a companion, the figure was gone, and both reported hair standing up before leaving quickly.
Couple hear possible screams and knocks at their home near Redden State Park
The witness reports standing outside his home in the evening after returning from a store when he heard a very loud scream followed by four loud knocks from the nearby woods. He called to his wife, and four more loud knocks were then heard. He estimated the source was about 100 feet away and said he could hear trees moving.
Traveler observes a tall biped in a cornfield north of Bethany Beach
While riding in the back of a minivan through farm country on Route 1 in Delaware, the witness looked out at a cornfield and noticed a dark brown shape standing among the dried stalks about 300 feet away. She watched it for 5-10 seconds as the vehicle passed, describing a wide, tall shape showing head and shoulders above the corn. No other occupants of the van reported seeing it, and she did not film it.
Possible screams heard by fishermen near Lake Hopatcong
The witness and a companion were fishing from a canoe at night when they heard loud screams coming from a wooded hill. Shortly after, they heard something moving bipedally through the woods toward the screams, loudly breaking sticks and branches. They stayed in place listening for almost an hour before leaving.
Witness has late night sighting near Georgetown
The witness was driving home at night on a back road and saw a tall, black-haired figure standing by a utility pole facing the woods. The witness slowed for a closer look, noting broad shoulders, pointed head hair, and hairless hands, and estimated the height at 7 to 8 feet. The figure briefly made eye contact before looking back toward the woods, and the witness then drove away quickly.
Father and son witness early morning road crossing of two animals
The driver and a relative passenger were driving on a rural road in the early morning after fishing. After slowing for a deer, they saw upright figures cross the road ahead from the center to the woods on the right. The driver perceived one dark silhouette showing head, torso and legs, while the passenger reported two figures with the second shorter and slightly stooped and with visible arm movement. They drove slowly past the entry point but saw nothing further and noted only normal night woods odor.
Trio remember observing a tall biped figure by a golf course in Vernon
The witness and two relatives were on the back deck of a condo after a barbecue when a tall figure was seen moving down the slope. The figure glanced toward the group as it walked past and climbed over a wooden fence into a wooded ravine. The group went inside after all seeing the same figure.
Strange bellowing noises heard
Over several weeks the witness was repeatedly awakened at night by loud, drawn-out bellowing sounds that seemed to move and change in volume. A friend, the friend's spouse, and a relative also heard the sounds, and overturned garbage cans were found in the mornings. The sounds were first thought to be cows, deer, or a bear, but the witness later felt they resembled alleged Bigfoot recordings from Pennsylvania.
Nighttime encounter at a garbage dumpster in Hamburg, near the Delware Water Gap
Late on a cold fall night, the witness walked out of a separate laundry building at a rural apartment complex and saw a human-like creature about 20 feet away searching through a dumpster under bright lot lights. The two looked at each other briefly, then the witness ran toward the apartment, fell on a gravel road, and looked back to see the creature running away about 200 feet distant.
Possible screams and stalking heard by seven campers out Newton
Seven people were settled in a tent around 1 a.m. when they heard an indescribable scream from about a quarter-mile away. Shortly after, they heard the sound again much closer, estimated at about 50 feet behind the tent, and everyone froze. After the second scream the witness heard slow brush noises interpreted as something walking away.
Campers retreat to their vehicles due to a loud unknown vocalization near High Point State Park
A group camping overnight in a wooded campground heard a very loud, close vocalization that began as a growl and shifted into a prolonged howl. Frightened by the unfamiliar sound, the group retreated to their vehicles for safety. Years later the reporter concluded the sound resembled televised alleged Sasquatch calls and did not match black bear sounds.
Man recalls hearing strange howls while camping in High Point State Park
The witness was camping with two young siblings near a lake when they heard a loud prolonged howl from a hillside at dusk. The same sound was heard again closer after dark and a third time very loudly in the middle of the night, waking them. The witness did not see the source and years later associated the sound with alleged Bigfoot howls heard on television.
Daylight Sighting, 2 witnesses
Two 11-year-olds were sitting on a rock in the woods when they heard a dead tree fall. They looked up and saw a tall creature walking from right to left toward a stream, which seemed to ignore them. They ran quickly out of the woods, and their small dog that ran toward the creature later returned home unharmed.
Recollection of a late night road crossing while driving near Branchville
Late at night in summer 1977, the witness was driving a van with four companions back to camp when a tall bipedal figure crossed the road in front of them. Headlights illuminated its shape and eyes as it moved from a low area toward a mountain embankment. The driver stopped and searched the roadside with a light, heard movement in the brush but found no tracks, and later reported the incident to police.
Sasquatch sighting near Sussex County (1977)
A family on a farm found a solid wooden garage door torn off and eight pet rabbits killed and mutilated with little blood, after hearing a woman-like scream. On subsequent nights they saw a seven-foot hairy creature near the road and under the yard light. They fired on it as it entered the coop and came toward them, then sent children away. Police blamed a bear, raccoon or wild dog.
Teens have scary encounter in abandoned creamery near Sussex
Two teenagers exploring an abandoned creamery had the companion climb a ladder to the upper floor, where he reported a foul smell and hairy legs behind a box. Both then heard heavy running overhead with ceiling boards moving, and saw a large hairy figure break through a wall, cross a roof, and appear directly after loading doors blew open. They watched it run away through a cornfield for several seconds until it went over or through a fence and disappeared.
Structure or nest near Northwood Andover Hopatcong, New Jersey
A few weeks after the main event the witness hiked to the same area and found piles of rocks and branches stacked against trees resembling a makeshift shelter.