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2 October 2021 Harrisburg, Saline County, Illinois Class B #72110

Two hikers describe hearing bigfoot-like sounds near Indian Point (Garden of the Gods)

The witness and a companion were hiking in Shawnee National Forest when they heard rocks thrown, wood knocks, and a tree being pushed over nearby, followed by running footsteps that stopped abruptly. While heading back they heard a growl, whoops and howls from multiple directions and felt they were being watched. The witness attempted a phone audio recording but it did not capture the sounds clearly.

Rock throwingWood knockTree breakGrowlWhoop +3
15 January 2019 Batesville, Panola County, Mississippi Class B #77139

Rural homeowner near Batesville notices knocks, orbs and a big broken tree branch

The witness reports hearing strange knocking sounds at night while home alone. The next day she found a small oak behind the barn snapped about eight feet up that had been intact the day before when she had been in the area with a relative. She states she has pictures and audio recordings related to the incident.

Wood knockTree break
July 2013 Estacada, Clackamas County, Oregon Class B #41709

Possible activity experienced by campers at a popular campground in the Mount Hood National Forest

The witness and two companions camped in the Mt Hood National Forest with a barrel of animal entrails intended as bait. Over three days they reported loud screams from a nearby ridge, nighttime wood knocks, heavy steps and snapping twigs, and found their camp table apparently bitten through. They moved the bait pile away from camp, later found most of it missing with a wet sweet dog-like odor at the site.

ScreamVocalizationWood knockFootstepsMovement only +3
6 June 2013 Carroll County, Ohio #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/04/17/sc-ep210-encounter-while-investigating-a-property

Sasquatch sighting near Carroll County (2013)

The guest and his wife joined other researchers for an overnight investigation of a private property where the owner reported pounding and odd signs. After finding large footprints and noticing fresh fallen trees and a strong odor during an ATV ride, the group heard bipedal steps near base camp late at night. The guest watched a large upright figure sway between trees through night vision, saw it reappear squatting, then lose it as it moved over a ridge. The next morning the team found trampled vegetation where the figure had stood and noted they had audio of the event.

Full-body sightingFootstepsOdorTracksTree break
June 2013 Cinebar, Lewis County, Washington Class B #48797

Men exploring logging roads hear possible knocks and a branch break near Cinebar

Two people exploring logging roads by jeep stopped to scout a side road on foot. They heard knocking sounds like a stick hitting a tree, then a very loud prolonged cracking like a thick log breaking nearby. They left without seeing any people or vehicles that could explain the noises. A photo taken toward the sounds was later thought to contain something odd but was deemed inconclusive.

Wood knockTree break
18 November 2012 Winlock, Lewis County, Washington Class A #47107

Hunter is confronted when he tries to shoot a deer near Winlock

On a November afternoon hunt, the witness heard loud yelling mixed with growls and screams nearby and recorded trees breaking and heavy pounding footsteps approaching. Deer in the area fled as the sounds got closer, and the witness left quickly. Cattle in a nearby pasture were later seen huddled far from the sounds.

GrowlScreamHowlFootstepsTree break
2007 California #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/TY2oDERxCQLmzCyeNUqKE1Rhg0TzcFut3kAEoMOxmJc

Scream in California (2007)

During a week camped with a companion, the witnesses heard many knocks and a full scream about 50 feet away just after a recorder shut off. A couple nights later they heard branches breaking approaching camp and the witness watched a soft blue ball of light move through trees and light them from close range. Only the light was visible where breaking sounds originated.

ScreamWood knockTree breakPartial sighting
13 June 2006 Manchester/stafford Township, Ocean County, New Jersey Class B #15062

Possible intimidation in the Pine Barrens

The witness visited a pine forest site three times in the early morning. On the first visit he heard heavy footsteps retreating, smelled a skunk-like odor, and saw a rock thrown into water. On later visits he heard loud repeated calls and low moans, heard footsteps approach to within about 15 feet without seeing the source, had a large stick thrown near him, left food and recorded vocalizations, and noted indistinct footprints and large broken trees.

FootstepsOdorRock throwingObject throwingVocalization +2
11 March 2006 Marcella/Hibernia/Rockaway, Morris County, New Jersey Class B #21977

Possible Wood Knock Interaction at Wildcat Ridge near Rockaway

The witness and a companion were hiking toward a lookout in the early afternoon when they heard distant wood knocks from the east. The witness knocked back while the companion made an audio recording, noting louder nearby knocks and fainter distant single knocks. Just before the exchange they also heard a sound like a tree or large limb crashing to the ground.

Wood knockTree break
March 2001 Twain Harte, Tuolumne County, California Class B #3072

BFRO Investigators detail activity around Twain Harte

Investigators found fresh broken trees, dozens of footprints and two nests where a trail crossed a road and staked out the spot. No creature was seen, but something large moving on two feet approached the stakeout before fleeing downhill through brush when a car passed. The sign was documented the next day with footprint and tree-break measurements and a body-length impression in one nest.

TracksTree breakStructure or nestFootstepsMovement only
Fall 1987 Maple Falls, Whatcom County, Washington Class B #10258

Loud vocalizations repeatedly disturb family

The witness, then a child, was sleeping in the family's A-frame when very loud, high-pitched screams from behind the house woke the household. The father fired a handgun from a loft window and later used a spotlight, hearing something move away upslope but never seeing the source. Similar late-night screams recurred several times over the following week, and daytime searches found broken small trees and a rotten-egg smell but no tracks or other samples. The family moved away within a month.

ScreamOdorTree breakMovement only
1980 Kentucky #6e9c6cb9-4e1d-4cc4-92d8-28bd1d0c15df

Sasquatch sighting in Kentucky (1980)

In 1980 two men claiming to be Smithsonian field agents visited the grandmother's farm for two days after magazine coverage. They toured the garden and orchard, noted twisted limbs, cast footprints and a supposed sitting impression, collected hair and produce, and recorded audio. At night the family showed them figures with a spotlight, with up to three seen, and the visitors played a scream recording that was followed by distant chatter.

Partial sightingTracksHairChatterTree break
October 1979 Grand Rapids (largest), Kent County, Michigan Class B #35671

Bow hunter remembers possible intimidation behavior near Grand Rapids

The witness was bow-hunting deer alone from a makeshift blind at a clearing near a power-line cut. From inside the woods he heard loud branch and log breaking sounds together with strange slurred chatter-like vocalizations lasting a few minutes, then silence. He walked toward the area with bow drawn but could not penetrate the dense brush, and companions hunting elsewhere reported nothing unusual. Decades later he felt the vocalizations matched published Samurai chatter recordings.

ChatterTree break
1976 New Era, Oceana County, Michigan Class B #55573

Long term possible Sasquatch interactions on a farm near New Era beginning in the mid 1970's

The witness recalls numerous puzzling occurrences from 30-40 years ago on a family farm of about 100 acres with orchards and woods. These included trees reportedly moved to block trails, an elaborate woven arch structure, large human-like footprints with long strides, rocks and a branch thrown near the witness, loud clicking exchanges, and nighttime disturbances around the barn and house. No creature was reportedly seen clearly, and the interpretation as possible Sasquatch activity developed over later years.

Tree breakStructure or nestTracksRock throwingObject throwing +3
June 12th West Virginia #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/12/25/sc-ep393-the-christmas-show

Sasquatch sighting in West Virginia

Late at night the witness heard activity outside, put out a recorder, and heard rocks clacked together and an extremely loud branch break up the hill. He also saw a large upright human-shaped silhouette move quickly and silently between trees about 50 yards away. He concluded a second individual made the uphill sounds while the seen one moved downhill.

SilhouetteRock throwingTree breakMovement only
almost exactly three years ago, ongoing with visits every three weeks Missouri #03360fd9-5907-496a-802d-e50dc58d2898

Tracks in Missouri

The same truck-driver couple described ongoing activity at a cabin property they bought about three years ago on the outskirts of Mark Twain National Forest. After a few months all regular wildlife stopped visiting, and motion cameras began triggering nightly around 10-11 with nothing visible but low growls and a distant siren-like scream that set dogs barking. They also found footprints with toe ridges, fresh tree breaks, bent and intertwined trees, and a semi-circular stacked-log structure of large broken trees behind the property.

TracksGrowlScreamTree breakStructure or nest
summer between my junior and senior year in high school Georgia #683ee452-efc6-4737-8b33-12d87112d2a1

Whoop in Georgia

As teenagers the witness and friends camped and hiked up a reputedly haunted mountain at night to look for a cabin. They were paralleled on both sides, heard whoops and powerful wood knocks and branches being ripped, then a large tree was pushed over close to them and they fled. The running camcorder captured the sounds and briefly illuminated two large almond-shaped red eyes that narrowed and turned away before the tree fell.

WhoopWood knockFootstepsEyeshineTree break
Date unknown Smithsville, Oklahoma #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/CSa_0TSM6YOgyayR4HQoO-XAaTmJ_HsmvGRYuBZbOZs

Sasquatch sighting near Smithsville, Oklahoma

The witness joined a group of about eight on a three-night expedition in southeastern Oklahoma to let the beings come to them. The group heard grunting, whistling, chatter, footsteps and close tree-breaking, had pebbles and a rock thrown, and saw large upright black shadow figures with night vision and naked eyes. One figure was seen behind a truck and one coworker was startled by movement in brush, with no one seriously hurt.

SilhouettePartial sightingChatterWhistleVocalization +3
Date unknown Place not stated #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/01/28/sc-ep401-retired-police-officers-encounter

Tree break

The researcher slept on a mountain where knocks had been reported. In pitch darkness a large tree fell parallel six and a half feet away after pounding sounds nearby, which the researcher interpreted as pushed over.

Tree breakWood knock
Date unknown Place not stated #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/11/09/sc-ep270-open-mics--behind-the-scenes

Sasquatch sighting

Two brothers living about two miles apart in a remote area moved into a long-vacant home and experienced escalating aggressive activity. The creatures chased one brother through a garage, came to a child's window at night, ran across the roof nightly, vocalized, and were seen standing in brush and at the property edge. After a spirit medium visited and the brothers commanded the beings away in prayer, activity at the house stopped, and related incidents included a vanishing woman, cloaking, and trail cameras failing when food was taken.

Full-body sightingDoor or window contactFootstepsVocalizationScream +4