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13 January 2013 The Villages, Sumter County, Florida Class B #38923

Possible nighttime activity in the retirement community The Villages

Over several nights in December the witness and their partner sat on their home lanai at night and heard a loud cry or scream, rock-clacking sounds, and stones or pebbles striking the house and lanai, and noticed a strange unknown odor for two days. No creature was seen. An investigator later visited the property, found a displaced rock, a single possible footprint, and nearby scat, and noted the property backs onto a power-line corridor.

ScreamUnidentified soundOdorRock throwing
October 2012 Ronald, Kittitas County, Washington Class B #36852

Hiker describes possible vocalizations and rocks thrown at a remote lake in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness

The witness camped overnight near a lake while on a solo backpacking trip with a dog. After dark the dog growled intermittently and the witness heard paired screams, rock sounds, and repeated hooting exchanges across the valley. Around 2 a.m. rocks landed in shallow water near the tent, followed by a voice-like sound, and at dawn the dog stared into the woods while the witness packed to leave. The witness reports never seeing any animal or person.

ScreamWhoopVocalizationRock throwingUnidentified sound +1
March 2009 Lakeville, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Class B #25719

Wood Knocks Heard Near Assawompsett Pond

The witness was walking down a woods road when three loud knocks were heard from brush to the left. The witness knocked back on a pine tree and received a two-knock reply, followed by another striking sound from the opposite side. The witness later found a wooden club and holes near a pond, and found a pile of feces on the trail when returning the next day.

Wood knockUnidentified soundScat
August 2005 Temagami, Ontario Class B #14341

August 2005; Temagami, Ontario - A father, his son and girlfriend are witness to several incidents in northern Ontario.

The witness and two companions explored a deforested and mined area with piled boulders and abandoned mine buildings. Over about an hour they heard tapping from the woods, running footfalls, crashing in brush, and other strange noises, while stones were reportedly thrown toward the companions. They also found many snapped trees and a very large mound of possible scat that a tossed rock sank into.

Wood knockRock throwingFootstepsMovement onlyUnidentified sound +2
24 September 2002 Cascade Locks, Hood River County, Oregon Class A #5100

Hiker sees, attempts to photograph a sasquatch in the Columbia Gorge

While hiking alone and descending a dry trail, the witness heard a loud crashing nearby and saw a large black ape-like animal running uphill, visible from the waist up. The animal tripped, caught itself, showed its face in profile, then disappeared while a fallen tree rocked and a possible face was glimpsed. The witness photographed the area, heard and saw nothing further, found no other tracks, and later found possible scat in the direction the animal headed.

Partial sightingMovement onlyUnidentified sound
9 September 2001 Grande Rhonde, Polk County, Oregon Class B #3064

Bowhunter finds twisted trees, tracks, scat, & unusual sounds

The witness was bow-hunting in coastal second-growth forest on the morning of 9/1/01. He heard whooping and scream-like vocalizations followed by a large tree falling, plus heavy footsteps, and later found large ground impressions, broken limbs and tops, and animal hair high on a tree. An investigator later reviewed photos of broken and twisted trees and received frozen scat and hair samples for examination.

WhoopScreamUnidentified soundFootstepsTracks +5
1995–2003 Trenton, Butler County, Ohio Class A #6804

Two ourtdoorsmen chased by a large bear like biped recount 25+ years of strange occurrences.

The witness and a companion were camping overnight in the woods when they heard an unexplained sound and smelled decaying flesh. They heard something moving toward them and fled to a moonlit clearing where they saw a bipedal creature they first called a bear. The witness fired a shotgun into the air without stopping its approach, then both ran through a creek to a store to call for help. In later years they found broken trees and footprints they attributed to the same creature.

Unidentified soundOdorFootstepsFull-body sightingAnimal behaviour
1983 Fayettville, Madison County, Arkansas Class C #4089

Backpackers find long, oval shaped nests, three miles from camp

During a 1983 backpacking trip in wooded hills in Arkansas, the witness and friends found three oval rock-and-leaf structures described as nests, with bark-stripped branches beside two of them, plus a very large scat pile and a pine tree with bark stripped in long strips. They remained in the area two more days hearing unidentified spooky noises but reported seeing no animal.

Structure or nestScatTree breakUnidentified sound
August 1972 Satsop, Grays Harbor County, Washington Class A #1226

Teens returning from baseball game were chased by bigfoot.

Two boys walking home late at night were followed by a large dark figure that kept pace with them without running. They fled to a neighboring house, where the resident let them in and all three watched the figure stand in the front yard about 12 feet from the porch before it crossed the road and descended an embankment toward the river plain. At dawn a neighbor was called and later found large footprints that were traced downriver until they entered the water.

Full-body sightingUnidentified sound
BFRO YEAR: ~1970 Baxter, Piscataquis County, Maine Class B #8259

Hunters find scat and have large rock thrown at them

While hunting near a lake in the fall of 1970, the witness reported a strong musky odor, unusual large and small scat, rhythmic thumping with ground vibration, and a large dead tree falling nearby while alone. The next day the witness returned with a companion, encountered the thumping and shaking again, and a large rock flew over their heads, after which they left the area.

OdorScatUnidentified soundFootstepsTree break +1
about 6 a.m. North Washougal, Washington #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/11/06/sc-ep59-bigfoot-encounters-call-in-646-716-8791

Unidentified sound near North Washougal, Washington

Around 6 a.m. the witness heard a huge crash, snap and thumping sounds near his apple orchard. He left and later searched the area, finding a wide boxy footprint with toe prints and additional prints. His wife later found four apple-smelling scat piles in a row.

Unidentified soundTracksScat