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August 2003 Maple Falls, Whatcom County, Washington Class B #6864

Campers hear footfalls, rock clicking and find foorprints

The witness was camping overnight with friends in the Mount Baker National Forest near the river. Between 2 and 3 a.m. she heard movement approach her tent and brush against it, while a companion in a truck reportedly felt a nudge and saw a fleeting shadow. The next morning the witness found multiple large footprints around her tent, the trail and vehicles and made a plaster cast of the clearest one. While waiting alone in camp later that day she heard persistent clicking from the woods and felt watched.

Unidentified soundProperty disturbanceVehicle contactSilhouetteTracks
December 2002 Pilot Rock, Umatilla County, Oregon Class A #5505

Rural Oregon resident sees a bigfoot look into the window

At night while using a computer at home, the witness heard odd sounds and saw a bigfoot looking in through the back window. The witness greeted it, and it turned away and walked toward the field behind the house. The witness later found a large footprint with apparent dermal ridges on the bank behind the house and reported talk-like voices that could not be imitated.

Partial sightingVocalizationUnidentified soundTracksDermal ridges
18 October 2002 Yreka, Siskiyou County, California Class A #7637

Parents pursue 7 1/2' tall female biped across pasture after being alerted by daughter

The witness was taking a dog outside at night and felt watched after the dog stared and growled. After shining a flashlight in that direction, the witness saw two hairy bipedal figures cross a fence and then ran inside. Relatives then went outside, reportedly saw the larger figure up close, noticed odor and sounds, and the group found large tracks the next day.

Full-body sightingEyeshineTracksOdorUnidentified sound
September 2002 Georgetown, El Dorado County, California Class B #11948

Quad riders find fresh footprints, encounter overwhelming stench near Stumpy Meadows

The witness was riding an ATV with her husband on a forest road and stopped alone to wait for him. She reported a very strong foul odor, a feeling of being watched, and hearing a branch break. When she started to leave she noticed very large footprints over their fresh outgoing tracks. Her husband saw the prints but attributed their size to dust and reported only a faint dead smell.

TracksOdorUnidentified sound
August 2002 Middletown, Lake County, California Class B #9648

Hunters have strange experiences and make an unusual discovery

Two companions were hunting deer on a family property near Pine Mountain when they found a footprint and other tracks near a pine overhang, noticed a localized strong skunk-like odor, and saw a pile of fresh acorns with no oak nearby. As they moved uphill using alternating advances, each heard an unrecognized whistle and the sound of a large boulder rolling, with neither attributing the sounds to the other. Both reported a feeling of being followed uphill.

TracksOdorWhistleUnidentified sound
February 2002 Invermere, British Columbia Class B #3945

Possible tracks observed on a frozen lake near Invemere

Two people walking across a frozen lake found a trackway of very large five-toed footprints and followed it for several hundred yards toward the opposite shore. The prints were described as 14-16 inches long with a bridge-like ridge and spaced 5-7 feet apart. While in the area they also heard intermittent small thudding sounds in short bursts.

TracksUnidentified sound
9 December 2001 Quinlan, Hunt County, Texas Class A #7632

Bigfoots observed demonstrating intimidation behavior near Lake Tawakoni

The witness and a companion followed noises into woods on private property after seeing large movement in the treeline. After a deep growl and handgun shots, they were confronted at the treeline by two large hairy figures that stomped, rocked, and threw branches. They slowly backed out while keeping the gun pointed, then heard a loud whinny-like shout as they left.

Full-body sightingGrowlChatterVocalizationFootsteps +5
October 2001 Augusta, Carroll County, Ohio Class B #56957

Woman tells her memory of being wakened by something watching her thru bedroom window near Augusta

The witness, about eight years old at the time, was awakened at night by a noise and saw a large figure looking through her bedroom window. She reports being frozen with fear and remaining hidden in bed until morning. Her parents later found indentations in the ground outside the window.

Partial sightingUnidentified 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
September 2001 Hampton, Franklin County, Iowa Class A #3093

Observation of possibly two animals in or near back yard of apartment complex

Over two nights a group of five gathered outside on the property for hide-and-seek and heard strange noises. The husband and a companion went to investigate and saw an entity 50 yards away hiding between two silos, noted for goldish reflective eyes, with a second smaller similar entity present on the last night. Tracks with reported measurements were found where they investigated.

Partial sightingEyeshineUnidentified soundTracks
September 2001 Quilcene, Jefferson County, Washington Class B #8978

Boys are chased on way home from bow hunting

The witness and a relative were bowhunting for deer in the evening and started hiking downhill toward home after feeling watched. After hearing a loud crash in brush, they ran about half a mile while hearing something running behind them. They crossed a pasture gate, stopped, and watched a large hairy bipedal figure by the gate for about 30 seconds before it turned and walked away.

Full-body sightingFootstepsUnidentified sound
August 2001 Palestine, St. Francis County, Arkansas Class B #13516

Footprint found in Beck Spur area

The mother awoke overnight to a strong animal-like odor and sustained movement sounds in weeds outside her trailer window and retrieved a gun. The odor lingered in the trailer for over an hour. The next morning her daughter visited, heard the account, and found a large flat human-like footprint in mud outside the window, which she measured and photographed, plus reddish hair strands on a nearby tree.

OdorUnidentified soundTracksHair
21 July 2001 Rock Creek, Grantsburg, Chisago County, Minnesota Class B #2983

Two campers on island surrounded by strange night time activity

Two people were camping on an island when they heard strange noises through the night into the morning. Around 8 a.m. the noises stopped and they heard something large running on a nearby island, accompanied by a very bad odor. They later found many large tracks around their island, plus a pile of clam shells and a large indentation that had not been there earlier.

Unidentified soundFootstepsTracksOdor
July 2001 Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minnesota Class A #5525

Girls see tall upright animal shake tree then run off on two feet

Two companions leaving a house through the back noticed sudden silence followed by crashing sounds from a swampy gully below. They saw a large hair-covered bipedal creature standing in the water shaking a tree. The creature ran through the swamp and trees, and the witnesses immediately fled.

Full-body sightingUnidentified sound
11 November 2000 South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana Class A #1786

2 young men report seeing "hairy ape-like being"

The witness and a companion were hiking in woods near a creek when they heard noises and noticed footprints with pieces of wood around them. The witness then saw a hairy ape-like figure about twenty yards away. Both individuals fled and returned home, where a family member did not believe them.

Full-body sightingTracksUnidentified sound
9 September 2000 Machias, Snohomish County, Washington Class A #1529

Footprint found, scream heard in family corn field

Late at night the witness heard sounds from a large animal in the backyard corn garden while in the living room. The next day a large footprint was found in the garden and corn was missing from the tops of tall stalks with husks left on the ground. A photo of the track was taken.

Unidentified soundTracksProperty disturbance
8 August 2000 Elsie, Tillamook County, Oregon Class B #102

Couple hears unknown howl, later finds possible deformed track

The witness and a companion were walking a logging road in the early morning while hunting. They heard an unfamiliar loud howl-like sound and found a five-toed footprint roughly the length of the witness's foot that looked deformed. The companion also saw the print and heard the sound. The area was described as unusually quiet, with two faint chirps and a brief feeling of being watched.

TracksHowlUnidentified sound
15 July 2000 Munford, Talladega County, Alabama Class B #1419

Large footprint found in a sandy creek bank near Talladega National Forest

The witness and two companions hiked to Salt Creek Falls and sat on large rocks while the water was low. During the outing they noticed a foul odor and a sound of trees or brush moving. On the way out they found a very large footprint with distinct toe prints in the sandy creek bank.

OdorTracksUnidentified sound
2000 Owensboro, Kentucky #6e9c6cb9-4e1d-4cc4-92d8-28bd1d0c15df

Scream near Owensboro, Kentucky (2000)

As a teenager living on his mother's horse farm, the guest repeatedly heard loud dawn screams and movement near the trash burn pit. One snowy night the household arrived to find the porch light out and heard a whimpering cry and heavy bipedal steps moving around the house and into the woods, followed by a loud hiss that shook the horse barn where a large dog was chained. The next morning the family found large barefoot-like tracks in snow leading from the driveway around the house and over a fence, which they followed for about half a mile and photographed beside a size 14 shoe.

ScreamVocalizationFootstepsTracksUnidentified sound
2000–2003 Honey Grove, Fannin County, Texas Class A #7907

Family has encounters on private, hunting land in Red River - Sulphur River corridor.

The witness was hunting from the ground off a road with a relative nearby. After hearing tree breaks, movement, strange noises and heavy footsteps, the witness saw a large red bipedal animal walk along the road. When the witness spoke on the radio the animal screamed and ran away, and two large footprints were later found in silt.

Partial sightingFootstepsTracksScreamTree break +2