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25 September 2009 Estacada/Sandy/Carver, Clackamas County, Oregon #5070

Woman believes she was followed by BF to restrooms.

The witness left camp to walk about a quarter mile to the restroom along a road between fields and woods near the river. While walking, the witness felt watched and heard something walking in the woods, described as too slow-stepping to be human. The footsteps stopped before the cleared and lit restroom area and did not follow on the return walk.

Footsteps
24 September 2009 Kappa, Woodford County, Illinois Class B #26874

Possible footprints found near Mackinaw River

The witness was building a house near the Mackinaw River and searching the disturbed mud for arrowheads. Beginning in late September, they noticed bare footprints in the mud larger than their own size 13 foot, including during cold weather. The follow-up clarified a total of three prints estimated at about 14 inches long and 6 inches wide without actual measurement, with photos too unclear to publish. The witness doubted anyone would walk barefoot in cold mud at a construction site.

Tracks
24 September 2009 Potosi, Iron County, Missouri Class B #26694

Possible nighttime encounter while camping near Potosi

The witness was camping in brush with family members. About 4:30am on the first night he awoke to a strong skunk-like odor and a feeling of being watched. He rolled over and made out a very broad-shouldered silhouette with a head between trees about seven yards away. He turned away without telling family and waited for daylight, and the group left early after two nights.

SilhouetteOdor
20 September 2009 Elbe, Pierce County, Washington Class B #26695

Couple stop at roadside viewpoint and hear vocalization near Elbe

The witness and a companion stopped at a canyon viewpoint to photograph the sunset. From the forested canyon along the river below, they heard a loud whooping vocalization they could not identify at the time. Two weeks later the witness heard a similar sound in an online video and concluded it matched.

Whoop
15 September 2009 Norris, Fulton County, Illinois Class B #28713

Hikers find possible footprints by a cornfield north of Norris

The witness and a companion were hiking when the companion found large footprints in mud beside a field. They described three deep prints with visible toes that were larger than a boot and spaced wider than a human step, appearing to go into the field and then back into the woods. An investigator later recorded measurements of fifteen inches long by six inches wide.

Tracks
13 September 2009 Molalla, Clackamas County, Oregon #4841

Vocalization heard near Thunder Mt

The witness camped overnight at a lake with five companions. Around 3-4 a.m. the witness heard a loud, clear bell-like call lasting about four seconds and trailing to a gurgle, estimated to come from across the lake. No one else in camp reported hearing it, and it was first puzzling as a nighttime bird call. After later reading a published description of a bigfoot call trailing to a gurgle, the witness concluded the sound had been bigfoot.

Vocalization
12 September 2009 Toutle, Cowlitz County, Washington Class B #26580

Two hunters are followed by an unseen creature near Toutle

The witness and a companion walked in on a gated logging road for an evening elk hunt and heard something pacing them in the woods. After they stopped at the end of a side road, the witness heard a deep low growl from nearby brush without seeing the source. After waiting until dark for two companions, the pair walked out back-to-back while loud walking and brush sounds paced them for about a half mile to the truck.

GrowlFootsteps
11 September 2009 Buckhannon, Upshur County, West Virginia Class A #27363

Witness describes getting a good look at a bi-pedal creature while driving on a country road in Buckhannon

The witness was driving home alone at night on a narrow wooded road when eyeshine caused her to slow near a curve. Her headlights revealed a brown-haired bipedal creature standing off the road about ten feet away. The creature watched her pass, making eye contact and showing pointed teeth, then turned its head to follow until she left the area. She felt intense fear only after passing.

Full-body sightingEyeshineAnimal behaviour
10 September 2009 Sayward On Vancouver Island, British Columbia Class B #80009

Boaters report tree push over and scream 40 miles NW of Campbell River

The witness and a companion were anchored and sleeping aboard their boat. After stargazing they went to bed in the cabin and heard a loud disturbing scream that startled their dog, causing them to miss any further sounds. Years later the witness compared the memory to a recording of the Michigan Scream and the companion agreed it matched.

Scream
9 September 2009 Trout Lake And Willard, Skamania County, Washington Class B #26572

Backpacker hears multiple vocalizations while camping near Trout Lake

The witness was camped alone on the second night of a three-day backpacking trip in Gifford Pinchot National Forest. At about 2:30 a.m. he was awakened by three consecutive whooping yells followed by a loud three-second guttural scream from up the valley. He then heard very faint distant answering calls or howling. He stayed awake for a couple more hours and heard nothing further.

WhoopScreamHowl
8 September 2009 Mannford, Creek County, Oklahoma Class A #26554

Man has nighttime sighting of two bipedal creatures behind his home near Mannford

The witness was outside in the driveway on a cell phone call around midnight when they noticed two dark figures moving across a moonlit field. The larger figure, estimated at 7-8 feet tall, watched the witness while walking with an apelike gait and swinging arms, accompanied by a smaller 4-5 foot figure that appeared to forage. After crouching in tall grass, both figures moved toward trees and darkness to the southwest, and a rock or object struck a nearby shed as the witness went inside.

Full-body sightingSilhouette
September 2009 Lowell, Idaho County, Idaho #4992

Hunters hear vocalization near camp in Selway/Bitterroot Wilderness

The witness got up before dawn while on an elk-hunting trip and stepped outside the tent while a relative remained inside. From the dark the witness heard a strange vocal sound that began like a howl, shifted to bugle-like notes, then to hoot-like notes. After the sound ended a bugle call was made to elicit a response but none came, and a later search at first light found no tracks. The witness noted the sound was unfamiliar and suggested it could have been an unknown bird.

HowlVocalizationPossible misidentification
September 2009 Ukiah, Umatilla County, Oregon #5611

A couple camping have a visitor at night.

While camping for deer hunting season, the witness and a companion spoke with a lost young man in the late afternoon while large boulders came down the mountain across the river. Later that night while reading in their small trailer, something slapped the door. Both stayed inside with firearms, feeling frightened despite being comfortable in the mountains.

Door or window contact
September 2009 Spruce Pine, Mcdowell County, North Carolina Class A #30757

Driver & passenger observe late night road crossing near Spruce Pine

The witness and a companion were driving home from a late-night shopping trip when their headlights revealed an animal in the road ahead. They watched it move on two legs in a sideways manner from one side of the road to the other while looking toward their vehicle, then disappear into a field. They slowed to look into the field but saw no further sign of it and later concluded it must have lain down in the grass.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingEyeshine
September 2009 Newport, Monroe County, Michigan Class B #35868

Retired police officer describes possible nighttime sighting near Monroe

The witness was driving home late at night through a semi-rural area when headlights revealed a large dark animal on all fours rooting through roadside trash cans. As the vehicle approached, the animal stood upright on two legs, towering over the small vehicle and showing a hair-covered face with open mouth. The driver slowed, avoided looking directly at it, and sped past, describing the encounter as shocking and traumatizing.

Full-body sighting
September 2009 Ft. Myers, Lee County, Florida Class A #38924

Fisherman comes face to face with tall ape-like creature in Ft. Myers

Late at night the witness was fishing from a pier in his backyard when he heard noises from a nearby canal. He approached and came face to face at about 15 feet with a large hairy ape-like figure standing behind a palm tree. The figure moved agitatedly and made grunting noises, then retreated toward nearby railroad tracks as the witness went inside.

Partial sightingUnidentified soundVocalization
September 2009 Trout Lake, Washington EP 996

Whoop near Trout Lake, Washington (2009)

While hunting on a ridge above a swampy sanctuary area the group repeatedly heard whooping sounds from below. The sounds seemed to come from something small and were unfamiliar to the lifelong hunters. Other unexplained noises were also heard during the same hunt.

WhoopUnidentified sound
September 2009 Trout Lake, Washington EP 996

Tracks near Trout Lake, Washington (2009)

Months later during elk season the witness and two companions met after one found a large bare footprint in wet sand in a remote draw by a creek. They compared boots to the print and noted clear toes and a push-off shape, estimating it at about fourteen to fifteen inches long. They felt no one would walk barefoot there and had never seen a print like it.

Tracks
September 2009 Red Feather Lakes, Larimer County, Colorado Class A #26671

Two brothers witness an upright creature while at a cabin near Red Feather

Two people staying at a mountain cabin watched a large black upright animal move from near a river across a road and uphill toward an aspen grove over about two minutes, using binoculars for part of the observation. The animal turned toward a passing truck, then moved away with longer strides while looking back. Afterwards the witnesses went to the grove and found and measured a large five-toed footprint, but snow prevented further tracking.

Full-body sightingTracks
1 September 2009 Twin Lakes, Lake County, Colorado Class A #26522

Woman describes vivid early morning sighting just below Independence Pass

The witness stopped while commuting before dawn to get air and wake up. From beside the truck she watched a furry reddish figure stand upright, tip its head back as if sniffing, stare at her, then bend to pick up a small object and run bipedally across a meadow toward the treeline. She then drove away shaking and tearful, convinced it was not a bear.

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