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many times Wolcott, Wayne County, New York Related account #26566

Scream near Wolcott, New York

The witness and relatives frequently heard screams, hoots and howls from the woods on and near the property.

ScreamHowlWhoop
early October Somers NY, Westchester County, New York Related account #31940

Sasquatch sighting near Somers NY, New York

Another person reported seeing two chimp-like bipeds emerge twice to drink from the reservoir at sunrise before returning to the woods.

Full-body sighting
back in 92 and 93 Sabbath Day Point, Warren County, New York Related account #2405

Vocalization near Sabbath Day Point, New York

The witness reports hearing unusual sounds near the same lake area in the early 1990s.

Vocalization
BFRO YEAR: 1992, '93 Warren County, New York Class B #1598

At Sabbathday Point, Family Reports strange sounds near their cabin

Over two-week periods in 1992 and 1993, the witness repeatedly heard loud nighttime sounds near a lakeside cabin, described as whistling, chattering, screams and deep thumping lasting one to four minutes. The sounds seemed to move quickly from a mountaintop to the road area about 200 feet away, possibly involving two callers. The witness looked out with a flashlight but saw nothing and remained inside out of fear.

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since childhood Whitehall, Washington County, New York Related account #9723

Wood knock near Whitehall, New York

The witness recalls frequently hearing repetitious knocking from western directions on the property since childhood.

Wood knock
BFRO YEAR: 1976-2000-2008 Canton NY, St. Lawrence County, New York Class A #25631

Various incidents and sightings from 1976-2008 by family members at their rural home near Canton

In fall 2000 the wife reportedly saw a large dark figure walk across a field about 300 yards from home and into woods bordering a lake. The brief 3-5 second view was described as taller than five feet based on fence posts, stocky with very large shoulders, dark brown to black hair, and walking on two legs, causing an initial bear impression to be dismissed. The account was submitted by her husband along with later family experiences in the same wooded swamp-lake area.

Full-body sighting
Date unknown Addison, Steuben County, New York Class B #4643

Follow up investigation to track find in Rathbone

In early August 1995, a couple fishing at a neighbor's pond near Addison found large footprints, hair-like material and disturbed vegetation. Additional prints appeared on subsequent days on different sides of the pond. State wildlife officials and university staff examined casts and samples but did not identify the source.

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BFRO YEAR: 1980-82 Lake George, Warren County, New York Class B #16540

Possible stalking of hikers on Prospect Mt. near Lake George

A couple hiking down a mountain road at dusk heard a large unseen presence moving through the woods beside the road. The sounds matched their movements, stopping when they stopped, and continued alongside them for an hour or more as they descended. They spoke loudly to try to scare it away and judged from the loud crunching steps that it was very large and not a deer.

Footsteps
BFRO YEAR: 1979 or 80 Canisteo, Steuben County, New York Class A #13662

Daylight sighting near a railroad bed and the Canisteo River

The witness and his son reportedly watched a dark animal from about three-tenths of a mile away in a flat river-bottom area. They observed it walk several hundred feet along the river bank before it went out of sight around a bend. The daylight sighting occurred in late spring during very dry conditions, and nearby railroad workers could not see the animal because a hedgerow blocked their view.

Full-body sighting
February 10, 2006 Maryland, Otsego County, New York Related account #13874

Scream near Maryland, New York

While feeding horses in the evening the witness heard a very loud long scream from the valley below.

Scream
BFRO YEAR: 1985-86 Williamstown, Oswego County, New York Class B #3614

Large figure prowls around cabin outside Williamstown

Two friends were staying overnight in a cabin by a creek when late at night someone tried the locked door and did not answer. A tall shape then appeared at the side window, and they remained huddled inside without sleep until morning. Next morning they found barefoot-like prints with a wide stride going up a steep embankment near the creek.

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BFRO YEAR: 95-96 Clarendon, Orleans County, New York Class B #4799

Possible vocalizations heard by coon hunters near Clarendon

The witness and a hunting companion were about to start a nighttime hunt when they heard an unfamiliar loud scream. The sound appeared to move rapidly away, shifting from nearby to much farther within seconds while crashing through brush. Frightened despite being accustomed to the dark, the pair left without seeing the source and returned to their truck.

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About 3 weeks later during gun season Middlesex, Ontario County, New York Related account #68896

Wood knock near Middlesex, New York

During gun season the witness experienced the same loud knock again in the same area with the woods silent.

Wood knock
before this sighting Long Lake Village, Hamilton County, New York Related account #1524

Scream near Long Lake Village, New York

The witness and two companions heard a loud powerful scream twice from the surrounding forest while fishing at night.

Scream
a couple of years apart Caroga Lake, Fulton County, New York Related account #25913

Unidentified sound near Caroga Lake, New York

The witness reports hearing a loud unfamiliar whirling sound twice in the same area years apart.

Unidentified sound
BFRO YEAR: 1989,1993 Essex County, New York Class A #1522

Two separate encounters with "thing" leave three friends scared, shaken and curious.

Shortly after 1:30 a.m., the witness and two companions heard screaming and metal being torn near junked cars below an old railbed. A very large presence came up the steep bank and stood close enough for its breath to be felt, accompanied by a foul odor. When the group fled toward the road it chased them with audible footsteps before stopping at the brush, and a heavy station wagon nearby was later found overturned and torn apart.

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a week or two later, at exactly dusk Pine Plains, Dutchess County, New York Related account #11630

Sasquatch sighting near Pine Plains, New York

A week or two later at dusk the witness and a companion in a parked car saw a tall brown figure and a light-brown leg move into the tree line near a ballfield.

Full-body sighting
Date unknown Keene Valley, Essex County, New York Related account #11956

Sasquatch sighting near Keene Valley, New York

The witness noted tree scrapings about six feet off the ground in the cabin area at an unspecified time.

Fall 2003, around 7:30 pm Keene Valley, Essex County, New York Related account #11956

Odor near Keene Valley, New York

Earlier the same night the witness and his wife went outside with two dogs, smelled a strong musky odor, and the dogs became fearful and wanted inside.

OdorAnimal behaviour
Fall 2002 Keene Valley, Essex County, New York Related account #11956

Property disturbance near Keene Valley, New York

After a day hike in fall 2002 the group returned to find three flat hand-sized stones deliberately stacked with a stick on the back porch steps.

Property disturbance