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Sasquatch sighting near Chesley, Ontario
The witness was staying at a rural family property without electricity and stepped away from a bonfire at night. He watched a tall thin hairy figure with an elongated head walk carefully from a ditch toward a neighboring lit farm. The figure then sprinted across a field at remarkable speed, dropped forward onto all fours and entered the bush. The witness concluded it could not have been a human runner.
Sasquatch sighting in Oregon
The witness was living alone in a trailer while clearing land for a cabin. Over several nights loud banging on a metal trailer woke him, culminating in screams that drew him toward a large excavation. He confronted two tall hairy figures and a smaller one trapped in the pit, with another large figure flanking him. After a tense standoff the group retrieved the small one and withdrew to the treeline, and the witness left the property at sunrise.
Howl in Virginia
A camping party arrived late at a ridgetop site and heard strange howling around 2 to 3 a.m. the first night. The next evening after dinner the dog fixated on brush by a steep drop, where one camper saw paired eyes at close range that avoided a flashlight, followed by branch breaks and a tall tree-like silhouette that walked from one side of camp to the road and later showed yellow eyeshine. The group packed hurriedly, secured the dog and lights, and drove home the same night feeling watched but not directly threatened.
Woman tells of her husband's close encounter as a young man with "The Hermit" near Huntsville
About 1960, the submitter's husband and two school friends were spending a weekend night inside a relative's cabin when they felt watched and saw a tall hair-covered figure silhouetted by the open refrigerator light. The boys shouted and split up to flee to the car, with the husband reporting something running close behind him that he could hear breathing and smell strongly like moldy skunk. In hindsight he wondered whether the figure was also fleeing and had simply taken the same path.
Whistle near Vernon, Texas
While doing maintenance after dark near a perimeter fence, the witness heard a whistle to the north and then something very large broke cover nearby and ran east through tall grass.
Odor near Gladewater, Texas
In the same area that same year the witness was on foot after dark without a light, felt hair stand up and as if followed, smelled a strong almost-skunky odor, and hurried out while hunting dogs ran ahead to the house.
Growl near Woodville, Texas
Several months before the main sighting, the witness and a relative heard a close low growl while feeding goats at night, around the time young goats and geese went missing and dismembered goats were found.
Hog hunter encounters unknown animal near Sabine River.
The witness was hunting hogs when he noticed a large hair-covered figure sitting by a tree. The figure stood up, and the witness observed it through a rifle scope for about half a minute before it walked away. The witness described the figure as very large with long chestnut-brown hair, a hairless face, and large soft brown eyes.
Growl near Round Rock, Texas
The witness has also heard a deep, guttural growl in the area that did not sound like an owl.
Structure or nest in Oklahoma
A couple months after the backyard sighting the guest walked alone in daylight and found tall Johnson grass pressed flat as if something had lain there, with one spot suggesting two bodies or two uses. He interpreted it as bedding for the same animal.
Sasquatch sighting near Peterborough, Ontario
A city youth went camping and caving with a friend and the friend's parent near caves in Ontario. While searching in the woods after a meal, the youths saw a dark furry primate-like animal come down a tree and move on all fours. It left quickly and the woods became silent, leaving them frightened.
Tracks near Tivoli, New York
While investigating a farm, the team found large tracks along a tractor road, cast a 17-inch track, and found hair on a barbed wire fence. They also heard wood knocks and hoops, and the farmer said cows stampeded through a metal fence to escape the area and will not re-enter it.
Scream near Pine Plains, New York
As a teenager camping alone on the mountain after being grounded, the guest heard a loud close owl then an extremely loud terrifying scream-howl she felt was within feet of her tent. She froze, then ran down the hill to her house. At the time she had never heard of Bigfoot.
Movement only near Big Bay, Michigan
The witness and his son were rowing across a different lake on the same property around midday when they noticed a white, propane-tank-shaped object sitting on or just above the flat water with no reflection, sound, or wake. They watched it move slowly and silently across the width of the lake until it reached the far shore and disappeared into the heavily wooded shoreline where there is no boat launch or access. The witness said he photographed the object and later shared grayscale and color versions.
Movement only near Big Bay, Michigan
The witness and his wife were camping at their remote property and sitting by a campfire after sunset when a low white light approached, passed nearly overhead, and continued behind the trees. A few minutes later they heard yipping that rose and dropped into overlapping grunting, screams and yells from about half a mile away, followed by total silence. The witness said he had camped there for decades and never heard anything like it, and later felt a recording from another Michigan case sounded nearly identical.
UFO sighting near Columbia, South Carolina
While living on Lake Murray, the witness was on the back porch when a large ball of light bigger than an exercise ball came through the yards toward the lake. She asked her husband if he saw it, but he did not. It returned the same way then disappeared without being seen leaving over the lake.
Sasquatch sighting near Batesville, Arkansas
The witness was driving home on a two-lane highway in north-central Arkansas after sunset when a fast, reddish-haired ape-like animal carrying a raccoon in its mouth ran into the road. He struck it squarely with his car at highway speed, feeling a violent impact that was heard by his girlfriend on the phone. After stopping he found no damage to the car and no airbag deployment, but extensive blood on the passenger side, yet no body, blood, hair, or raccoon at the impact site. He also describes a brief dull flash at impact and time seeming to slow.
UFO sighting near Leesville, Louisiana
A few days later at a different training location, the soldier watched red, green and blue lights moving through distant trees at dusk. The lights appeared organic with soft hazy glow and seemed to weave intelligently around trees. Another soldier nearby looked and could not explain them as fireflies.
Object throwing near Leesville, Louisiana
The soldier returned to his tent along the concertina wire late at night. Pinecones and small rocks were repeatedly thrown from the dark wood line onto him and his tent for a few minutes. He could see nothing with night vision and no opposing-force soldiers were credited with the activity.
Scream near Octavia, Oklahoma
The guest and his wife were staying at a leased cabin near Octavia and walking by a lake around sunset when they heard loud screaming or hollering from the river bottoms about a half-mile to a mile away. He recorded the sounds on a small Kodak camera, turning it on and off several times. Locals later told him there were no elk or moose in the area, only black bear and mountain lions.