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Last night Elsie, Oregon #16fe2681-2f32-4bcb-b395-cc63d7e69f68

Vocalization near Elsie, Oregon

The writer and spouse live in a rural hollow adjoining forest land. Late one night the spouse heard odd sounds from the porch, and the writer began recording. A loud yelling vocalization continued for an extended period, at times apparently answered from farther away before seeming to approach. Domestic and neighboring dogs reacted fearfully.

VocalizationHowl
late at night Saint Marie’s, Benewah County, Idaho Related account #67192

Wood knock near Saint Marie’s, Idaho

The witness reported repeatedly hearing late-night wood knocks and indistinct whispering voices outside on other nights.

Wood knockVocalization
Date unknown Clarkia Id., Benewah County, Idaho Related account #15120

Object throwing near Clarkia Id., Idaho

Years later the son and a companion were hunting elk in snow when the companion asked if the son was throwing snowballs at him.

Object throwing
Date unknown South Carolina #5f088d09-87b1-408b-86ae-c92621ab1da8

Whistle in South Carolina

While sitting in a box stand in a hardwood bottom, the witness heard a whistle-like sound followed by whoops from toward the creek and river. He said no one else was down that way. It was the first time he had heard such vocalizations.

WhistleWhoop
one night in November Ohio #05bb12d3-0fab-40e1-b460-80b22920b90b

Howl in Ohio

After moving back to Ohio, the guest was training martial arts with others along the Cuyahoga River one November night. They heard an incredibly loud howl that scared them enough to leave the spot and train next to their cars.

Howl
the following year Washington #05bb12d3-0fab-40e1-b460-80b22920b90b

Wood knock in Washington

The next year the guest hiked to Swamp Lake with his young daughter, a friend from Eugene and families while doing wood knocks. On the return near a river log crossing they heard a loud wood knock behind them. After crossing, a large rock thrown from a small cliff splashed 30 to 40 feet away, but nothing was seen.

Wood knockRock throwing
like a week ago California #1d36b920-b347-4bd0-b43d-033af2fa518c

Vocalization in California

While sleeping in his van in Alabama Hills, the witness woke at 2:30 AM to bird-like sounds shifting to crickets, then a short wailing whistle. Something pressed against the van and shook it violently while he felt overwhelming dread, pressure, inability to move and hear. After it stopped he dressed, found no tracks, felt watched while leaving, and drove to a populated rest stop.

VocalizationWhistleUnidentified soundVehicle contactAnimal behaviour
when I was around seven years old Resaca, Georgia #1d36b920-b347-4bd0-b43d-033af2fa518c

Sasquatch sighting near Resaca, Georgia

As a young child sharing a bedroom, the witness woke to see a tall hairy female-like face at the window across from her bed. The figure tapped on the glass and motioned for her to come outside, then moved to a second window behind her head and tapped there. The next morning plants and shrubs outside the first window were found crushed, and her grandfather called police.

Partial sightingDoor or window contactAnimal behaviourProperty disturbance
May 4th, 2025, Night Time. Boise, Ada County, Idaho Related account #78583

Wood knock near Boise, Idaho

In May 2025 at the same campsite the same witness heard steady distant tree knocks from the southeast while trying to sleep.

Wood knock
BFRO YEAR: 2023 & 25 Boise, Ada County, Idaho Class B #78583

Backpacker hears howls and knocks on different trips in Upper Dry Creek, seven (7) miles NE from Boise

In May 2023 the witness camped overnight with four companions at a secluded site off Dry Creek Trail north of Boise. Unable to sleep, the witness heard three long howls from different directions across the valley, described as similar to a known Ohio recording but longer. The companions reportedly did not hear the sounds, and no further howls occurred that night.

Howl
Two years ago in 98 Woodland Park, Teller County, Colorado Related account #819

Sasquatch sighting near Woodland Park, Colorado

Two years earlier the witness and five companions on horseback at night watched a tall dark bipedal figure cross the trail, noticed a faint smell, and the witness later found a large track.

Full-body sightingOdorTracks
As a boy Dillon, Summit County, Colorado Related account #15588

Unidentified sound near Dillon, Colorado

As a youth, the reporter explored the same woods alone, at times feeling watched without seeing anything and occasionally hearing sounds of unclear origin.

Unidentified sound
BFRO YEAR: late 60s Dillon, Summit County, Colorado Class A #15588

Daytime sighting of white creature near Dillon

Two riders on a small bike rode up a forest trail to a beaver pond and encountered a large white-furred creature squatting at the water's edge reaching into the water. The driver quickly turned the bike to leave while the passenger slipped off, glanced briefly, and saw the creature stand up much larger than a person before it disappeared from view. The pair reported the sighting to family members at the cabin but were not taken seriously.

Full-body sighting
BFRO YEAR: Late 70's Teller County, Colorado Class A #13441

Woman describes night time sighting during childhood in the Pike National Forest

While camping and sleeping in a camper trailer with family and companions, the young witness awoke at night to loud heavy breathing outside her window and indistinct chatter-like sounds moving along the window. She pulled back the curtain and saw a dark-skinned partial face with brown eyes inches away staring in. The sounds stopped shortly after, and the next morning the adults found apples and potatoes missing from the back of the truck.

Partial sightingChatterUnidentified soundProperty disturbance
a few years ago Rose City, Michigan #027728e8-94b8-4cdb-bd90-5be7fcf5b16c

Sasquatch sighting near Rose City, Michigan

After a conference, a group went to state land at night and used a game caller. The witness repeatedly glimpsed a small upright figure running along the wood line and dropping into tall grass, visible only out of the corner of the eye. Others present could not see it.

Partial sightingMovement only
when I was about 14 Midland County, Michigan #027728e8-94b8-4cdb-bd90-5be7fcf5b16c

Sasquatch sighting near Midland County

The witness and her cousin rode a minibike down a wooded path to a sandy turnaround. A dark face watched them from behind bushes on the far side. They righted the tipped bike and rode quickly back to the house, where the cousin declined to discuss it.

Partial sighting
when we were 14 to 16 years old Detroit, Oregon #c26984ee-6c28-49e8-a3e1-111b1a606630

Cryptid sighting near Detroit, Oregon

During a summer camp, four youths hiked to a small lake with a vertical log sticking out of the water. On the second day the log went underwater and resurfaced, then a wide dark orb-like mass moved from the log location in an S shape toward a relative on a float. It disappeared about 10 to 15 feet away, and the group ran back to camp.

Partial sightingMovement only
about a month ago Mississippi #da492166-5b88-4d79-8fa4-577182c0370b

Footsteps in Mississippi

The young witness and a friend finished fishing class and walked a short way down a trail to look toward another fishing spot. They heard a third set of footsteps that stopped when they stopped and called out with no answer. They then saw a blurry roughly six-foot-tall mass peeking from behind a thin tree about fifty feet away, left quickly, and avoided returning to that trail.

FootstepsPartial sighting
Date unknown Brantley, Alabama #da492166-5b88-4d79-8fa4-577182c0370b

Wood knock near Brantley, Alabama

The witness was tent camping on family property and stepped a few steps from camp around midnight to relieve himself. He heard three loud whacking sounds like leather striking a pine, then several seconds of steps, then three strikes again from an estimated thirty to forty yards away. He stood briefly, heard nothing further, and returned to his tent.

Wood knockFootsteps
fast forward to like eight years, midsummer British Columbia #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/06/17/sc-ep115

Movement only in British Columbia

While fly fishing, the witness saw large brown movement between trees and then found very large flat-footed barefoot tracks with splayed gripping toes and a midfoot bend. He followed them to a creek crossing showing very long strides up a bank. He then heard a deep chickadee-like whistle, answered it, feared it was signaling another individual, and fled.

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