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18 November 2012 Winlock, Lewis County, Washington Class A #47107

Hunter is confronted when he tries to shoot a deer near Winlock

On a November afternoon hunt, the witness heard loud yelling mixed with growls and screams nearby and recorded trees breaking and heavy pounding footsteps approaching. Deer in the area fled as the sounds got closer, and the witness left quickly. Cattle in a nearby pasture were later seen huddled far from the sounds.

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15 November 2012 Canada Creek Ranch, Montmorency County, Michigan Class B #43889

Hunter has unnerving experience at Bear Den Lake NE of Gaylord

The witness was parked by a vehicle at dusk after a day of hunting, waiting for two companions to return. After putting a rifle in the vehicle, the witness heard footsteps and then an extremely loud, deep guttural roar close enough to feel in the chest and fled by vehicle to meet the companions at a local establishment. The companions said they had heard strange noises and felt uneasy all day, and the group left the area that night.

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11 November 2012 Scio, Harrison County, Ohio Class A #37793

Family reports several encounters over several months on the outskirts of Scio

Late at night the witness took a puppy on a leash toward the woodline behind the house and heard shuffling in the brush. A very tall, very wide dark figure stood up nearby, showing a lighter chest or stomach area in the moonlight. The witness screamed and ran inside, after which relatives went out with a light and reported seeing a large two-legged shadow run up the brushy hill and disappear while staying just out of sight.

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11 November 2012 Erwin/ Unicoi County, Unicoi County, Tennessee Class A #37267

Close daylight observation by a fisherman at a trout stream near Unicoi

Early in the morning while heading to fish along a creek, the witness saw a large bipedal creature standing in the water about 15 to 20 yards away. The creature left the creek, struck a tree with its hand, stomped its foot and vocalized, then ran into the forest. The witness watched for about 45 seconds and also noted a musky animal-like odor.

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November 2012 Siler City, Chatham County, North Carolina Class B #77962

Possible camp stalking by a bigfoot 30 miles southwest of Durham

Two people tending a brush fire at night heard repeated grunt-like vocals and heavy breathing from the woods behind them for about an hour. The sounds stopped whenever they turned to look and included occasional footsteps and snapping limbs. After they went inside, they thought they heard something come out of the woods toward the remaining fire.

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November 2012 Rayville, Ray County, Missouri Class B #38339

Possible nighttime activity at a rural home near Rayville

The witness drove to a friend's rural house at night and while walking to the door heard large bipedal footsteps paralleling him from woods 30-40 yards away. The steps stopped when he stopped and resumed when he walked. He told his friend inside, but the sound was gone when they came back out.

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November 2012 Washington #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/t_SHDdiTSkQYgoCFJHhxGx8e8ax-1VtE0jy0X-8O43o

Footsteps in Washington (2012)

Two brothers parked for a late-night talk on a forest road when heavy footsteps surrounded the car on several sides and powerful growls approached the rear. After repositioning the car in moonlight they saw a dark shape shifting in a tree, heard heavy breathing, and watched a very tall muscular dark creature cross the road and peer from behind a stump. A second slender gray creature leapt across the road, the large one dropped to all fours and left, and the brothers later realized hours had passed.

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13 October 2012 Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota Class B #63646

Camper describes stalking by Bigfoots near "Devil's Bathtub" in the Black Hills

The witness was camping alone in a tent in Spearfish Canyon. Late at night he heard a whistle-like sound, a tree-knock sound, and slow heavy bipedal footsteps approaching and passing his tent, accompanied by a strong unpleasant smell. He shouted at the presence and later woke to tree knocks and varied whooping sounds from multiple directions lasting about 15 minutes, and found no sign in the morning.

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7 October 2012 Greenwater WA, Pierce County, Washington Class B #36618

Loud late night stomping frightens backpackers near Echo Lake

The witness and a companion were camping overnight in a tent near a lake. Around 2 a.m. the witness awoke to very loud, heavy-sounding bipedal stomping moving through camp with branches breaking, which stopped abruptly when he moved to reach for a knife. He stayed still while feeling watched, then eventually fell back asleep. The companion separately reported hearing loud walking in camp that night, and no tracks or disturbance were found in the morning.

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4 October 2012 Wirtz, Franklin County, Virginia Class B #36591

Runner shadowed by possible biped keeping pace through heavy forest near Wirtz

The witness was road-running in the morning when they heard something in the adjacent woods keeping pace with them. The sound slowed, sped up, or stopped with the witness, paused near houses, then resumed in wooded stretches for about a mile. No source was ever seen due to fog and cover, and the witness felt the terrain was too rough to be easily matched by a person.

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October 2012 Alachua, Alachua County, Florida Class B #36682

Woman finds possible footprints during morning bike ride in San Felasco Preserve northwest of Gainesville

The witness stopped to rest while mountain biking and noticed a cluster of large barefoot-like footprints off the trail, which she photographed for scale. She reported hearing distant stomping or thumping sounds and later smelling a foul odor in the area. She did not see what made the prints and first thought the sounds were hogs or wild boar.

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October 2012 Bondurant, Jasper County, Iowa Class B #37336

Unexplained activity around a farm near Bondurant

The witness walked to a tree stand before dawn and heard whistles, footsteps, and a grunt while smelling a foul odor. The witness then saw two upright hairy figures, one about 4 feet tall and one about 6-7 feet tall, and one threw an object toward the stand. The witness yelled, climbed down, fled to an open corn field, and called a companion for a ride.

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29 September 2012 Pennsylvania #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/03/03/show-notes-with-shannon-lon-strickler-and-sean-forker

Sasquatch sighting in Pennsylvania (2012)

The witness camped overnight in a remote meadow in northern Pennsylvania with two companions for field research. After a brief glimpse of something moving through camp, the group heard heavy circling footsteps at night, found campfire logs moved and the fire relit, and saw a shape run up the hillside. Frightened, they called other investigators for support, stayed awake until morning, then left quickly and the witness avoided the woods for months.

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21 September 2012 Graf, Dubuque County, Iowa Class B #36514

Father and son are approached by three large bipeds while fishing at dusk west of Asbury

A father and son were night fishing from buckets on a creek bank facing a rocky, wooded bluff. They watched three large bipedal silhouettes approach through trees across the creek, with the first stopping close and squatting to observe them. After a smaller, more distant figure gave piercing screams and a closer figure answered with a guttural grunt, the figures started moving toward each other and the witnesses left for their truck.

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19 September 2012 Florence, Lane County, Oregon Class B #36505

Possible encounter while bow hunting for elk near Florence

While bow-hunting, the witness heard repeated loud knocks from nearby woods lasting many minutes, then later heard brush rustling moving toward an elk call. After repositioning along a road, the witness heard a final very loud knock from a large tree about 30 yards away and left the area as darkness fell. A hunting companion nearby reported hearing a couple of knocks.

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15 September 2012 Heavener, Le Flore County, Oklahoma Class B #36643

Family has possible encounter at Cedar Lake Equestrian Camp

A group of four campers spent the evening at an equestrian campsite beside the forest. After hearing walking sounds and a faint scream-like sound, they watched nearby treetops shake violently while hearing cracking and rattling branches. The shaking then stopped abruptly leaving the woods silent, frightening the group into dousing the fire and going inside. A next-morning search found no footprints or fallen limbs.

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12 September 2012 Virginia, St. Louis County, Minnesota Class A #44808

Daytime sighting by a hunter visiting his bait station near the town of Virginia

The witness drove to a bear bait station in the early morning and paused at a trail fork. A large gray-white creature crossed the trail about 50-60 yards away and continued through brush toward the bait site, with loud bipedal footsteps heard for several seconds. The witness left immediately and later returned with a companion only to retrieve a posted sign.

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September 2012 Skibo, St. Louis County, Minnesota Class A #43975

Daylight sighting while scouting hunting locations near Skibo

The witness and a companion were on foot scouting hunting ground in daylight when the witness noticed a large reddish-brown figure moving in the timber nearby. The witness saw only from the mid-shoulders up for a few seconds before turning toward the companion and looking back to find it gone. The companion did not see the figure but heard movement and footfalls, and a strong musky odor was noticed as the figure moved away.

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September 2012 Isabella, Lake County, Minnesota Class B #41411

Possible encounters at a favorite backwoods spot near Isabella

A witness and a relative were carrying camping gear to canoes in the afternoon when they heard an extremely loud bellow followed by muffled talking-like sounds. The witness retrieved a shotgun and moved toward a river point while the relative watched from the canoes. The witness heard heavy footsteps and brush movement heading toward the rapids but saw nothing, and found dry crossing rocks with no splashing. He concluded whatever made the sounds must have leapt rock to rock to cross.

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31 August 2012 Sweet Home, Linn County, Oregon Class A #36370

Close encounter scares hunters off their campsite east of Sweet Home

While camping overnight for an archery hunt, a witness and a relative reported hearing mumbling vocalizations and footsteps around their tent for hours. The relative reported seeing a large hand press the tent wall, and both later reported seeing large upright figures near the truck and treeline, one illuminated by flashlight. After the figures continued circling the camp, the two packed the tent without breaking it down and drove away around 4 a.m.

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