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Summer 1964 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Class B #28095

Man recalls possible encounter at a family cabin in Big Cottonwood Canyon outside Salt Lake City

In August 1964 two teenagers were walking back to a family cabin in Big Cottonwood Canyon after dark when they heard footsteps matching their movements and a low unearthly growl. They ran through a gully to the cabin and locked themselves inside. They then heard the nearby outhouse door open and slam, saw nothing when they turned on an outside light, later heard the door fling open with crashing in brush, and spent the night upstairs.

FootstepsGrowlDoor or window contactMovement only
October 1963 Tyler, Smith County, Texas Class A #1063

Coon hunters observe large, hairy "monkey" in pin oak

Late at night in 1963, the witness and four companions were hunting raccoons with dogs in a creek bottom south of Tyler, Texas. After the dogs treed something, the group illuminated a large reddish-furred animal in a pin oak that was howling and screaming while waving its arms and shaking limbs. After someone fired at it with a .22, it growled and the group fled with the dogs back to their vehicles.

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April 1962 Manistique, Schoolcraft County, Michigan Class A #24238

Man recalls multi-witness sighting in teen years near Manistique

Six youths walking along railroad tracks heard a loud guttural sound behind them and turned to see a tall hair-covered figure. The figure walked steadily across the tracks and down into swampy woods about 110 feet away without stopping. The group later went to where it entered the woods, noticed a strong rotten odor but found no tracks.

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1956 Prattsville, Vinton County, Ohio Class B #4982

Personal encounter of a camper as well as a history of encounters concerning his family members, dating back 40 years.

The witness and a companion were sleeping in a tent on a hill while camping. In the early morning hours the witness was awakened by a deep growling grunt very close to the tent, followed by brush sounds as something moved away. In the morning the witness searched for tracks, fur, or other sign but found nothing, and concluded the sounds had been made by a bigfoot.

GrowlMovement only
Fall 1949 Fairview, Coos County, Oregon Class A #8745

One audible and two visual, early evening encounters by a coastal witness near the North Fork of the Coquille River

When the witness was a child living in a remote wooded valley, pounding on wood drew a sibling indoors and the family went outside to listen. From the driveway they heard loud guttural roaring together with continued pounding for several minutes on a clear calm evening. The sounds eventually stopped and the family went back inside, leaving the witness frightened.

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in either late June or early July Place not stated Related account #25229

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The witness and a companion heard a single deep growl while scouting ATV trails near a ravine and pond in summer and left quickly.

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BFRO YEAR: 1980-81? Mission, British Columbia Class B #15141

Possible stalking and rock throwing in the Fraser Valley

Three companions walking back from swimming along a forestry road felt watched and heard snapping branches and rustling paralleling their movement. When they shouted and threw rocks toward the roadside bushes, rocks were thrown back at them while growling sounds were heard and the accompanying dog barked. Frightened, they ran to a nearby activity centre and later told a parent, who suggested a bear.

FootstepsGrowlRock throwingUnidentified sound
one evening shortly after this Place not stated Related account #13800

Growl

The witness together with a companion heard a deep resonating growling sound changing to a screeching yelping sound on a later evening.

GrowlScream
This last summer Place not stated Related account #10136

Growl

The witness heard a low guttural growl-like noise near the house late one summer night, searched with lights and found nothing.

Growl
Approximately two months ago Place not stated Related account #12388

Growl

The witness and two companions heard a loud growl-like hissing noise nearby while sitting around an outdoor fire and went inside.

Growl
at the end of the game Place not stated Related account #57998

Growl

A couple hours later, the witness and a companion heard a fearsome guttural growl nearby while walking on quarry property toward swimming ponds, about 100 feet from where the rock landed.

Growl
about two in the morning Place not stated Related account #1451

Growl

On another winter night the same witness heard very loud low guttural moaning or growling sounds for about three minutes near woods behind the track.

Growl
BFRO YEAR: 1978-80 Prosperity, Washington County, Pennsylvania Class B #50123

Audio recording of possible screams, growls, and fight with a dog from the Late 70's near Prosperity

On a fall evening just before dusk, the witness, then a child, and the father were at their farm when the father heard a loud disturbance in a wooded valley below a field. The father took a tape recorder and walked toward the sounds of a loud growling/roaring creature apparently fighting a neighbor's dog while the child waited uphill by a feed trough. The creature was never seen because it was too dark in the woods, and the father returned uphill. The neighbor's dog was never seen again.

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BFRO YEAR: about 1980 Lewistown, PA In Mifflin County, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania Class B #22599

Hunter has unusual experience while spring turkey hunting

The witness was scouting for turkeys in spring on the southern side of Jacks Mountain when turkey-like clucking from dense brush drew him closer. Each time he approached, a very low guttural growl came from the brush where nothing could be seen, stopping when he backed away while the clucking resumed. After two or three such approaches he left the area.

GrowlUnidentified soundPossible hoax
BFRO YEAR: 1985 - '87 McKean County, Pennsylvania Class B #3570

Loud scream heard by three witnesses.

Three bow hunters met in a field after dark while walking out. From a small woodlot about 70 yards away they twice heard a loud scream turning into a guttural growl with heavy breathing. One hunter briefly ran then returned, and the group left quickly after shining a weak light toward the sound without seeing anything.

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BFRO YEAR: 1996-98 Indiana, Indiana County, Pennsylvania Class B #3002

Two brothers investigate strange whistling, hear growling

Over several summers the household repeatedly heard a loud high rising whistle in the early morning from the same wooded spot near home. In the third summer the witness and a relative walked toward the sound with baseball bats and got within about 25 yards. While the whistle continued they heard a wet growling sound at the same time and fled. The whistling was heard only once the next year and then stopped.

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early to mid-afternoon Place not stated Related account #856

Growl

The reporter, alone in a field beside the house, heard loud growling and snarling from the adjacent woods without seeing the source.

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On Friday, November 16, around 6:15pm Place not stated Related account #37817

Growl

The witness and his spouse heard a very loud, deep guttural growl-roar lasting a couple seconds while walking near an intersection about 200 yards from home.

GrowlVocalization
one night about 2a.m. Place not stated Related account #27589

Growl

On an earlier night the witness let his dog out, heard barking and a scuffle, then searched with a relative and heard loud crashing, grunting and movement in leaves around them.

GrowlFootstepsTree break
two other times Place not stated Related account #27399

Growl

The witness reports hearing a loud growling roar-like yell twice in prior years near the same swamp.

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