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Footsteps
Earlier the same day the witness heard pacing, a screech/growl, and stick strikes on a tree while pushing through thick brush toward a dried lake clearing.
Footsteps
On the prior day the witness heard movement pacing him in dense brush and an unfamiliar screech/growl after noticing high tree scrapings.
Growl
The next day the same witness walked down the road and heard breathing and grunting-growling with footsteps that matched her movements.
Growl
The witness stepped onto the back porch at night and heard the same low growl much louder, then rustling and a loud hit to the wooden shed, but found nothing with a spotlight.
Growl
On a night around 2 or 3 am at the witness's home, a loud low snarling was heard twice, a dog reacted fearfully, and a horrendous odor was noticed when a door was opened.
Young girls have daylight sighting near their home
The witness and a relative went to a play hut at the edge of the woods just after daybreak. They noticed a foul odor, heard something large moving and growling, and hid in a nearby gully. They then watched a very tall, broad, brownish-red haired biped with human-like shape approach the hut from 50 to 70 feet away before turning and walking away, after which they ran home.
Growl
The witness reported hearing the same growl-scream noise below the residence near Pigeon Mountain on an unspecified occasion.
Howl
After the main event, the witness heard strong unrecognized howls often followed by a growl.
Growl
For the prior week the witness and household reported growling, footsteps, shaking limbs in woods near the house and something hitting parked cars in the yard.
Growl near CHATSWORTH, Georgia
A few days later the witness heard a grunt or growl in the same area while walking to a car.
Growl
While biking alone in the evening, the witness heard loud deep grunting from tall grass that stopped and resumed as they passed.
Man recalls multiple experiences (including a daylight sighting) as a youth near Gainesville
The witness and a companion were leaving a lake after fishing when they heard dogs barking and deep grunting near a swampy area. A very tall hairy biped emerged from reeds and ran upright across an open field while dogs chased it. After getting tangled and shouting, the witness saw the animal look toward them while running to the tree line, then both youths left for home.
Scary encounters outside a rural home near Jackson
The witness and a companion were camping in a tent on the witness's driveway in mid-October. Around 2 a.m. under a full moon, the witness awoke to grunting and snapping trees and saw a large hair-covered figure striking and eating a deer, then dragging it uphill. The figure approached the tent, giving off a strong musky odor and knocking a frying pan from a tree before leaving. In the morning the witness found deer remains, drag marks, and a shelter-like structure of bent and broken pines.
Growl near Morgan, Alabama
About three and a half years earlier the same witness was camping and cooking, heard growling, saw a tall figure watching, shouted, and the figure ran away, with footprints found nearby the next day.
Growl near Opelika/Auburn Area, Alabama
The witness heard the same grunts and shrieks down the creek for a few months while riding in the area.
Man has repeated visits at family farm
In early fall 1980 around 7 p.m., the witness was in the kitchen after feeding horses while his wife brought in laundry. Both heard screaming near the corral gate, the wife ran inside frightened and horses fled, and the witness glimpsed a very tall dark furry figure moving through a lit patch while it screamed and made clicking growling noises before he went back inside and locked doors.
Scream
The witness and several others repeatedly heard nighttime scream-howl-growl sounds, sometimes with a wet-dog mildew odor.
Two friends get spooked by a possible encounter near Norris Lake
Two companions rode an ATV to a clearing by a lake and built a large fire at night. Over the evening they heard deliberate footfalls, pacing and stick breaks in the treeline about sixty yards away and noticed the woods go silent. After the witness knocked on a tree and made a whoop call, they heard knocks in reply and then a long deep guttural growl. They rode toward the sound without seeing anything, then put out the fire and left feeling watched and frightened.
Two Large Creatures Were Seen Coming Out of Creek
As a child camping with family, the witness woke at night and stayed up to watch raccoons. Two large hair-covered creatures waded across a creek into the camp, growling and grunting while going through items left out. The frightened witness hid and remained still until they left the way they came, after which the raccoons returned.
Odor
The witness with a relative and a companion near the woods edge smelled an unidentifiable awful odor then heard a deep grunting and growling sound nearby and ran home.