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Late afternoon (sunny) Town Of Shebandowan, Ontario Related account #23490

Unidentified sound near Town Of Shebandowan, Ontario

Earlier the same day, the witness and a relative paddled near the isolated shore, heard loud thrashing approaching, and saw large trees swaying before leaving without seeing the source.

Unidentified soundMovement only
BFRO YEAR: 1993-94 45 Kms East Of Fort Frances, Ontario Class A #18077

Morning daylight encounter with grouse hunter on Indian Island 45 km east of Fort Francis

The witness, then 14, was hunting grouse alone with a dog on overgrown trails in northern Ontario in the morning. After noticing a strong odor and the dog fleeing, a large upright hair-covered creature rose from tall grass nearby, looked briefly, and crossed the trail silently into brush. The witness froze, then ran back the way they came while hearing branches breaking as the creature moved away.

Full-body sightingOdorMovement only
The week before Eden, Lamoille County, Vermont Related account #63218

Unidentified sound near Eden, Vermont

A week earlier the witness heard twigs snapping and weeds moving behind the fenced garden while the dog barked, then fired an air horn.

Unidentified soundMovement only
BFRO YEAR: About 1979 British Columbia Class B #2446

Witnesses hear, smell, and feel something large moving & walking right next to them

Late at night in heavy fog, the witness's wife went to the outhouse and encountered something very close that she heard moving and smelled strongly, then fled back inside. The witness went outside with a gun and flashlight but could see nothing in the fog, though he heard bipedal footsteps, noticed a strong odor, and heard a low screeching sound toward a relative's home. The next morning he found a barbed-wire fence broken down with nails pulled out but found no tracks or hair.

OdorMovement onlyFootstepsVocalizationProperty disturbance
Dec 2003 Withheld, British Columbia Related account #12703

Sasquatch sighting near Withheld, British Columbia

Three years earlier the witness and a companion found a large woven nest over a dug hole, saw eyes, heard knocks and felt thumps from below, then saw dark shapes while fleeing.

EyeshineWood knockPartial sightingUnidentified soundMovement only
The next time we went to the area Duncan, British Columbia Related account #11915

Wood knock near Duncan, British Columbia

On a later visit to the area, the group heard sequenced branch taps and then heard the source leave after they made whooping calls.

Wood knockMovement only
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #1975

Movement only

The witness mentions having seen shadows moving down the dirt road near home.

Movement only
BFRO YEAR: 95-96 Clarendon, Orleans County, New York Class B #4799

Possible vocalizations heard by coon hunters near Clarendon

The witness and a hunting companion were about to start a nighttime hunt when they heard an unfamiliar loud scream. The sound appeared to move rapidly away, shifting from nearby to much farther within seconds while crashing through brush. Frightened despite being accustomed to the dark, the pair left without seeing the source and returned to their truck.

ScreamMovement only
BFRO YEAR: 1989,1993 Essex County, New York Class A #1522

Two separate encounters with "thing" leave three friends scared, shaken and curious.

Shortly after 1:30 a.m., the witness and two companions heard screaming and metal being torn near junked cars below an old railbed. A very large presence came up the steep bank and stood close enough for its breath to be felt, accompanied by a foul odor. When the group fled toward the road it chased them with audible footsteps before stopping at the brush, and a heavy station wagon nearby was later found overturned and torn apart.

ScreamOdorFootstepsSilhouetteProperty disturbance +1
Once in a while Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut Related account #58379

Movement only near Torrington, Connecticut

The witness and a friend on the porch sensed something very large and heavy running in a straight line across the field behind the house without seeing it.

Movement onlyFootsteps
BFRO YEAR: 72 or 73 York; More Specifically Manchester Twp., York County, Pennsylvania Class B #8000

Shriek heard in PA woods in early 70's

Three teenagers were camping by a fire near a pine grove on a farm property. They heard intermittent branch-breaking and movement approaching and receding, then a single loud inhuman scream. They fled to the house without seeing anything and reported no odor or sense of being followed.

ScreamUnidentified soundMovement only
BFRO YEAR: 2006-pres Kane, McKean County, Pennsylvania Class B #49903

Several possible incidents over the years in the Allegheny National Forest

In March 2014 while staying at a cabin with four companions, the witness went alone to a nearby meadow after dark to look at stars. The witness heard bipedal footsteps approaching up the slope, called out twice with no reply, and the steps paused then stopped at the lane edge. As the witness walked back past that spot, brush shuffled as if something turned to watch, but all companions were still inside and had heard nothing.

FootstepsMovement only
BFRO YEAR: 1988-89 Erie, Or Wesleyville, They Are About The Same Distance Away, Erie County, Pennsylvania Class A #3634

Night time sighting near a secluded forest home outside Wesleyville

One evening around dusk the witness sat locked out on the front porch of the parents' wooded house. A very large hair-covered biped approached to about 40-50 yards, paused and stared with glowing red eyes for about half a minute, then ran away rapidly breaking branches. The next morning large footprints were found in wet driveway dirt but were washed away by rain before they could be photographed.

Full-body sightingEyeshineMovement onlyTracks
About 5 days later Connellsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania Related account #3563

Vocalization near Connellsville, Pennsylvania

About five days after the sighting, the witness walking the same path heard a loud grunting and bushes shaking loudly as something got closer.

VocalizationMovement only
Date unknown Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania Related account #78276

Movement only near Bellefonte, Pennsylvania

Same witness saw a ball of blue light moving through the woods in the same area at an unspecified time.

Movement only
in 1985 Place not stated Related account #1505

Scream

On a senior campout in 1985 the witness heard screaming noises that seemed to circle the camp late at night.

ScreamMovement only
when she was a child Place not stated Related account #2271

Movement only

As children the witness and a friend were chased from the woods by something unseen running behind them that they could hear breathing.

Movement onlyUnidentified sound
After the episode Place not stated Related account #30634

Unidentified sound

Same night after fleeing, the witness and companion heard prolonged movement, branch breaks, and tree and bush shaking in a different forested area without seeing eyeshine.

Unidentified soundTree breakMovement only
mid morning in the summer, just a couple years after Dad put the camper there Clarksville, Mecklenburg County, Virginia Related account #7392

Movement only near Clarksville, Virginia

A couple summers later on a mid-morning the witness watched a dog approach a large oak, get flung backward yelping with no person visible, then flee.

Movement only
since the incident Place not stated Related account #2054

Movement only

Since the track incident the witness has heard something large and heavy moving through the woods, possibly deer.

Movement only