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about six months afer that Place not stated Related account #3474

Growl

A few months later the reporter and a companion heard growling and heavy bipedal running approach them in a weedy backyard at night, smelled a terrible odor, and heard it outside a window.

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on previous visits Manteno, Kankakee County, Illinois Related account #29836

Animal behaviour near Manteno, Illinois

The witness states he had previously felt watched, smelled the same pungent odor, and heard the same whooping noise on earlier fishing visits to the same site.

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when he was much younger Place not stated Related account #26823

Odor

The witness recalled smelling the same nasty odor years earlier while riding dirt bikes in the area with companions.

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all morning Place not stated Related account #26823

Odor

The witness and a relative repeatedly smelled a foul odor while walking through swamps that morning before the road sighting.

Odor
for 2 days Lake Helen, Volusia County, Florida Related account #40901

Odor near Lake Helen, Florida

A horrible stench lingered outside the house for two days while the retriever refused to go outside even in daytime.

OdorAnimal behaviour
off and on Lake Helen, Volusia County, Florida Related account #40901

Odor near Lake Helen, Florida

Witness and daughter repeatedly noticed foul odors near home, strange night noises, and waking simultaneously without known cause.

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During the days leading up to the encounter Perry, Fla, Taylor County, Florida Related account #28263

Odor near Perry, Fla, Florida

While hiking in the days before the main night, the group sometimes noticed a horrible foul smell.

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last night Place not stated Related account #43162

Odor

The witness and spouse smelled skunk odor and saw red eyes in their yard the night before the road encounter.

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the day before Place not stated Related account #28200

Odor

The witness and a relative smelled a foul odor while on a long hike the day before the main sighting.

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all morning Place not stated Related account #28200

Odor

The witness group noticed a foul smell coming and going while walking through swamps that morning.

Odor
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #3918

Unidentified sound

Witness recalled earlier being frightened while hog hunting on landfill land by something big, loud and smelly, and losing dogs.

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BFRO YEAR: 1985 86 Lakeland Fla, Polk County, Florida Class B #3918

Hunter has unexplained, late night encounter while in small boat on Saddle Creek

Late at night the witness paddled a small boat up a creek with two dogs and heard something following on the bank, then a loud blowing noise. The dogs refused to go ashore and later barked intensely. The witness shone a light and saw a large ape-like figure running away over a hill, then noticed a group of tracks while leaving. A skunk-like brassy odor was noted before the sighting.

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BFRO YEAR: 74-75 Lake Worth, Palm Beach County, Florida Class A #414

Year long sightings by family

The witness describes repeated nighttime visits to a rural property over about a year by a family of large hairy creatures that ate fruit, looked in trailer windows, and once bit a penned hog. The witness reports seeing three individuals of varying heights, hearing frequent chattering, noticing odor, tracks and hair, and attempting to hunt them without driving them away. After about a year the visits stopped, believed to have ended when habitat regrew.

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BFRO YEAR: 08 Baker Fl, Okaloosa County, Florida Class B #25037

Kayaker experiences frightening incidents while traveling down Yellow River

While kayaking a long stretch of river in northwest Florida near dusk, the witness heard moaning to yelling sounds and smelled a strong musky odor. Rocks were thrown from the treeline toward the water and near the kayak, while sticks and trees were heard breaking. The witness also heard coyotes and loud unidentified sounds suggesting animals fighting, felt followed for much of the trip, and never saw the source.

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when i was 12 Place not stated Related account #35474

Odor

As a juvenile the witness was chased for about a quarter mile before dark by an unseen follower with a strong odor and grunting sounds and fled inside to get a rifle.

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Summer of 1991 Place not stated Related account #28418

Sasquatch sighting

The witness, while working at night, approached a dumpster with headlights off, then saw a six-foot hair-covered biped that walked away quickly while emitting a strong foul odor.

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On the second day of our stay Place not stated Related account #32249

Sasquatch sighting

On the second morning the witness and a helper saw a dark biped step into the fence line, watched it about a minute, then it left while they heard movement.

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one night about 2 or 3 am Place not stated Related account #50462

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.

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1976, fall Place not stated Related account #40784

Odor

The reporter and father were coon hunting at night when dogs refused to enter woods, a strong odor was smelled and something large was heard moving away without being seen.

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BFRO YEAR: 76 Esto, Holmes County, Florida Class A #115

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.

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