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on several occasions Place not stated Related account #25484

Property disturbance

One of three bird feeders located away from the house has been found turned over on several occasions.

Property disturbance
a few weeks prior to the early morning encounter Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut Related account #25484

Property disturbance near Woodstock, Connecticut

A few weeks before the window encounter, a covered pot of chicken stew left to cool on the rear deck was found with the brick and lid displaced and stew splattered out.

Property disturbance
October of 2006 Kane, McKean County, Pennsylvania Related account #49903

Unidentified sound near Kane, Pennsylvania

Around 2 a.m. on first visit in October 2006, the witness and a relative heard deck furniture being moved and later rustling at the fire pit, finding both disturbed in the morning.

Unidentified soundProperty disturbance
About a week before the incident Columbia County, Pennsylvania Related account #3558

Property disturbance near Columbia County

The witnesses found shed windows smashed and noticed a strange odor about a week before the main event.

Property disturbanceOdor
BFRO YEAR: 1992 or 93 Butler County, Pennsylvania Class A #3551

Campers have close encounter with large, hairy creature

Three people were sitting around a campfire late at night when they heard footsteps in the woods and a loud crash against a nearby mobile home. The reporter ran to wake a sleeping companion while the other two put out the fire. Those two companions reported seeing a large hairy man-like figure about 20 feet away, about 7-8 feet tall with red eyes, which then ran off hunched over.

Full-body sightingEyeshineFootstepsProperty disturbance
BFRO YEAR: 1976 or 77 Sussex NJ, Sussex County, New Jersey Class B #7185

Teens have scary encounter in abandoned creamery near Sussex

Two teenagers exploring an abandoned creamery had the companion climb a ladder to the upper floor, where he reported a foul smell and hairy legs behind a box. Both then heard heavy running overhead with ceiling boards moving, and saw a large hairy figure break through a wall, cross a roof, and appear directly after loading doors blew open. They watched it run away through a cornfield for several seconds until it went over or through a fence and disappeared.

Full-body sightingPartial sightingFootstepsOdorProperty disturbance
The very next day Place not stated Related account #50159

Property disturbance

After routinely leaving a last bite of lunch and abandoning a broken walking stick, the witness found a large sturdy stick left leaning where the witness usually sat.

Property disturbance
about 3am Meadowview, Washington County, Virginia Related account #37817

Unidentified sound near Meadowview, Virginia

The witness heard something pushing and rattling the house siding around 3am, woke his spouse, and found nothing on checking outside with a flashlight.

Unidentified soundProperty disturbance
BFRO YEAR: 1970? Clarksville, Mecklenburg County, Virginia Class A #7392

Youth catches standing figure in flashlight glow during camp-out

Around May 1970 the witness was camping with family at a lakeside campground and lay awake in a tent near midnight. After hearing trash being disturbed, the witness stepped out barefoot with a flashlight and saw a small upright furry creature looking into a hanging trash bag. The creature turned, made a squeal-grunt cry, and dashed away while the witness ran shouting to wake relatives. No tracks were found afterward because the area was trampled.

Full-body sightingVocalizationProperty disturbance
Date unknown Greene County, Virginia Related account #2283

Property disturbance near Greene County

The witness noticed several large hand-manageable rocks turned over as if something had been foraging for insects underneath.

Property disturbance
Date unknown Blackstone, Brunswick County, Virginia Related account #29305

Property disturbance near Blackstone, Virginia

An upper back-porch window was found smashed with garbage missing, and later the porch door was ripped apart with more trash taken.

Property disturbance
most of the last five years Blackstone, Brunswick County, Virginia Related account #29305

Door or window contact near Blackstone, Virginia

The farm had recurring night slaps on the house, moved yard objects, and choruses of wailing howls.

Door or window contactProperty disturbanceHowl
Date unknown Roxboro, Person County, North Carolina Related account #8804

Property disturbance near Roxboro, North Carolina

Discarded carcasses left near the back of the property were usually gone the next day.

Property disturbance
at night Mill Spring, Polk County, North Carolina Related account #67582

Property disturbance near Mill Spring, North Carolina

The family reports nighttime sounds of something huge behind the back fence shaking it, apparently to retrieve tossed food scraps.

Property disturbance
the next morning (Aug. 11, 2011) Place not stated Related account #30438

Property disturbance

The next morning the witness found a large water barrel moved from the front of the trailer to the backyard, dumped out with contents missing.

Property disturbance
Around the same time frame Place not stated Related account #30438

Tracks

The witness found mulch piles ripped apart, food items missing or bitten, garden vegetables stomped, and two sets of footprints of very different size and stride.

TracksProperty disturbance
During the time period of the window peerings Place not stated Related account #75643

Property disturbance

During the period of the window peerings something hit the corner of the house near the bedroom several times.

Property disturbance
The next day after the first window peering event Place not stated Related account #75643

Property disturbance

The next day after the first peering the witness found their old dog in the backyard unable to move because small saplings were woven through its tight collar.

Property disturbance
That very night after we had all retired to our tents Place not stated Related account #912

Unidentified sound

Later that night the camp group was awakened by a heavy rushing noise between the tents ending in a stream splash, and in the morning found an overturned picnic table and additional large footprints.

Unidentified soundTracksProperty disturbance
Date unknown Stanton, Powell County, Kentucky Related account #50746

Property disturbance near Stanton, Kentucky

Branches were thrown into a cleared road on the property.

Property disturbance