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16 June 2023 Sparta, Alleghany County, North Carolina Class B #76970

Multiple large creatures heard screaming 5 miles NW of Sparta

The witness and a relative were wading in a river fishing near dusk when a very loud, prolonged guttural sound filled the valley from woods ahead. Everything else went quiet and both froze before slowly moving back to their vehicle. Afterwards they could not find any similar sound online and have not returned to the location.

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spring of 2022 Asheville, North Carolina #c272f44f-15fa-4ac1-8534-e68b2b1e73d3

Scream near Asheville, North Carolina (2022)

The guest and his wife were pet-sitting near Asheville and watched a blood-moon lunar eclipse from the back deck. After going inside around midnight they heard a prolonged scream-howl from the brushy forest at the front of the house. The guest felt watched and intensely anxious until about 4:30 a.m. and did not sleep, while his wife fell asleep.

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10 March 2015 Bryson City NC, Swain County, North Carolina Class B #48224

Vacationers blame a restless night on possible vocalizations at a remote mountain cabin near Bryson City

The witness and three companions were staying at a rented cabin in remote mountains. In the early morning after two of them got up unable to sleep, they heard grunting nearby followed by a very loud scream and sounds of something running through the woods breaking branches. They then heard whooping sounds off and on for about two hours and reported that the whoops answered when they imitated them. They also reported a foul garbage-like odor.

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July 2009 Mills River, Henderson County, North Carolina Class A #31994

Late night sighting by boy walking near Mills River

The witness was walking through a field to a friend's house late at night when they noticed a dark figure standing at the edge of pines. After watching briefly, the figure turned toward the witness, screamed for an extended period, and ran on two legs into the woods with visible arm swing while crashing through brush. The witness was frightened, continued to the friend's house, and reported no further sightings.

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April 2004 Orange County, North Carolina Class B #9212

Rural residents disturbed by nighttime activity near Buffalo Creek

Throughout spring 2004 the witness and several neighbors repeatedly heard what sounded like a bipedal creature walking through woods at night, often while area dogs barked intensely. Plants outside the witness's window were found repeatedly flattened and scratching was heard on a neighbor's house. In May the witness heard a loud distant scream described as a classic Bigfoot scream. The disturbances stopped abruptly in July.

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12 December 2002 Franklin, Macon County, North Carolina Class B #14075

Camper describes possible vocalization and rock throwing outside Franklin

The witness and a companion were on a late-night walk while camping when they heard a loud scream. Moments later several rocks were thrown in their direction. Frightened, they retreated to camp and left early the next morning without seeing the source.

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10 October 2001 Table Rock, Burke County, North Carolina Class B #3270

Two experienced campers hear vocalizations unlike any thay are familiar with

Two campers collecting firewood at night heard a repeated long scream coming from deep in the valley to the southwest. The sound continued for several minutes every few seconds, changing into a broken-up cackle or yodel-like sound. Having never heard such a sound despite regular camping in the area, they relocated to another campsite for the night.

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July 1999 Camp Lejeune, Onslow County, North Carolina Class A #9750

Motorist observes bipedal animal shaking a pecan tree near Camp LeJeune

While commuting to work in the morning, the witness pulled over to watch what they first thought was a bear sitting under a large pecan tree. After noticing a strong foul odor, they watched the animal stand, walk to the tree on two feet, and shake pecans from it. After the witness honked, the animal froze, turned to look, made a loud screeching noise, and ran quickly into the woods.

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1990–1994 North Carolina #dccb8130-881e-46af-9c62-f45ca4459603

Sasquatch sighting in North Carolina (1990)

The witness brought friends by car to the cornfield and walked with a friend atop lined hay bales toward the woods. They found something hunkered by the bales, shone a small light on it, and it stood up very tall and screamed. The witness fled, ran off the bales, severely broke an ankle, and required hospital surgery.

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1990–1994 North Carolina #dccb8130-881e-46af-9c62-f45ca4459603

Sasquatch sighting in North Carolina (1990)

The witness joined relatives for a night coon hunt in a cornfield. He saw a tall silhouette at the woods edge that stood slumped with long arms swinging and noticed a strong rotten odor. The figure returned to the woods, gave a howl then a rising scream, and the hunting dogs abandoned the hunt and returned to the truck.

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November 1989 Windsor, Bertie County, North Carolina Class A #13663

Daylight sighting by hunters near Windsor

Two people hunting deer near a creek crossing watched a shape first mistaken for a stump move, crouch, stand upright and stretch. The witness observed through a rifle scope an apelike face and hair-covered body moving along the creek for about ten minutes. As they backed away, a growl and a single loud scream were heard from its direction before it ran and leapt across the creek, after which the pair left.

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Fall 1968 Snow Hill, Greene County, North Carolina Class B #6960

Early morning vocalizations heard near Rainbow Creek

The witness was lying in bed at home around 4am when an unidentified screaming sound was heard outside. Dogs appeared to chase the source, and heavy thudding footsteps passed the window followed by barking dogs. The witness was frightened, did not look outside, and years later recognized a similar scream on a television program about Bigfoot.

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BFRO YEAR: 93-98 Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina Class B #15520

Possible vocalizations heard periodically over the years outside Lexington

The witness reports hearing a very loud, chilling howl and scream repeatedly over many years while living on forested family land. The sounds often occurred in early evening after unusual silence, frightened family members, and caused dogs, horses, and goats to react. Despite multiple hunts nothing was found, and years later the witness felt internet recordings of alleged sasquatch vocalizations matched what the family had heard.

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three weeks after hospital release, still in cast North Carolina #dccb8130-881e-46af-9c62-f45ca4459603

Vocalization in North Carolina

While still in a cast the witness returned to the field edge with a friend and sat by the truck. The countryside went silent, which the witness took as a sign it was near. A gibberish sound rose into a scream, and the friend decided to leave.

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around this time of year [after returning from Georgia] North Carolina #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/10/02/sc-ep52-yowie-encounter

Scream in North Carolina

About a year later the guest clacked sticks together while gathering firewood at his sister's house, then later heard from his bedroom window a long 30-second scream that rose from a brake-like screech to an elongated howl and deep guttural end. His brother, brother's friend and sister also heard it from the patio and house, and he avoided the woods afterward.

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when I was about eight, maybe eight and a half, nine Cherokee, Swain County, North Carolina #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/uG8PrhsFryaaeMYprZosW-i7FiGWl0UugW09yO5T7j8

Sasquatch sighting near Cherokee, North Carolina

A few years later the guest was playing inside near dusk while the father was dressing a deer outside. A shadow paced past the front window, then the creature screamed and pounded the house until its arm broke through the glass. The father ran out with a shotgun, argued and exchanged cries with it for nearly half an hour, then fired. The father later had the grandfather bring a truck, removed the body, and years later said he shot it in the face three times.

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for the first couple of years of my life Cherokee, Swain County, North Carolina #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/uG8PrhsFryaaeMYprZosW-i7FiGWl0UugW09yO5T7j8

Sasquatch sighting near Cherokee, North Carolina

The guest described being a young child playing on the living room floor in the evening while both parents were in the same room. A hairy creature came to the window, slammed its hands on either side, and pressed its face to the glass. The father seized a muzzleloader and went outside, where he and the creature exchanged loud roars for about twenty minutes before it left.

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October 27th Charlotte, North Carolina #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/05/27/sc-ep438-i-hit-one-with-my-car

Vocalization near Charlotte, North Carolina

The witness entered the woods behind the house before dawn without a flashlight and climbed into a platform tree stand with a crossbow. From close range the witness heard loud owl-like vocalizations that shifted into screeching and tongue-clicking sounds from different directions. After daylight the witness photographed numerous tree breaks, bends and X-shaped formations in the surrounding woods.

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when I was maybe six North Carolina #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/06/25/sc-ep337-childhood-encounters-with-the-creature

Sasquatch sighting in North Carolina

As children playing behind a newly placed trailer in the evening, the witness and his two brothers heard a loud scream and saw a black hairy creature in a nearby tree. The branch broke and the creature fell about 12 to 15 feet, landing with barely bent legs before walking toward them. The children fled to the trailer, and two hid in an old freezer chest where the creature huffed at them through the lid before walking away.

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two weeks ago Cherokee, North Carolina #1c382fe9-201d-418b-bd13-7c87ccc363f8

Scream near Cherokee, North Carolina

The witness heard a baby-like crying sound near his property, then about ten minutes later a very loud, long, deep roar from a mountain about half a mile away. Shortly after, an answering roar came from the top of his own mountain behind him. The two roars went back and forth, shaking his RV, and he went inside with his dog.

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