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the next morning Place not stated Related account #26823

Growl

The next day near the area the witness heard a deep growl, wood knocks and large limbs or trees breaking, taken as a warning to leave.

GrowlTree breakWood knock
The next night Mulberry, Polk County, Florida Related account #12732

Footsteps near Mulberry, Florida

The witness and her spouse heard something large running and knocking down trees approaching them and went inside.

FootstepsTree break
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.

VocalizationOdorRock throwingUnidentified soundTree break +1
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #31933

Footsteps

On the prior day the witness heard movement pacing him in dense brush and an unfamiliar screech/growl after noticing high tree scrapings.

FootstepsGrowlScreamTree break
Two weeks ago Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida Related account #446

Movement only near Jacksonville, Florida

The reporter and a fellow officer heard movement of something large in underbrush and found a freshly broken pine limb nearby.

Movement onlyTree break
at night Bunnell, Flagler County, Florida Related account #46728

Wood knock near Bunnell, Florida

The witness reports taking people to the area at night on multiple occasions and experiencing knocks, howls, tree breaks and thrown objects.

Wood knockHowlTree breakObject throwing
Since that time Bunnell, Flagler County, Florida Related account #46728

Scream near Bunnell, Florida

The witness states that everyone he took hunting in that section had encounters involving screams, knocks, tree breaks, stone throws or howls.

ScreamWood knockTree breakRock throwingHowl
The next day Place not stated Related account #77604

Tree break

The witness returned the next morning and found a tree bent across the access road that he said should have sprung back, and recorded video of it.

Tree break
For years Place not stated Related account #38870

Tree break

Over several years the witness and companions found bent-over trees and a large round hole while playing in the woods behind the house.

Tree break
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #25043

Scream

The witness and another person present had previously heard screams and seen mid-sized trees snapped in a path-like pattern.

ScreamTree break
The night before Adel, Cook County, Georgia Related account #58046

Tree break near Adel, Georgia

The night before the main event the witness whistled and heard three limbs crack within 30 minutes.

Tree break
3 different nights in the weeks prior Adel, Cook County, Georgia Related account #58046

Footsteps near Adel, Georgia

On three prior nights in preceding weeks the witness heard walking and limbs breaking approach the wood line then go quiet as if watching.

FootstepsTree break
the day before Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia Related account #15457

Tree break near Newnan, Georgia

The witness and a relative found broken limbs high above ground and a recently overturned large rock while scouting the day before the sighting.

Tree break
BFRO YEAR: 04-present Jackson, Butts County, Georgia Class A #31888

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.

Full-body sightingGrowlOdorTree breakStructure or nest +3
Date unknown Cartersville, Bartow County, Georgia Related account #33985

Howl near Cartersville, Georgia

On many return visits the group heard howls, screams and return whoops, heard branches breaking, and found different-sized tracks and large stick structures.

HowlScreamWhoopTracksStructure or nest +1
Just in the past week Gadsden, Etowa County, Alabama Related account #37094

Rock throwing near Gadsden, Alabama

Six-inch-diameter trees were torn apart and rocks, dirt and other objects were thrown, with rocks thrown in the past week.

Rock throwingObject throwingTree break
In 1986 Place not stated Related account #43689

Tracks

In 1986 the witness and a companion found three sets of tracks on a trail by a former house site with missing fruit and broken limbs.

TracksTree break
a day or two later Place not stated Related account #577

Tree break

A day or two after driving down a fire break, witness repeatedly found a tree pushed down across it without storm or wind.

Tree break
one night Opp, Covington County, Alabama Related account #8635

Tree break near Opp, Alabama

The witness and a companion heard loud limb-breaking sounds behind the house that stopped when approached and lit.

Tree break
Later that night Place not stated Related account #44386

Wood knock

Later the same night the witness with others heard wood knocks and a tree being pushed down.

Wood knockTree break