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Possible vocalizations heard from the Bear Heaven Campground east of Elkins
The witness spent the night alone in the cab of his truck at Bear Heaven campground without a tent or fire. Around 3 a.m. a loud double whoop was heard from very close range, followed after a pause by a second similar call. A fainter similar call was heard answering from a distance. The source was not seen.
Traveler hears possible vocals from the forest during a roadside stop near Sugar Grove
The witness stopped roadside at night after hearing three whoop-like calls from downslope. The witness imitated the calls and heard a two-call reply, imitated that, then heard a sharp wood crack and a different, agitated howl. A passing vehicle ended the exchange, and further imitation attempts during a 40-45 minute wait received no response.
Early morning sighting by bat survey crew
While checking nets during a late-night bat survey, the witness and two coworkers heard a whoop and then saw a tall hair-covered biped cross a dirt road in front of them. The creature looked at them, took two steps up an embankment and disappeared. The group fled and later returned with two more people to find large footprints in mud and trampled vegetation before leaving the site.
Possible whoops heard in logging area outside the Monongahela National Forest
The witness, a wildlife biology student surveying songbird nests in a clear-cut, heard a very loud repetitive whooping from a ridge about 100 yards above for 3 to 4 minutes. The witness scanned with binoculars but saw nothing, then hiked to the ridgetop about 10 minutes later and found it unusually quiet with game trails. The witness later concluded the sound matched an archival whoop recording and was not a known bird.
Possible camp stalking at Glade Run Pond, Monon. Nat. Forest
Two companions were camped for bass fishing at a remote pond in the national forest when they heard loud repeated whooping calls, first from up the mountain and later from less than 50 feet behind their tent. They remained still in the tent while the close calls continued for several minutes before silence returned. In the morning they found their fuel can neatly covered with stacked stones and a stringered fish missing, which they attributed to the unseen caller.
Wood knock near Harman, West Virginia
The witness reports hearing knocking, whooping and strange whomping noises and smelling a pungent odor around the home on several occasions since moving in.
Whoop near Ridgeview, West Virginia
On an earlier night, the witness and a coworker heard a loud whooping howl nearby and heard rustling of something large moving in the woods.
Vocalization in West Virginia
At a later property the witness and his mother heard a distant vocalization that moved closer, shifting from owl-like to coyote-like to an elongated whoop. Nearby dogs did not react except their own dog. The witness concluded it was a Sasquatch moving through toward a mountain saddle.
Sasquatch sighting near Wheeling, West Virginia
While grilling on the porch after dark, the witness and others heard grunts, growls and whooping from the thicket. He saw dark silhouettes of three figures moving between bramble patches about 60-70 feet away. The group went inside afterward.
Whoop in West Virginia
Over about ten years living on the adjoining acreage the family occasionally heard distant hoop-like whoops and hollers from the woods that did not sound like coyotes. The sounds were infrequent and heard from the porch and around the house.