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Date unknown Place not stated EP 67

Property disturbance

After a neighbor reported a large pit bull missing, the witness searched toward usual deer-kill areas and found the dog in pieces with legs separated and apparently nothing eaten. He concluded he had not heard it being killed despite hearing nightly ruckus.

Property disturbance
that next day Texas EP 683

Sasquatch sighting in Texas

The next day the brothers drove to the far end of the park and split up to explore along a remote barbed wire fence near a ravine. One brother saw a large brownish arm pushing brush aside to look at him, then called the other brother over. Together they watched a large mass behind trees, heard two knocks returned after hitting a fence post and had a fist-sized rock thrown over their heads, then saw the figure with arms around two trees rocking before it crashed away through brush as the third brother approached yelling.

Partial sightingWood knockRock throwing
that Monday night Texas EP 683

Footsteps in Texas

Three brothers were tent-camping alone in the state park during the off season. After midnight in rainy and windy conditions they heard heavy, lumbering footsteps circling their camp at a distance and breaking large branches for over an hour. The sounds paused after they turned off lights and later resumed, and mud prevented finding tracks the next morning.

Footsteps
Date unknown Washington EP 673

Movement only in Washington

While with a film cast near Mount Adams, the witness and many others watched a ball of light hover in front of the mountain with heat-like distortion then shoot away. Within about 15 minutes they heard knocks moving around. The next morning they followed tracks about three-quarters of a mile to a small creek where they stopped.

Movement onlyWood knockTracks
Date unknown Florida EP 673

Growl in Florida

The witness took his girlfriend and his friend's brother to the woods with his friend [name withheld] to demonstrate the lights. A light appeared about 25 yards away, floated over and landed in [name withheld]'s hand, then after they asked for Bigfoots a loud growl came from behind them. The light later lifted off [name withheld]'s backpack, circled them and returned to the ground.

GrowlMovement only
about two years into it Florida EP 673

Wood knock in Florida

The witness and his friend were watching a creek on the same property and exchanged knocks with something across the creek that came closer. Then a red light appeared on the ground between them that could only be seen peripherally and moved up. He calls this the first of many light incidents.

Wood knockMovement only
at the time, I was about 12 years old Washington EP 673

Sasquatch sighting in Washington

The witness, age about 12, was riding home from a fly-fishing trip with his younger brother and stepfather when a small bipedal creature ran in front of their truck. It passed only a few feet ahead in the headlights and crossed without looking at them. All three occupants saw it and later agreed on brownish fur and a conical head.

Road crossingPartial sighting
Date unknown Skamania County EP 66

Sasquatch sighting near Skamania County

While helping with a book, the witness parked his RV in a vineyard during a rainy night, felt slapping and pushing on the vehicle, and found paw-like muddy prints down its side in the morning. The next day he hiked five miles into wilderness with friends to gather berries and mushrooms and watched a hairy, bearded figure peeking from behind rocks and trees. The group left the area that night feeling watched.

Partial sightingVehicle contactTracks
the following fall John Day, Oregon EP 679

Footsteps near John Day, Oregon

The following fall archery opener, five hunters camped at the same site and the guest shot a buck in hot weather, butchering it and hanging the inedible carcass across the creek about nine feet up. After 10 p.m. they heard heavy footfalls and feeding grunts, fired guns to scare the animal, found the carcass pulled down, rehung it higher twice with the same result, then listened as it stripped rib meat requiring great grip strength. One companion left for Alaska afterward and the guest never returned to the area.

FootstepsGrowlProperty disturbance
the following spring John Day, Oregon EP 679

Sasquatch sighting near John Day, Oregon

The following spring the guest returned to the same camp with a hunting partner and girlfriend for a weekend camp. After dinner visitors left, the partner fired a revolver at a large bipedal animal that jumped from the creek bed, then all three watched it run parallel across a sparsely timbered hillside in spotlight, noting reflective eyes and remarkable speed while keeping its gaze on them. The girlfriend reported it whistled at her, and next morning they found a single partial footprint in hard clay.

Full-body sightingEyeshineWhistleTracks
Date unknown Place not stated EP 677

Paranormal encounter

The witness was making lunch midday when the front door opened and slammed shut. He saw a light-like shape of a shoulder and dress move back out the door a few feet away. He felt residual energy in the room and concluded he had seen a ghost.

Partial sightingDoor or window contact
Date unknown Place not stated EP 677

Paranormal encounter

The witness woke in his dark dorm room to see a totally black Gumby-like figure a few feet away vibrating intensely. He rubbed his eyes, turned on a light and sketched it. The figure said nothing and the experience ended.

Full-body sighting
before I even encountered the Bigfoot forums Place not stated EP 663

Scream

On a nine-day horse-supported deer hunt deep in the Trinity Alps, the witness and one companion camped apart with a pack mule. A long scream ending in a pulsating roar sounded downhill, and less than an hour later the mule was found injured and alarmed staring toward the trees. No deer were seen all week and others reported rocks sliding down on them.

ScreamRock throwing
a month before hunting season Tuolumne County, California EP 663

Eyeshine near Tuolumne County

The witness and his father camped to build blinds and saw three sets of tall red eyeshine outside the fire circle that dimmed when lit. Later something struck their truck camper hard enough to knock items off shelves, then a loud woman-like scream sounded nearby with an answering scream where the eyes had been, followed by movement around the camper all night.

EyeshineScreamVehicle contactFootsteps
I was nine at the time, nine to 10 Massachusetts EP 65

Tree break in Massachusetts

As a child the witness was scouting deer sign with his father when the family dog ran ahead and began yipping. They heard branches breaking and the dog go silent, and the father drew his sidearm and backed out with the child. The next day they returned with another officer and found the dead dog under cover near the father's tree stand, and the father said a huge Sasquatch-like beast was responsible.

Tree breakUnidentified soundSilhouette
Date unknown New Jersey EP 658

Property disturbance in New Jersey

The guest joined a paranormal group to investigate a barn where tools were reported knocked from walls. While going upstairs with another investigator, he felt stinging then intense burning pain on his back. Others removed his shirt to find whelp-like whip marks that took over a week to heal.

Property disturbanceAnimal behaviour
Tuesday on the 21st York, York County, Pennsylvania EP 658

Sasquatch sighting near York, Pennsylvania

The guest, a delivery truck driver, was en route to a distribution center in York when he saw a large dark figure by a creek from a bridge. He stopped along with another driver to watch it, thinking it was a bear. The figure stood to about eight and a half feet, looked like a hairy human holding a dead goat or dog, grunted, slammed a fist into the water, then dropped to all fours and fled rapidly through water and woods. A state trooper who responded suggested a bear, which both witnesses rejected.

Full-body sightingGrowlAnimal behaviour
Date unknown California EP 655

Door or window contact in California

While camped with volunteers for an archaeology project in California, the witness heard something approach her tent at night and felt it touch the tent from top to bottom. She got out to look but found nothing. After re-entering, she heard a bang by her head, concluded it had been in a tree, then heard it walk away over granite.

Door or window contactFootstepsUnidentified sound
Date unknown Place not stated EP 655

Property disturbance

While out with tribal members to assess a meadow, the group left a vehicle with keys on the windshield and returned to find the keys missing. After searching the ground, they found the keys up in the nook of a tree branch. A tribal member attributed the move to Yali, while the witness said she had no other explanation.

Property disturbance
Date unknown Pennsylvania EP 655

Howl in Pennsylvania

During summer reunions at his grandparents' house, the witness and cousins sleeping in tents repeatedly heard distant howls. They asked adults about the sounds, but the adults dismissed them. The witness later recalled this as early unexplained activity before moving to Pennsylvania.

Howl