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August 1999 Gig Harbor, Pierce County, Washington Class B #1586

Loud vocalizations sounds heard

Two companions watching lightning during a storm reportedly heard loud pig-like grunts and screams and noisy movement in dense brush. They also reported seeing red reflected eyes spaced a few inches apart. The animal was described as large, but its size could not be judged because of a steep slope, and no tracks or hair were found afterward.

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May 1999 Bartow County, Georgia Class B #2093

Resident near Red Top Mountain State Park hears loud characteristic scream while working outside.

A relative was working on the back deck when he heard a squeal-like scream from the same direction as a howl reported earlier in the month. Dogs in the area barked and howled in response. The reporter learned of the incident secondhand after asking relatives to report any further occurrences.

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1997 Mississippi #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/04/14/sc-ep27-its-a-trap

Scream in Mississippi (1997)

The witness's cousin was inside a bedroom at the aunt's property when something caught her attention outside. The cousin then reported something screaming loudly at her and called for the grandmother to come. The family later had the mother move into the property.

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June 1994 Place not stated Related account #1350

Scream (1994)

A companion researcher reportedly had a prior scream encounter in June 1994 miles from the study camp.

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1990–1999 Washington #ff0bca52-c801-46bb-817b-ae61bd645491

Scream in Washington (1990)

A coworker and his father-in-law stopped on a forest road in Washington. They watched an orange ball bobbing up out of the trees, then a tremendously loud voice from the forest shook their truck and sent them fleeing. Years later the coworker heard purported Sasquatch chatter tapes and felt it matched the scream.

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1988 Place not stated Related account #25548

Scream (1988)

The witness's father and a companion heard a wailing sound likened to a woman being mauled while hunting at night near a mound on the property.

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Spring 1983 Pleasant Hill, Cass County, Missouri Class B #1100

Two fisherman run from a large screaming creature in the woods near Highway 7

Two men walking through very dense brush heard a loud roar-like sound ending in a high-pitched shriek. They then smelled a very strong foul odor and heard unseen brush movement, followed by a second, closer howl. Both men fled through the brush and exited about half a mile from where they entered. The account was relayed to the reporter by a relative of one participant, who said the participant remained frightened of that woods afterward.

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1978–1979 Benzie County, Michigan #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7

Scream near Benzie County (1978)

Neighbors a short distance up the creek called the witness's father around 1 or 2 in the morning. They reported screaming and noise with dogs and children frightened. The father loaded guns and drove down, but the witness did not recall what happened there.

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1975–1979 Kentucky #6e9c6cb9-4e1d-4cc4-92d8-28bd1d0c15df

Sasquatch sighting in Kentucky (1975)

The guest's mother arrived at his grandmother's farm at night and was hurried inside after being told a tall hairy creature was nearby. Family members then used a spotlight to show her a figure stepping out of the light along the tree line. Over the following years the family reported repeated nighttime visits marked by forest silence, strong odor, screams and chatter, plus damage to orchard trees and garden crops.

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1973–1974 Oklahoma #dc02b07d-c43f-4c2c-b3a7-ae2ea017d36b

Scream in Oklahoma (1973)

The witness's father as a teenager went to a river with his older brother, younger sister, and the brother's girlfriend near dark. Something across the river crashed through brush like a heavy animal, then yelled, screamed, broke branches and pushed things over. The group fled in a vehicle, realized they left the youngest sister, drove back and found her running up the road screaming.

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August 1972 Cougar, Cowlitz County, Washington Class B #1612

Screams terrify campers near Mt. St. Helens

Five people were camping together at dawn when they heard rapid crashing and thrashing through nearby underbrush with snapping twigs. This was followed by a loud, high-pitched scream described as like a woman screaming, estimated to be 30-50 yards away. The group was terrified and left the area immediately.

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1971 Place not stated #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/bRI7PtIHlrwhbK9Q6iC7rVENHnXc-aFK_I4aGTEO6Sg

Sasquatch sighting (1971)

A former sheriff told the guest he and deputies were asked to shoot creatures living in a canyon. Helicopters pushed a female and her young into a clearing where the deputy shot the female in the chest and then shot the young in the head. The man kept photos and an audio cassette of the operation hidden in his lunchbox.

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1971 Place not stated #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/07/18/sc-ep41-deathbed-confession--i-shot-sasquatch

Sasquatch sighting (1971)

A former law enforcement officer told two missionaries that in 1971 he took part in an agency-directed helicopter operation to kill Sasquatch living in a canyon in the Dakotas. Two smaller helicopters drove the animals while his crew photographed a female and a youngster from the air, recorded audio, then shot the youngster in the head and shot the female point-blank in the chest from a rope ladder. The female screamed and fled up the canyon with an unknown fate, while the youngster's body was bagged, netted under a helicopter and flown out. The officer said he kept the photos and cassette hidden and had told no one else.

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1971 Place not stated #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/05/18/sc-ep-105-throwback-part-2

Sasquatch sighting (1971)

An ailing homeowner told two visiting missionaries about a directed operation in the Dakotas in 1971 when he served as a sheriff's officer. From helicopters, crews pushed creatures out of a canyon toward a bait station, photographed them, and shot a female and her young. The narrator kept hidden photos and an audio cassette documenting the shooting and the female's scream.

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1967 Ear Falls, Ontario #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/S20ftzITq_-sICYMgic1IxjP4d1lUqxBzu8YLWXHXgU

Sasquatch sighting near Ear Falls, Ontario (1967)

A group on a musky fishing trip in Canada heard loud roars from the woods that grew closer. Two giant black beasts emerged fighting, tumbling down the bank into shallow water, slapping, grappling and biting. One prevailed and left into the woods while the other lay motionless before later disappearing.

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1940–1949 Manitoba #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/12/15/sc-ep389-manitoba-bigfoot-encounter

Sasquatch sighting in Manitoba (1940)

An elderly mail carrier told the witness he was returning by horse and buggy from a dam community in the 1940s when a tall hair-covered wild man came from the bush screaming. His horse bolted and the creature ran alongside the wagon. He said he kept his head down and pretended not to see or hear it, which he believed saved him.

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over a ten-month period starting November 2004 and ending September 2005 Fort Coulonge, Quebec Related account #23086

Scream near Fort Coulonge, Quebec

Other seasonal and year-round residents heard similar loud unidentified howls, screams and roars at separate times over a ten-month period around the same cottages.

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as a child Markdale, Ontario Related account #31992

Scream near Markdale, Ontario

The witness's father reported hearing strange screams or growls in the woods near the pond when he was a child with companions.

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during that same summer Lethbridge, Alberta Related account #15835

Scream near Lethbridge, Alberta

Two friends heard a close-range roar/screams while pushing a motorcycle up the embankment after dark.

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last year Place not stated Related account #7250

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A relative separately heard the same horrific scream on one occasion in the prior year.

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