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BFRO YEAR: est.1990 Marmet, Kanawha County, West Virginia Class A #23191

Man remembers seeing a large hairy creature in a cemetary near Marmet

The witness was walking home through a graveyard at dusk when they noticed a large dark hairy creature among the tombstones. The creature paced, appeared to dig at a grave, made wailing sounds, and made shoulder-shrugging and hopping movements. When it noticed the witness it acted agitated and started toward them, causing the witness to leave.

Full-body sightingVocalizationAnimal behaviour
Date unknown Wellsburg, Brooke County, West Virginia Related account #42321

Animal behaviour near Wellsburg, West Virginia

On later hunting and riding trips in the same area the witness repeatedly felt watched.

Animal behaviour
Date unknown Newcomerstown, Tuscarawas County, Ohio Related account #3080

Animal behaviour near Newcomerstown, Ohio

A relative walking a dog saw the dog react fearfully and thought something was seen but was unsure.

Animal behaviour
almost every time I hike there Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio Related account #7224

Vocalization near Ravenna, Ohio

The witness reports hearing, smelling and sensing a close presence on almost every hike in the same area, with occasional brief views and a sense of being followed.

VocalizationOdorPartial sightingAnimal behaviour
leading up to this incident Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio Related account #62549

Property disturbance near Cadiz, Ohio

Leading up to the incident chickens and rabbits were missing from secured pens with damaged wire, missing fasteners, fur on ground, a dog hiding and other livestock huddled.

Property disturbanceAnimal behaviour
during the 60's Dennison, Harrison County, Ohio Related account #9022

Animal behaviour near Dennison, Ohio

In the 1960s another person was startled by something shaking a large tree limb at the bottom of the hollow and ran.

Animal behaviour
the night before Dennison, Harrison County, Ohio Related account #9022

Animal behaviour near Dennison, Ohio

The night before the knocking, the witness observed a dog reacting aggressively to something across the hollow with raised hair.

Animal behaviour
Date unknown Xenia, Greene County, Ohio Related account #31100

Animal behaviour near Xenia, Ohio

A young woman walking a dog near the mound was recorded when the dog stopped, alerted, growled and retreated to her.

Animal behaviour
last night Warsaw, Coshocton County, Ohio Related account #4555

Animal behaviour near Warsaw, Ohio

The night before the track find, the family's dogs repeatedly ran barking into the woods and then returned to the house.

Animal behaviour
BFRO YEAR: 1980/82 Columbiana County, Ohio Class A #4306

Sighting at a home on Duke Vodrey Rd., above Beaver Creek.

The witness reports lying on a bed in a mobile home when an entity stood outside the back screen window for one to two minutes with loud cavernous breathing. A pet dog hid inside a dog box, growling and whining, and would not come out. The witness describes the moment as terrifying.

Partial sightingUnidentified soundAnimal behaviour
At 4:30 am St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio Related account #59078

Animal behaviour near St. Clairsville, Ohio

The night before the snow tracks were found the witness was awakened by a dog growling continuously for 45 minutes starting at 4:30 a.m.

Animal behaviour
BFRO YEAR: 2000/01 Hoxeyville, Wexford County, Michigan Class B #26196

Possible intimidation experienced by two bow hunters near Cadillac

The witness and a companion were bowhunting deer from separate ground positions near a creek and swamp. The witness heard quiet rustling behind a small hill, then a large tree shook violently and a loud roar/scream sounded. The witness fled to the truck, met waiting officers, and returned with them to retrieve the companion, who had also heard the scream and seen deer flee. The group left the woods together without explanation for the sound.

Movement onlyScreamAnimal behaviour
two days after summer vacation started in June, 1974 Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan Related account #24620

Animal behaviour near Ann Arbor, Michigan

The witness and a friend felt watched passing the shelter site on the way to a park cookout.

Animal behaviour
a few times since (Removed), Mecosta County, Michigan Related account #35437

Scream near (Removed), Michigan

On several later occasions the relative heard the same sound, noting his dog sometimes growled with hackles up at animals but other times ran inside to hide.

ScreamAnimal behaviour
For two nights after that incident Manistee, Mason County, Michigan Related account #44191

Footsteps near Manistee, Michigan

For two evenings after the morning incident the witness felt watched and heard slow circling movement around the stand.

FootstepsAnimal behaviour
BFRO YEAR: 62 or 63 Manistee, Manistee County, Michigan Class B #30089

Memory told of a possible encounter while deer hunting east of Manistee

The witness was deer hunting alone in a swamp in late November when he heard an unfamiliar loud scream to the north followed by a loud branch breaking. He became uneasy and walked out to his car while watching behind him. Near his car he noticed a broad, roughly 8-foot-tall bipedal form standing about 35 yards away behind dense cover, which he believed had followed him. He left with a handgun ready and avoided hunting the swamp for several years.

ScreamTree breakPartial sightingSilhouetteAnimal behaviour
from age 9 to age 17 National City, Iosco County, Michigan Related account #42418

Animal behaviour near National City, Michigan

Through years of riding in the area the witness reports recurring feelings of being followed, peripheral dark motions, and heavy human-like footsteps.

Animal behaviourFootstepsMovement only
Date unknown Caseville, Huron County, Michigan Related account #5652

Sasquatch sighting near Caseville, Michigan

Two children reported falling into a branch-covered hole in the dunes and being approached by a frightening figure before running to the campfire.

Partial sightingAnimal behaviour
Date unknown Fife Lake, Grand Traverse County, Michigan Related account #32024

Animal behaviour near Fife Lake, Michigan

On another occasion the dogs chased something in the woods from the front door and returned tired but unharmed.

Animal behaviour
1/4/09 (6:30pm) Mount Vernon, Washington County, Illinois Related account #24766

Wood knock near Mount Vernon, Illinois

Relatives outside north of the house heard tree knocking from the treeline, noticed a quick-dissipating skunk-like smell and agitated geese, and saw red eye-shine across the pond.

Wood knockOdorEyeshineAnimal behaviour