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Footsteps near Lipan, Texas
While walking alone down the dirt road the witness heard branches breaking then heavy elephant-like running steps behind him. Something kept pace with him in the trees with loud nasty huffing wheezing breathing. He ran home hyperventilating and his parents later found a pushed-over trail in the tall grass where something had run.
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 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.
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.
Footsteps near Tyler, Texas
The witness and a companion riding a 4-wheeler heard loud footsteps keeping pace and noticed trees moving.
Sasquatch sighting near Henderson, Texas
The witness saw a very large dark bipedal figure running through the pasture at night and heard heavy sounds indicating great weight and speed.
Vocalization near Warren, Connecticut
The witness was solo hammock camping when he heard a duck or goose mauled with splashing, then movement around him in the dark. A loud grunt from up high that felt like it went through him frightened him. He packed up and left the woods that night.
Footsteps near Cornwall, Connecticut
The witness and a friend hiked into Dudleytown to look for ruins and heard something paralleling them that stopped and started with them. After the friend headed back, the witness saw a six-foot bipedal figure with long arms take a quick lateral step behind a tree and disappear. They both then hurried out of the woods.
Footsteps near Sweet Home, Oregon
The witness was scouting remote mountain roads for fishing access when he found a newly placed stacked rock pile blocking the road. After stopping to inspect it, he heard something charge down the steep slope toward him and stop when he drew his pistol, then parallel him back to his vehicle unseen. He returned later with a hunting partner and heard coordinated whoops from multiple positions, and a few days later with a larger group found extensive tree damage, possible structures, and three sizes of bare human-like tracks.
Vocalization near Orleans, California
New owners of an abandoned property began hearing screams nightly and having trash bags taken from the porch and sorted in a bush by color and type. The female resident reported dark hairy figures throwing twigs, candy bait disappearing from rat traps, and large grass impressions. The guest saw the trackway and droppings and set a camcorder that allegedly captured the theft before his notes and tapes were stolen in a break-in.
Sasquatch sighting near Orick, California
A fisherman listening to elk cross Redwood Creek heard a much larger bipedal splashing that never lost footing in deep water. A huge muscular sasquatch emerged from fog about thirty feet away, gave him a contemptuous look, then walked to where the elk exited and followed them back into fog. He fled back to report it.
Footsteps near Monroe, Washington
While scouting separately from a companion, the witness walked past a closed gate into clearings and felt uneasy about continuing. While walking back, distinct bipedal footsteps followed, stopping and starting with the witness and moving fluidly through dense trees. The witness paused to confront it, heard small limb snaps, then ran to the truck.
Growl near Darrington, Washington
While on a multi-day hunting trip in the mountains, the witness and a companion camped behind tall boulders for wind protection. On the second night something bipedal approached with raspy breathing and growled for about fifteen seconds before walking away on two feet. They stayed but saw almost no game over three days despite bedding and trails.
Footsteps near Jabez, Kentucky
The witness describes being followed on multiple walks along a road where something above on the cliff moved when they moved and stopped when they stopped. On one walk a friend accompanied him and also heard it, confirming it was not imagined. They could not see over the edge to identify what made the sounds.
Paranormal encounter near Whitehall, New York
The writer had recently moved to Whitehall and was lying in bed when he began crying uncontrollably. A door slammed open and heavy footsteps and furniture movement were heard downstairs, then something came up the stairs. He waited with a bat and confronted a huge black outline with glowing red eyes that seemed to enjoy his fear before leaving.
Wood knock near Willis, Texas
The witness joined an investigator and a companion for an overnight camp in the same area with knocks, footsteps, a tree pushed over, and rock clacking sounds.
Footsteps in Ontario
While serving as rear patrol member at night in a training area, the witness heard something following and then flanking the patrol. The patrol stopped, smelled a musty swampy odor, and performed a break-contact drill firing blanks while running to extraction. The commander later dismissed it as probably a bear.
Footsteps near Meeker, Colorado
The following year the witness camped in the backcountry with two relatives. Around 2 a.m. he woke to heavy padded footsteps walking near the tent that stopped and resumed. The next morning while separated by a creek he twice heard loud breaking several hundred yards up the slope, and the group saw no game on that side of the mountain.
Footsteps near White County
The witness and a companion camped separately in the North Georgia mountains after spilling bacon grease near a creek. At night the companion reported heavy footsteps, a large outline at the treeline, and large hairy bodies passing the tent while the tent was shaken violently. In the morning they found concentrated large footprints at the grease spill and the witness's own camp trashed.
Sasquatch sighting near Deer River, Minnesota
Four coworkers camped overnight to go grouse hunting. During the night something ran through camp and overturned both tents, stepping on one occupant. The witness fired three rounds of birdshot at a fleeing shape that screamed, and the group stayed up until daylight and left without finding tracks.