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Honeymooners feel bone rattling growl while hiking the Appalachian Trail
On the afternoon of October 17, 2012, the witness and a companion were walking on the Appalachian Trail near their rented cabin when they heard a very low, bone-rattling growl lasting a few seconds. The witness reported feeling the sound in the chest and joints and found no match after comparing it to known animal sounds. Nothing was seen, and the pair quickly left the area with their dog.
Possible screams and rock throwing encountered near Duffield
The witness walked to a railroad crossing late at night and heard loud screams and thrashing in nearby woods. Rocks landed around the witness, including one larger rock seen coming through the trees, and the witness threw a rock back before leaving. Screaming was heard continuing up the mountain as the witness returned to the main road. Broken trees were also noticed near the site.
Possible pre-dawn vocalization heard by hunter near Ferrum
The witness arrived in darkness to hunt deer from a tree stand on private land. While sorting gear in the stand, a very loud prolonged scream-howl ending in a growl occurred at close range, followed by movement in a nearby pine thicket and a brief foul odor. The witness stayed in the stand until first light, then left, and later visits had no further incident.
Recollection of a college outing interrupted by possible vocalizations and rocks thrown near Rawley Springs
A large college group camped late at night in a remote, densely wooded rocky area. After midnight they heard large rocks being thrown into and around a nearby stream and loud wailing, howling and grunting sounds that grew closer when the camp was loud and receded when quiet. After confirming all members were present, most of the group left early while about 10-15 stayed quietly until dawn as the sounds grew more distant.
Footsteps in Virginia (1989)
The witness and friends drove to a remote gravel road to party at night. After a loud crash from a tree, something bipedal circled them making growling sounds and then gave a loud roar they could feel. It stepped into the spotlight as a massive white figure, climbed a bank in three steps and rushed their truck before they fled, later returning in daylight to find impressions on the bank.
Lifelong hunter hears strange screams in early morning twilight directly under tree stand
The witness was deer hunting from a tree stand before dawn when an extremely loud roar that rose into a piercing scream sounded directly underneath the stand. The witness remained still until daylight, hearing no movement despite very dry leaves, and saw nothing. After daylight the witness found no tracks, spoor, or hair in the area.
Eyeshine near Roanoke, Virginia (1980)
A teenager staying alone at a remote hunting cabin after companions left and did not return spent nights unsettled by a wet-animal odor and a feeling of being watched. While sleeping outside by a fire pit, the fire died low and a large unseen presence approached, producing deep growls, snot-blowing sounds, stomping that vibrated the ground, and a pair of very high, widely spaced, bright red glowing eyes. The witness remained still praying until morning, when the presence was gone, and later told companions who laughed.
Howl near Sanford VA 23426 Is Where This Happened, Virginia
A few nights later the witness's wife, alone in the same trailer, heard two or three similar scream-howl voices for about five minutes that ended with guttural growling as town dogs began barking.
Growl near Lee County
The guest and one fellow investigator camped in a research area in Lee County chosen after a Dogman report. They heard a growl, a distant tree fall, and something running around camp that was too fast to pinpoint on thermal, then found X-shaped tree structures without roots. On later visits team members saw a large dark humanoid with a conical head peek from behind a tree, found broken branches, and heard loud peacock-like bird sounds with nothing visible.
Growl near Roanoke, Virginia
A woman near Roanoke experienced negative entity activity including attacks, apparitions, poltergeist activity, moans, growling and bad smells. A stranger with an official presence came to her door, claimed knowledge of what was happening in her house, and questioned her about it. She told him to leave and he left.