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September 2024 Shenandoah, Rockingham County, Virginia Class B #77679

Man walking dog reports growls and thrown rocks 9 miles east of Harrisonburg

The witness returned to the parked truck after walking dogs uphill on a road. He found a truck door open, then two rocks came from an uphill ridge, one landing in front of the truck and a larger one passing close to him. He heard two low grunts from that direction and later heard brush moving away as he left to get assistance.

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15 September 2013 Linden, Warren County, Virginia Class B #42128

Residents hear possible activity near Linden

The witness and a companion were on the porch in the evening when they heard a rumble-like vocal that turned into a whoop, followed by the sound of a tree crashing nearby. About ten minutes later they heard a second, louder crash from farther away. They searched with a spotlight, saw nothing, heard rustling in the woods, then went inside.

WhoopUnidentified soundMovement only
13 November 2003 Ferrum, Franklin County, Virginia Class B #13212

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.

ScreamHowlGrowlMovement onlyFootsteps +1
31 October 2001 Lynchburg, Virginia #fd919012-cf7c-4cac-8883-e95a9e75154b

Paranormal encounter near Lynchburg, Virginia (2001)

The witness drove to a Blue Ridge Parkway overlook on Halloween night to clear his head and walked down a trail to a bench. After noticing unnatural silence and hearing branch snaps circling him, he returned to his car. While sitting in the car he heard repeated impacts like cones hitting the vehicle and saw tall black hooded figures in the treeline and prone shapes on the grass that appeared closer each time he looked away, with faint flickering lights near their faces. He spoke to them, then drove away, later finding no damage and noticing maps show the turnout on the opposite side of the road from his memory.

Full-body sightingUnidentified soundObject throwingVehicle contactMovement only
8 August 1985 Mt. Jackson, Shenandoah County, Virginia Class B #62934

Campers report 'Ohio howls' and stalking near Mt. Jackson in George Washington National Forest

Two people camped in a remote, heavily forested area heard prolonged, loud howls from a nearby ridge, along with heavy footsteps and crashing through brush. After briefly walking up the road to listen, they felt the source paced them and then moved closer downhill toward them. They returned to camp, kept the fire built up, and continued hearing sporadic howls and movement until they fell asleep after midnight.

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1980 Bedford, Virginia #0ad7e1d7-18bc-473d-a117-acc5b0bf0906

Movement only near Bedford, Virginia (1980)

A woman on a farm near Bedford reported long-term poltergeist activity and in 1980 saw three colored balls of light at the foot of her bed that moved down the hall and into a room. Discolored circles were later found on the window screen and reportedly tested as highly irradiated. She reported illness afterward and later hip bone changes described as consistent with radiation.

Movement onlyProperty disturbance
mid morning in the summer, just a couple years after Dad put the camper there Clarksville, Mecklenburg County, Virginia Related account #7392

Movement only near Clarksville, Virginia

A couple summers later on a mid-morning the witness watched a dog approach a large oak, get flung backward yelping with no person visible, then flee.

Movement only
On another occasion Christiansburg, Montgomery County, Virginia Related account #40362

Movement only near Christiansburg, Virginia

On a different outing the witness and her companion heard something moving on a ridge that paced them for several minutes.

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Date unknown Virginia #0ad7e1d7-18bc-473d-a117-acc5b0bf0906

Scream in Virginia

A family near Smith Mountain Lake reported triangular UFOs, poltergeist activity, a crop circle, screams from the woods, intelligently moving orbs and ozone smells. A witness a couple miles away reported a Bigfoot-type creature and quartz was noted on the ground. The investigator describes it as a case with cryptid, paranormal and UFO elements.

ScreamMovement onlyOdor
this year, middle of the summer Virginia #cf65a61e-b0a8-49af-b0e5-5013fbd837d3

Howl in Virginia

A camping party arrived late at a ridgetop site and heard strange howling around 2 to 3 a.m. the first night. The next evening after dinner the dog fixated on brush by a steep drop, where one camper saw paired eyes at close range that avoided a flashlight, followed by branch breaks and a tall tree-like silhouette that walked from one side of camp to the road and later showed yellow eyeshine. The group packed hurriedly, secured the dog and lights, and drove home the same night feeling watched but not directly threatened.

HowlEyeshineSilhouettePartial sightingFootsteps +1
Date unknown Virginia #fd919012-cf7c-4cac-8883-e95a9e75154b

Paranormal encounter in Virginia

A man interviewed about five years earlier described encountering three figures in black cloaks at Devil's Marble Yard across the James River just after sundown. He could see no faces or hands, only blackness, and all three were the same size and build. He thought they floated rather than walked and assumed they were Satan worshipers, and he never returned.

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