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around July 17, 2003 Wellsville, Allegany County, New York Related account #11726

Footsteps near Wellsville, New York

The same witness returned to the same trail years later with a different companion, heard movement in the swamp, smelled a powerful odor, experienced sudden silence, and felt followed while leaving.

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Second night, two days later Mt Wachusett, Worcester County, Massachusetts Related account #76281

Odor near Mt Wachusett, Massachusetts

Two days later the witness returned to the same spot, saw nothing but noticed a distinct animal-like odor.

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One night after dark Springville, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania Related account #8305

Odor near Springville, Pennsylvania

The witness's son smelled a rotten-egg odor and heard something moving in the woods near the house after dark.

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over a period of approximately 7 years Kane, McKean County, Pennsylvania Related account #49903

Wood knock near Kane, Pennsylvania

Over about seven years, group members reported hearing knocks, loud branch breaks and large bipedal footsteps, smelling foul odors and feeling watched without seeing a creature.

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About a week before the incident Columbia County, Pennsylvania Related account #3558

Property disturbance near Columbia County

The witnesses found shed windows smashed and noticed a strange odor about a week before the main event.

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The day before the opening of deer season Frugality, Cambria County, Pennsylvania Related account #26957

Odor near Frugality, Pennsylvania

The witness and a companion visited the hunting area the day before the season to set up stands and noticed a heavy musty odor.

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BFRO YEAR: 1976 or 77 Sussex NJ, Sussex County, New Jersey Class B #7185

Teens have scary encounter in abandoned creamery near Sussex

Two teenagers exploring an abandoned creamery had the companion climb a ladder to the upper floor, where he reported a foul smell and hairy legs behind a box. Both then heard heavy running overhead with ceiling boards moving, and saw a large hairy figure break through a wall, cross a roof, and appear directly after loading doors blew open. They watched it run away through a cornfield for several seconds until it went over or through a fence and disappeared.

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The next night Cranbury, Middlesex County, New Jersey Related account #1452

Odor near Cranbury, New Jersey

The next night while driving past the same area the witness smelled a strong skunky odor that shifted to a dead-animal smell and quickly disappeared.

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Two years ago Cape May, Cape May County, New Jersey Related account #55413

Odor near Cape May, New Jersey

The reporter recalls smelling a very strong foul wet-animal-like odor on the deck in winter about two years earlier.

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annually, during the months of September, October and November Street, Harford County, Maryland Related account #31814

Odor near Street, Maryland

The witness, a relative and the landowner occasionally smelled the creature's scent on the wind annually in fall months.

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In October just after dusk that same year Street, Harford County, Maryland Related account #31814

Odor near Street, Maryland

Later the same year after dusk the witness found a relative knocked to the ground and then smelled a pungent odor and heard heavy breathing and footsteps retreating through woods and across a creek.

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In May 2004 Roxboro, Person County, North Carolina Related account #8804

Odor near Roxboro, North Carolina

The witness smelled a strong dumpster-like odor while working at the back of the property.

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About 8 hours later Camp Lejeune, Onslow County, North Carolina Related account #9750

Odor near Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

The witness stopped by the same tree later that day, the creature was gone but the strong odor remained.

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In early October 2004 Badin Or Albermarl, Montgomery County, North Carolina Related account #8983

Wood knock near Badin Or Albermarl, North Carolina

The witnesses returned to the general area in early October 2004 and reported possible knocks, vocalizations, odor, and a fleeting sighting too dark to discern.

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BFRO YEAR: 1985/86 Marietta, Greenville County, South Carolina Class B #791

very loud vocalizationSounds heard by four witnesses near a farmers field used for crops.

The witness was spending the weekend at a friend's house when the group heard loud high- and low-pitched screaming on a summer Saturday night. Three of them walked toward a field near a river with a flashlight and saw red eyes in the brush while hearing limbs breaking, then ran back to the house. Screaming reportedly continued for hours, and the next midday they found a snapped vine, bark torn high on a tree, disturbed ground, and a partial large heel print.

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after work Gaffney, Cherokee County, South Carolina Related account #41739

Odor near Gaffney, South Carolina

The witness went back to the site after work, found no tracks or disturbance, but noticed a strong flesh-like odor.

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mid September 2011 Brandenburg, Meade County, Kentucky Related account #30673

Sasquatch sighting near Brandenburg, Kentucky

The witness's son and daughter encountered a large dark-furred creature with shining eyes in the yard near the garage amid a strong stench.

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a few weeks prior to this incident Benton, Marshall County, Kentucky Related account #317

Odor near Benton, Kentucky

The resident said another person's hunting dog chased something in the same woods weeks earlier, yelped, went quiet, and was found dead without its head amid a foul odor.

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one day about dusk Jessamine County, Kentucky Related account #46624

Odor near Jessamine County

The witness smelled a foul odor and later heard a loud scream of rage near the garage.

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since I moved in Harman, Randolph County, West Virginia Related account #47460

Wood knock near Harman, West Virginia

The witness reports hearing knocking, whooping and strange whomping noises and smelling a pungent odor around the home on several occasions since moving in.

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