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4 August 2005 Edited At Request Of Witness., Jasper County, Texas Class B #12314

Evening worker hears vocalizations, smells strong odor in Big Thicket

The witness was walking down a dirt road on company property in deep woods when he heard rustling in brush about thirty yards away and smelled a strong skunk-like odor. After stopping, shouting, and resuming walking to a gate and back, he heard quiet whooping vocalizations from behind that grew louder as he moved away. He did not see the source and first considered wild hogs before later considering something unidentified.

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2 August 2005 Vernal UT Was 25 Miles To The South, Uintah County, Utah Class B #12289

Possible early morning vocalizations in the Uinta mountains

A large backpacking group was camped in timber near a lake and preparing for the day's hike. They heard several loud whooping vocalizations coming from up the trail and initially assumed another hiking group was nearby. They later found no sign of other visitors in the area and noted an absence of small wildlife.

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3 July 2005 Sarah, Union County, Georgia Class B #23701

Vocalization heard at close range on Appalachian Trail (Gooch Mountain Shelter)

The witness was sleeping alone in a trail shelter when awakened after midnight by heavy movement and loud repeated whooping calls nearby. Unable to see the source in darkness, the witness noted the sound moved sideways and the surrounding woods went silent for several minutes. No physical traces were found during a morning search.

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2 July 2005 Orleans?, Humboldt County, California Class B #13362

Possible vocalizations near Bluff Creek

The witness and three children were in a tent at a campground when loud whooping calls began from multiple directions around them. The calls lasted about ten minutes and included click-like sounds at the start and a loud thud as the sources moved away. The witness stayed inside with a frightened child and did not see the callers, finding no tracks the next morning.

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May 2005 BeBee, White County, Arkansas Class B #11786

Vocalizations and wood knocks heard by fishermen near pond

The witness and a companion were fishing at the farthest of several ponds in the late afternoon. They heard repeated whoop-like vocalizations followed by loud wood-on-wood knocking from a wooded area behind a hill that blocked their view. The sounds lasted about ten minutes, after which fish began biting. The witness later said the sounds matched examples of alleged vocalizations and knocks heard online.

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15 April 2005 Salem, Dent County, Missouri Class B #11453

Vocalizations and wood knocking in Mark Twain National Forest

The witness had gone to bed in his hunting cabin late Friday night when the forest went quiet and then heard a very loud scream from the southwest answered from the southeast. The exchange repeated four times with answering wood-on-tree bangs between the second and third calls, with the nearer sounds appearing to move farther southeast before all sounds stopped and normal night sounds resumed minutes later.

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April 2005 Buna, Jasper County, Texas Class B #11439

Mother and sons hear whoops in woods behind house

A woman went outside just after dark after her son reported a strange noise, joined by her two children. They listened for about ten minutes to loud, clear vocalizations coming from the woods behind the property. She later said the sound exactly matched recorded Sasquatch whoop-howl vocalizations and hoped to record it if heard again.

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1 February 2005 Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas Class B #11927

Two witnesses hear a possible vocalization in woods near creek Bay City

Two companions stopped their ATV in a wooded area and heard a primate-like whooping call lasting several seconds. The witness associated the sound with a recorded call heard on a television program. They searched for tracks afterward but found none.

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12 December 2004 Batesville/oxford, Marshall County, Mississippi Class A #27167

Deer hunter sees what he thinks is a bear through his rifle scope, until it stands and walks away, north of Oxford

The witness arrived at dawn to hunt deer from a climber stand about 20 feet up a pine. After hearing wood knocks and tree breaks for several minutes, he spotted a tall figure about 200 yards away and viewed it through a rifle scope, describing an 8-foot upright figure with a flat face that smelled the air then ran off on two legs. He climbed down, found a large five-toed human-like track where it had slid, heard whoops from two directions, and left the area.

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November 2004 Coldspring, San Jacinto County, Texas Class B #10800

Campers hear loud vocalizations in Sam Houston National Forest

The witness was tent-camping with extended family in a lakeside marshy forest area. Late at night she and her daughter heard heavy footsteps and a quiet grunt or growl near their tent, initially mistaking it for her husband. Much later she and two other adult women in separate tents were awakened by a single loud whoop-like cry, while her daughter heard a mechanical sound but not the cry.

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9 September 2004 Derry, Rockingham County, New Hampshire Class B #9313

Vocalizations heard near Rockingham

The witness was awakened around 3 a.m. by very loud, clear repetitive whooping calls near the house, with a second more distant caller responding. Around 4-4:15 a.m. the calls resumed louder and closer, alarming the dog, prompting the witness to check sheep, goats and chickens with a flashlight and see nothing, after which the calls stopped. The witness could not match the sound to any known local animal.

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17 July 2004 Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon Class B #9020

Camping family has auditory and olfactory encounter in early evening southeast of Dorena Lake

A witness camping with two relatives heard repeated whoop sounds and felt watched during an early-evening hike, then ran back to camp. Overnight the group heard heavy slow footsteps outside the tent, and around 4 a.m. noticed a strong foul dirty-animal odor. By morning the tent and tarp were found marked with a strong urine-like smell, and the tarp was left behind.

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June 2004 Idyllwild, Riverside County, California Class B #26152

Backpackers hear whoops and tree push over SE of Round Valley in the Mt. San Jacinto Wilderness Area

The witness and his son were in sleeping bags in their tent when they heard a loud low-pitched whooping call from boulders just above them. About an hour later the witness heard a loud boom close to the tent. Two mornings later he found a fresh green pine snapped at its base on the boulders near camp, which he inferred was pushed over by the animal that made the sounds.

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June 2004 Jewell, 40 Minutes From Seaside, Clatsop County, Oregon Class B #9547

Early morning vocalizations heard on three consecutive days

The witness reported hearing very loud whooping calls coming from the forested opposite ridge of the valley at dawn on three consecutive days in June 2004, with durations getting shorter each day. On the evening of the third day the witness heard a briefer, softer series of the same calls while outside with a friend. The sounds were described as unlike known local wildlife and were never heard again.

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April 2004 Panola County, Texas Class A #8547

Hog hunter watches bigfoot kill hog in Sabine River bottoms.

The witness was hunting hogs from a tree stand at sunrise when he watched a large hairy biped stalk hogs from tree to tree. The animal charged on all fours, killed a hog with blows, then carried it off while exchanging whooping calls with another unseen individual. It paused to stare at the witness before leaving. A hunting partner nearby heard the attack scream and whoops.

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Spring 2004 Ft.Myers, Lee County, Florida Class B #9885

Possible vocalization east of Ft.Myers

The witness and a teenage helper were hauling cut branches on a relative's wooded property in the late afternoon when they heard three loud, deep whoop-like sounds from a swampy area. The witness could not match the sound to known local wildlife and briefly considered Bigfoot before dismissing it. He later checked whooping crane recordings online and concluded that was not the sound heard.

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7 October 2003 LaFayette, Walker County, Georgia Class B #7088

Deer hunter hears strange screams and possible stalking near Pigeon Mountain

The witness and a friend heard strange high-pitched screams on successive evenings while hunting. The friend also reported hearing something throwing objects around a treestand, and sounds described as wood hitting trees, sticks being thrown, whoops and screams. The witness did not see anything and interpreted the sounds as a Bigfoot displaced onto the property by nearby clearcutting.

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12 July 2003 Lincoln, Grafton County, New Hampshire Class B #6623

Multiple Campers Woken by close range night Vocalizations

The witness was camping in a tent in a wooded mountain area when loud repetitive whooping woke four campers around 2 a.m. The close-range calls continued with pauses for over ten minutes and were answered by a similar distant call before stopping suddenly. No animal was seen.

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12 July 2003 Mabie, Randolph County, West Virginia Class B #18793

Possible whoops heard in logging area outside the Monongahela National Forest

The witness, a wildlife biology student surveying songbird nests in a clear-cut, heard a very loud repetitive whooping from a ridge about 100 yards above for 3 to 4 minutes. The witness scanned with binoculars but saw nothing, then hiked to the ridgetop about 10 minutes later and found it unusually quiet with game trails. The witness later concluded the sound matched an archival whoop recording and was not a known bird.

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November 2002 Graham, Pierce County, Washington Class B #5725

Man hears loud vocalization while woodworking on his porch

The witness was woodworking on the front porch at night when a loud call came from nearby woods. The sound rose from a low moan to a near-scream lasting about three seconds, followed by two to three short whoops. The witness stopped work and went inside, and later felt a downloaded Bigfoot scream matched what was heard.

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