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Retired police officer describes possible nighttime sighting near Monroe
The witness was driving home late at night through a semi-rural area when headlights revealed a large dark animal on all fours rooting through roadside trash cans. As the vehicle approached, the animal stood upright on two legs, towering over the small vehicle and showing a hair-covered face with open mouth. The driver slowed, avoided looking directly at it, and sped past, describing the encounter as shocking and traumatizing.
Fisherman comes face to face with tall ape-like creature in Ft. Myers
Late at night the witness was fishing from a pier in his backyard when he heard noises from a nearby canal. He approached and came face to face at about 15 feet with a large hairy ape-like figure standing behind a palm tree. The figure moved agitatedly and made grunting noises, then retreated toward nearby railroad tracks as the witness went inside.
Whoop near Trout Lake, Washington (2009)
While hunting on a ridge above a swampy sanctuary area the group repeatedly heard whooping sounds from below. The sounds seemed to come from something small and were unfamiliar to the lifelong hunters. Other unexplained noises were also heard during the same hunt.
Tracks near Trout Lake, Washington (2009)
Months later during elk season the witness and two companions met after one found a large bare footprint in wet sand in a remote draw by a creek. They compared boots to the print and noted clear toes and a push-off shape, estimating it at about fourteen to fifteen inches long. They felt no one would walk barefoot there and had never seen a print like it.
Two brothers witness an upright creature while at a cabin near Red Feather
Two people staying at a mountain cabin watched a large black upright animal move from near a river across a road and uphill toward an aspen grove over about two minutes, using binoculars for part of the observation. The animal turned toward a passing truck, then moved away with longer strides while looking back. Afterwards the witnesses went to the grove and found and measured a large five-toed footprint, but snow prevented further tracking.
Woman describes vivid early morning sighting just below Independence Pass
The witness stopped while commuting before dawn to get air and wake up. From beside the truck she watched a furry reddish figure stand upright, tip its head back as if sniffing, stare at her, then bend to pick up a small object and run bipedally across a meadow toward the treeline. She then drove away shaking and tearful, convinced it was not a bear.
Bowhunter witnesses woodknocking behavior outside the town of Burns
The witness was bow-hunting elk and reported hearing knocks timed to his steps near a clearing in the afternoon. He then watched through binoculars as a large hair-covered figure struck a log against a dead tree. As he left, knocks continued and he heard a log thrown nearby, later noticing a rancid black puddle on the trail.
friends camping with horses, hear loud yelling/screaming
On the first night of a camping trip, the witness woke during the night to loud yelling and screaming sounds. The sounds continued for several minutes before stopping. The witness states they had never heard anything like it, but later found the same sounds in recordings on the website.
Wilderness campers have an unknown visitor in the Trinity Alps of Northern California
The witness was lying awake in a tent at a remote lake camp around 1:30 a.m. while three companions slept. He heard footsteps circling camp, smelled a strong animal odor, and saw a large shadowy figure lift his backpack above the tent and appear to try to open it. After he yelled, the figure dropped the pack onto the tent and left camp on foot as the others woke and heard its retreat.
Three women see and smell BF while picking mushrooms.
While mushrooming, the witness and two relatives noticed a strong odor and got into their van. A young relative then saw a creature standing behind a tree about 20 feet away. After driving away, they watched the same creature come up an embankment, cross the road in front of them, and move through the trees alongside them before they lost sight of it but could still smell it.
Two fishermen hear loud roar and see movement in brush
The witness and a companion parked on an access road by the creek about twenty minutes before dusk to fish the evening. After noticing a pile of coarse red hair near a service road gate, the witness heard a loud apelike roar about 40 feet away accompanied by stomps. After exchanging shouts and glimpsing a huge shape moving in brush, both ran back to their vehicle.
Early morning sighting by a truck driver near Richland Chambers Lake
Around 1:30 a.m. on August 25, 2009, the witness was driving an 18-wheeler slowly on an oil-field lease road in Freestone County, Texas, when he noticed a hairy, big-headed creature squatting by the road. The creature stood upright to about cab height, growled audibly over the diesel engine, then ran bipedally across the road into a treeline at remarkable speed. The witness remained on site to work for about an hour, feeling frightened and alert for its return.
Campers experience powerful screams at remote campsite
Two adults sitting by a campfire late at night heard loud high-pitched screaming whoops that seemed to surround them and grow closer. They retreated to their truck, honked the horn, and listened for several minutes as the sounds moved farther away before tearing down camp and driving out. Afterward they compared the sound to coyote calls without a match and said it exactly matched a 1978 whooping screams recording.
Group camping with horses finds tracks, makes castings - PHOTOS
A group camping with horses heard wood knocks by the campfire, then after midnight was awakened by agitated horses, sounds of the horse corral being moved and loud banging on a camper. One person reported a musky odor and sounds of branches breaking as something moved up the mountainside. The next morning the group found large human-like tracks around the camper and campsite, which they photographed and cast.
Group have experience at Mollala Falls
A group hiking in a wooded hollow heard a prolonged low growl and movement in nearby trees and retreated to their car while still hearing the sounds. At the car, one companion froze while staring toward the trailhead where the group believed the animal had followed them. After driving away, that companion described a tall black fur-covered wolf-like being that stood on two legs and growled.
A group have rocks thrown at them and something circled their camp
The witness had been camping in the same area for several days. After hearing a sound on the road, the witness went to investigate and noticed a large dark shape on the mountainside in timber beyond a logged clear-cut. The shape remained motionless for several minutes while the witness watched and recorded it.
Group of twelve pelted with rocks
A group of twelve campers hiked a trail at dusk after earlier rock-throwing incidents. During the hike they reported a musky bleachy odor, distant wood knocks, and repeated rock throwing that continued onto the road and into camp, striking two hikers. Two of the hikers reported seeing a tan-haired, wide-faced, muscular figure with apparently no neck breathing heavily on a hillside, which disappeared after they briefly looked away.
coyote hunters see a leathery dark face per from the woods
The witness and a relative spent the night coyote hunting from a blind near a field and wooded area. In the early morning they heard prolonged tromping, shaking vegetation, logs thrown, branches breaking, and rapid movement. They saw a huge dark leathery face with big dark eyes peering from dense cover. A third person joined them and they searched the dense woods for about an hour, finding broken branches and demolished logs but no path, before the activity stopped.
man hunting smells something he cannot identify
The witness had been bear hunting from two stands along a closed road and was walking back to the truck before dark. At the site of the first stand, the witness encountered an overpowering musty stench described as like a dead animal and felt watched, but did not enter the timber for lack of a light. The witness later told a companion at camp, who suggested the odor could have been a bigfoot, an idea the witness had not initially considered. The witness noted the smell had not been present during an hour spent in the same spot earlier.
Strange screams frighten fly fisherman and cattle near Sundre
The witness camped alone and awoke around 6 a.m. He heard a high-pitched scream like a woman screaming from the south. After he made a whoop call, a slightly lower scream answered from the north about 5-10 seconds later. Nearby cattle immediately became agitated, mooing loudly and stampeding toward the campground.