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14 February 2009 Paradise, Butte County, California #4133

Couple walking reports sighting, odor

The witness and his companion were walking toward his house when they noticed a foul odor and the witness felt watched. While sitting on the front steps they heard a harsh growl and grunt, and the neighbor's dog cowered and whimpered. The witness then saw a very tall, dark-haired, long-armed creature run across the neighbor's lawn in a hunched posture and disappear. No footprints were found, but the smell persisted for about two hours.

Full-body sightingGrowlVocalizationOdor
14 February 2009 Hoquiam, Grays Harbor County, Washington #4568

Group makes and hears calls, one sees creature

The witness had been out with family for calling activity and then drove away onto Highway 101. While checking the mirror to merge, the witness saw a figure crossing the street near a light that then went up a hill. The group went back to the area and relatives reported finding a heel impression.

Road crossingTracks
14 February 2009 Red Top Mountain Area, Cherokee County, Georgia Class B #25485

Couple and neighbors startled by unusual screams over several months near Allatoona Lake

On the evening of Feb. 14, 2009, the witness and her husband were in their upstairs bedroom with the windows open when they heard unusual monkey-like whooping sounds from the woods around the house. The series of whoops was heard twice and prompted barking from neighborhood dogs. They drove briefly around the area but did not hear the sounds again.

Whoop
2 February 2009 Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut Class B #25484

Woman witnesses tall creature looking into her kitchen window near Woodstock

The witness woke around 2 a.m. and went to the kitchen for milk. While at the counter she saw a face with large red glowing eyes looking in the rear window for several seconds before she ducked behind the counter. When she turned on exterior lights and looked again, nothing was visible.

Partial sightingEyeshine
February 2009 Wayne, Wayne County, West Virginia Class A #25497

Ongoing activity in a rural setting near Nestlow

On the evening of Feb. 16, 2009, the reporter's brother called to say he had seen an unknown figure in his yard near his chicken house. The figure was in profile and angled so it could watch the house and driveway, appeared aware of being seen, and was gone when the brother stepped onto his screened porch after yelling. Two dogs normally nearby were absent at the time.

Partial sighting
February 2009 Christiansburg, Miami County, Ohio Class A #33979

Witness has numerous encounters and collects physical evidence over a seven month period near Christianburg

Late at night the witness heard a very large bipedal animal moving through snowy woods to the woodline, breaking branches and small trees, but could see nothing despite moonlight. After listening with his wife from an upstairs window, he searched in the morning and reported large humanlike tracks, a crushed fence, and a dismembered deer with legs stacked by a sitting impression. While photographing the scene, he says a thrown stick struck his head, prompting him to run to the house.

FootstepsTracksTree breakHairProperty disturbance +1
February 2009 Mountain Home, Baxter County, Arkansas Class A #41827

Motorist has close encounter on Mallard Point Road near Lake Norfork

Late at night the witness stopped at a stop sign while driving out of a subdivision after visiting a friend. An upright, hairy figure emerged from the woods and moved quickly toward the driver's side door, prompting the witness to drive away quickly. In the rearview mirror the witness saw the figure cross the road behind the vehicle. The witness also reported a strong skunk-like and urine odor despite closed windows.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingOdor
28 January 2009 Cresco, Winneshiek County, Iowa Class B #25382

Hunter encounters freakishly large tracks in a field south of Cresco

The witness was hunting on public land in northeast Iowa just before dark when they found large single-file tracks in snow crossing an alfalfa field. The stride was far longer than the witness felt a human could manage in that snow depth, and the prints were later described as men's size 13-14 without visible toes. The tracks were estimated to be a few days old and were heading east.

Tracks
22 January 2009 Herod, Saline County, Illinois Class A #25362

Night time sighting by two witnesses at trailhead in Shawnee National Forest

The witness and her father were walking back to the trailhead parking area at night when the father noticed eyeshine in the trees to the side of the trail about 30-40 feet away. With headlamps on, they both observed shining eyes and the outline of a rounded head that turned to look at them before they turned their lights off. The figure then walked away downhill with heavy deliberate bipedal steps, paused, and remained nearby while the witness spoke softly before they left quietly. After returning home they photographed smudge marks on their vehicle that had not been noticed earlier.

EyeshinePartial sightingSilhouetteFootsteps
20 January 2009 Shelton, Mason County, Washington #4550

Man hears vocalizations while walking and listening to headphones

The witness was walking alone halfway down the driveway on the way to school. They heard a sustained screaming vocalization described as lasting 15-20 seconds and seeming about half a mile away, the same sound heard a few days earlier. The witness felt the source had heard them and was silently following behind.

Scream
17 January 2009 Shelton, Mason County, Washington #4549

Screams heard and rocks thrown at witness's friend

The witness walked a friend partway down a road toward a waiting car and then turned back. The witness saw the friend's shadow running in the headlights and heard screams from a distance. The friend later said a creature in roadside bushes had screamed and thrown rocks at low speed.

ScreamRock throwing
10 January 2009 Colton, Clackamas County, Oregon #4551

Colton man hear screams in the night

The witness claims that on full-moon nights in Jan, Feb and March 2008 and Jan 2009, screams and whooping sounds from the forest woke the witness around 4 to 4:30 a.m. Dogs throughout the area were also reportedly awakened. No visual encounter or source of the sounds is described.

ScreamWhoop
summer two thousand and nine Oologah, Oklahoma EP 1136

Sasquatch sighting near Oologah, Oklahoma (2009)

The guest and his best friend were catfishing overnight below the dam when they heard a huge splash and loud tree-snapping approaching on the far bank. They lit up a tall, wide silhouette watching them from between two sycamore trees that peeked and rocked for a couple minutes before backing off and leaping away downriver. They reeled in and left, later concluding it could not have been a person or bear.

SilhouetteTree break
2009 Salt Springs, Florida EP 1019

Property disturbance near Salt Springs, Florida (2009)

While camping with several families, the witness booby-traps a large latched cooler holding bacon and eggs under picnic tables. In the morning the tables are pulled apart, the heavy cooler is on top of a table, bacon is ripped open and gone, and there are signs of cooking on a griddle. No animal is seen and the witness later notes many reported sightings in the area.

Property disturbance
2009 Virginia EP 988

Footsteps in Virginia (2009)

Late at night in a remote trailer, the witness felt a heavy bipedal impact land on the far end of the roof and shake the structure. It then walked the length of the roof toward her bedroom with long strides, stopping above her. She lost consciousness and woke the next morning still frozen in the same position.

FootstepsProperty disturbance
2009 Idaho EP 952

Eyeshine in Idaho (2009)

The guest said he and a friend were forced to spend the night at Loon Lake after a day hike ran long. He described low yellow eyeshine close by, a feeling of being tracked, a glimpse of something jumping over a log, a siren-like sound late at night, and distant Ohio-style howls for over an hour in the morning before a motorcyclist helped them out.

EyeshineUnidentified soundHowlMovement only
2009 Idaho EP 935

Partial sighting in Idaho (2009)

During setup boulders fell from a cliff when pounding tent stakes, glow sticks left hanging disappeared, and around 1:30-2 a.m. loud rumbling like a herd rushed past the tents. Through night vision the witness saw four large quadruped humps with two in his truck bed that scattered when he hit the panic alarm. Next morning while picking sage, charging crashes and unfamiliar grunts and growls approached close and they left early.

Partial sightingFootstepsGrowlObject throwingProperty disturbance +1
2009–2011 Mesa, Colorado EP 633

Sasquatch sighting near Mesa, Colorado (2009)

The witness was staying at a rented house with a partner and they were on top of a vehicle looking at stars. They heard heavy breathing very close and saw the standing profile of a large hairy figure nearby. Both were terrified, ran to the vehicle, drove a short distance to the house, and hid inside with lights off.

Partial sightingVocalization
2009 Estacada, Clackamas County, Oregon #4813

Man hears noises, while at shooting range.

The witness was shooting alone in the morning when they felt watched and heard bushes rustling nearby and a low deep purring sound. They fired warning shots and shouted toward the sounds, but the source did not retreat and remained at a distance. The witness left without ever seeing the source and wondered if it could have been a cougar or Bigfoot.

VocalizationMovement only
2009 Oklahoma EP 479

Property disturbance in Oklahoma (2009)

The guest lost a walkie-talkie and an unnoticed photograph went missing from a pocket while on a ridge. Four days later both items were found returned inside separate stacked-rock cairns on a traveled trail. He interprets the return as a response to years of consistent visits and baiting.

Property disturbanceStructure or nest