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Scream in Minnesota (2012)
On the next night the guide went to gather firewood and heard a very loud scream approaching from thick cover. The screaming repeated about five times close up and about thirteen to fourteen times total, feeling powerful in his chest. He returned to camp where the whole crew had heard it, and they stayed by the fire and slept poorly.
US Forest Service employee unnerved by possible vocalizations near Lydick Lake
While working in a national forest around noon in August 2011, the witness heard high-pitched yelps or screams from one direction answered by very low guttural whoops from another direction. The two sets of sounds were described as about a mile apart and about a half mile away, repeating in a call-and-response pattern that sounded like communication. The witness, who described experience with wolves and other wildlife, stated the sounds were not wolves and searched nearby roads by truck without seeing the source.
Unknown nighttime visitor at a campsite on Lake Jeannette
The witness and a companion were camping in a tent when the witness heard loud, heavy bipedal footsteps approaching around 4 a.m. After the witness shouted, something threw a rock at the tent and then walked rapidly away with the same loud steps. The companion heard the rock strike the tent. In the morning the witness could not reproduce the loudness of the steps.
Daylight sighting by motorist at railroad crossing outside Cloquet
The witness was driving home in the morning and stopped at railroad tracks when he spotted a dark animal sitting about a thousand feet away. He observed it sitting on its haunches for about ten minutes. The animal then stood upright and walked north into the surrounding forest.
Motorist describes a daylight sighting with other motorists outside Moose Lake
A woman driving in the morning stopped with several other motorists to watch a large sasquatch-like figure beside an abandoned trailer home. The figure was described as walking near the trailer and looking in a window. As the witness arrived, it walked across the road in front of the lead car, stepped over a barbed-wire fence, and went into the woods.
Possible brief sighting by a motorist outside Mountain Iron
The witness was driving east on Highway 169 toward Virginia on a bright Sunday morning when she spotted a large silvery-gray furry creature on a hilltop clearing north of the westbound lanes. The creature walked west toward the woods with a swaggered gait, long strides, swinging long arms and a slightly forward-bent posture, showing a conical head with little or no neck. After a few seconds median trees blocked the view, and the witness continued without turning back. A car stopped on the opposite side appeared to be watching the same thing.
Husband and wife experience an up-close daylight sighting on Hwy. 7 north of Bovey
The witness and his companion were driving south in their pickup when they saw a tall, dark-furred creature near the roadside ditch. It crossed the road less than 20 paces in front of them, then leaped the far ditch in a single stride. Both occupants watched it closely in clear daylight and described human-like but non-human movement and musculature.
Woman and friend watch a tall animal walk oddly across a mine hill in Calumet
The witness and a companion were sitting on a porch in clear afternoon light when they saw a tall figure walk across the top of a nearby iron ore hill past a lone tree. They described long limbs, arms swinging with each stride, and a slightly hunched upper back during about 40 seconds of observation. Afterwards they felt no ordinary person could have covered that distance so quickly or appeared so tall at that distance, and concluded they had seen a bigfoot.
Sasquatch sighting near Nashua, Minnesota (2009)
The witness was at his cabin getting water on the ice around sunrise in late March. A dark bipedal figure walked along the far shoreline and back into the woods, covering quickly what would take much longer on foot. He watched several minutes but found no tracks because water covered the ice.
Mother and son observe creature standing in road Northwest of Ulen
The witness and her son were driving at night when the car headlights revealed a large hair-covered creature standing still in the middle of the road. They stopped and watched it for two to three minutes from about 200 feet away while it looked toward the river and never looked at the vehicle. The encounter ended when the witness turned into a nearby driveway and continued to a relative's house.
Local people record strange primate vocalizations in remote woods north of Nimrod (w/ recordings)
The witness and three companions went to a regular search area at night to listen for responses. They heard prolonged vocalizations from unseen sources, at one point estimated within 75 yards and loud enough to feel chest vibration. A companion recorded the sounds on a digital camera and the group felt the sounds did not match known hunted animals.
Witness hears loud screams and foot steps while camping near Laporte
The witness was camping in tents with five companions. In the early morning after going to bed, she and one companion heard two very loud vocalizations combining screaming and grunting, with the second appearing to move quickly. Later she heard heavy bipedal footsteps in camp, and in the morning bottled water was missing from a cooler while other food remained.
Possible vocalizations south of Sturgeon Lake
The witness was asleep at home when a very loud screaming and howling sound woke him around 3 a.m. He went to the front door to listen as the sound quieted, describing it as similar to recorded whoop-howls and unlike coyotes he had heard before. He estimated a single caller a quarter to a half mile to the southwest, noting dogs and livestock reacted to it before it stopped.
Snowmobilers find several sets of large tracks on the Gun Flint Trail (w/photos)
The witness was snowmobiling with two companions in the Boundary Waters area when they found large human-like footprints in snow crossing lakes. They photographed the tracks over three days in March 2007 and reported measurements of about 16 inches long with a roughly six-foot stride. No figure was seen, only the tracks and an apparent light in one distant photo.
Possible daylight sighting by motorist on a gravel road south of Sturgeon Lake
The witness was driving on a road through pine forest and saw a large black human-shaped figure standing in the road about a quarter-mile ahead. The figure appeared startled, turned, and moved quickly off the east side of the road as the witness descended into a dip. After a brief loss of sight, the figure had vanished despite open visibility into the woods, and subsequent searches found only scattered garbage and no tracks.
Possible nighttime sighting by motorist near Ball Club
The witness was driving east on Highway 2 east of Ball Club late at night when she noticed a large brown hairy figure standing off the side of the road. The figure appeared to be waiting to cross toward a nearby lake and did not look at her vehicle. She continued driving without stopping and later returned in daylight but remained in her vehicle.
County workers find possible footprints near Bena
A county road worker grading a gravel road noticed large human-like footprints and stopped to inspect them. The trackway included 16 to 18 prints crossing from a swamp with heel-to-toe progression, long stride, and deep impressions. Agency staff later made molds and reportedly found additional prints in the swamp, and the reporter later visited the site to view the tracks.
Daylight sighting of a creature walkng down the road as they pull out of their driveway near Bermidji
The witness and a companion were leaving home by car in the morning when they noticed a tall black hair-covered biped walking away down a dirt road. They watched it alternate between the road and ditch until it entered the woods out of sight. Afterward a relative and another person found multiple footprints along the road and photographed the clearest track.
Daylight sighting by squirrel hunter near Spring Valley
The witness left his truck to hunt squirrels and noticed movement about 175 feet away through brush, fence and creek. What first looked like a large flapping turkey stood up on two legs and ran very fast and quietly, followed by a larger reddish animal that briefly stumbled then sprinted after it into thick brush toward the swamp. The witness crossed to the spot, found only soft indentations, followed briefly toward the swamp, then left after becoming frightened that the animals might have circled behind him.
Possible encounter with sled dog caretakers at an outdoor freezer near Isabella
The witness and a companion were working late at night preparing meat to feed sled dogs. While inside a walk-in freezer, the heavy door shut on them unexpectedly despite calm conditions. After exiting, they shone a light toward a trailer and saw a pair of very large reflective eyes about seven feet off the ground roughly twenty yards away. The eyes were gone after they returned with a brighter light, and the dogs that had been barking fell silent.