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Growl near Gabbs, Nevada (2001)
The guest and his son were cutting wood when a herd of cow elk approached closely and stared back toward the timber. They then heard a deep roaring grunt from brush, like a bear about to charge. They stopped work and left, learning a friend nearby had also heard yelling and seen elk flee.
Hikers find footprints and hair near Huntington Lake
Three hikers in the Rock Creek area found a line of very large footprints crossing a meadow to the north. They counted over a dozen identifiable tracks with deep impressions and long strides, and saw no other human footprints. Beside one print they found a broken branch with hairs on the bark, and later reported photos and analysis of the hair.
Traveler hears "eerie and strange" scream while walking dog near Elsie
The witness stopped at a Highway 26 rest area late at night while driving toward the coast to let the dog out. From the southeast across the highway she heard a sustained eerie scream lasting several seconds at a distance. Despite familiarity with native wildlife sounds, she could not identify the sound.
Four wheeler enthusiasts hear heavy footsteps approach them, have bottle thrown at them in 2nd incident.
The witness and friends stopped atop a mountain around 2 a.m. while riding four-wheelers. They heard something bipedal approach down the hill, breaking brush with loud heavy steps and pausing intermittently. Although it came within about 50 yards and they could hear it breathing, they saw nothing and left quietly on their vehicles.
Possible rock-knocking heard by hikers near Pitt Lake
The witness and a companion were ending a multi-day hike and had stopped beside a logging road to dry clothes over a small fire. They heard a repeated rock-clacking sound from the forest at regular intervals for about ten minutes. Their two dogs became frightened and there was no reply when they called out. They put out the fire and left quickly, after which the sounds stopped, without ever seeing the source.
near Roseburg - Man stops to relieve himself and sees BF
The witness stopped beside the road at night after scouting a party location, smelled a musky odor and heard a distant cry followed by a very close cry. After driving a short distance, the witness saw a tall dark-furred figure by the road, shone high beams on it, and watched it step into the trees, pause, then run away on two feet.
Odor in Washington (2001)
The guest and a friend backpacked into a remote Cascade valley in September 2001. While hiking they smelled a foul garbage-like odor that came and went, and later while throwing rocks by a river pool a golf-ball-sized rock was thrown at them from dense brush across the water. That night at camp they also heard a loud ground-level owl-like call, and they learned about the September 11 attacks only when hiking out.
Long range sighting of a tall, fast-moving animal traversing a snow field below Table Mountain (Mt. Baker area)
The witnesses were having lunch outdoors when they noticed a dark figure standing erect and moving quickly uphill across a snow and ice field below a mountain. They watched it for several minutes until it went over a ridge, concluding its speed and sustained upright posture were unlike a person or bear. A ranger suggested a bear, but no one else present reported seeing the object.
Bowhunter finds twisted trees, tracks, scat, & unusual sounds
The witness was bow-hunting in coastal second-growth forest on the morning of 9/1/01. He heard whooping and scream-like vocalizations followed by a large tree falling, plus heavy footsteps, and later found large ground impressions, broken limbs and tops, and animal hair high on a tree. An investigator later reviewed photos of broken and twisted trees and received frozen scat and hair samples for examination.
Traveler hears "eerie and strange" scream while walking dog near Elsie
The witness stopped at a rest area on Highway 26 late at night to let her dog out while driving to the coast. From the southeast across the highway she heard a sustained eerie scream lasting several seconds from a distance. She could not identify the sound as any known wildlife, and later said it matched a reference scream recording played for her.
Hiker hears loud scream in Sequoia National Park
The witness was camping alone in the backcountry of Sequoia National Park and preparing dinner just after sunset. The witness heard loud repeated screams described as non-human and unnerving, lasting about 30 seconds before ending abruptly. About 15 minutes later coyotes were heard barking nearby. The witness stayed alert that night but reported no further occurrences for the remainder of the trip.
Hiker describes possible near encounter on the Colorado Trail near Mt. Massive
After hiking Mt. Massive, the witness was walking toward the trailhead parking lot in daylight when he heard loud crunching footsteps moving away through dense trees to his right. The unseen source, estimated 100 to 150 feet away, produced two identical very loud deep resonant barks spaced about 20 to 30 seconds apart. He never saw the animal and heard nothing else. He first assumed a bear but later doubted it because the steps sounded bipedal and he found no matching bear sound.
Scream near Houghton Lake, Michigan (2001)
The guest described camping alone in a clearing after a day of bird hunting. In the middle of the night he woke to very loud shrieking screams from the treeline, then heard two distinct voices calling back and forth and a third much deeper voice that answered periodically with howl-like calls ending in gibberish, continuing for close to an hour. He stayed in the tent until daylight, left, then returned on foot and found a line of large five-toed tracks without claws that changed from full footprints to half-tracks with a much longer stride before stopping at a fork, which he later concluded matched Sasquatch vocalizations and foot mechanics he researched.
Bowhunter finds twisted trees, tracks, scat, & unusual sounds
The witness was bow hunting in coastal second-growth forest on the morning of September 1, 2001. After spooking a doe that abruptly reversed direction, the witness heard whooping and screaming sounds followed by a large tree falling, plus heavy bipedal footsteps. The witness found large ground impressions, snapped limbs and treetops, hair high on a tree, and very large foul-smelling scat, and documented damaged trees with photos and attempted casts.
Something trying to get at dog food in sealed container at night
The witness, spouse, and two dogs stopped to rest at a campground and went to bed in their travel trailer. Shortly after lights out, something repeatedly knocked a sealed dog-food container off the picnic table and rolled it around, disappearing each time a light was turned on. The dogs remained unusually silent, and the witnesses turned on all lights, packed up, and drove away during the night without seeing what moved the container.
Early morning backyard sighting by newspaper deliverer near Talcott
The witness and a relative were delivering newspapers in the early morning when they stopped at a driveway. In the headlights they watched a large, very hairy creature walk across a yard toward the woods for about 30 seconds before it left view. The creature ignored them and walked away casually without looking at them.
A young teen sees a hairy creature on the family farm while riding his bike.
The witness was riding a bicycle through a farm field in the afternoon when they spotted a large hair-covered creature about 300 feet away moving toward a cornfield. The creature stopped upon noticing the witness, looked back, then ran down into the woods, stumbling and making a grunt-like sound. The witness rode home to report what they saw, but their relatives did not believe them.
Observation of possibly two animals in or near back yard of apartment complex
Over two nights a group of five gathered outside on the property for hide-and-seek and heard strange noises. The husband and a companion went to investigate and saw an entity 50 yards away hiding between two silos, noted for goldish reflective eyes, with a second smaller similar entity present on the last night. Tracks with reported measurements were found where they investigated.
Predawn sighting on north side of FM 1375, just east of bridge over Lake Conroe
The witness stopped at the roadside by a lake shore before dawn while commuting to work and noticed a strong musky odor and a woofing sound. A tall dark-haired entity stood up beside the witness, shook a small tree, made a squealing bark sound, then strode past onto and across the road into pines as a truck approached. The witness immediately left the area.
Possible vocalizations heard by staff at Redfish Lake near Stanley
Around midnight in September, the witness was walking between facilities when loud growl-to-scream vocalizations began from a creek bed about 300 yards away. The calls repeated 10-15 times over 15-20 minutes while the source seemed to move nearer, farther, and side to side. The witness brought a neighbor outside so both heard the sounds, then returned to the cabin and kept weapons close. A next-day search of the creek bed found no tracks or other sign.