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June 2014 Yakima, Yakima County, Washington Class B #45360

Campers sleeping inside their tent hear clacking and are touched near Bumping Lake

The witness was sleeping in a tent at a lake campground with family when she awoke to repeated patterned clacking sounds from the south. Later she felt contact through the tent fabric, felt the foot of the tent lift and settle, heard movement and more clacking from two directions, and felt unable to move or speak. She awoke again later to distant clacking, and in the morning found no sign except deer tracks with the tent still staked.

Unidentified soundFootstepsProperty disturbance
30 May 2014 Ludowici Ga., Long County, Georgia Class A #45216

Reoccurring activity on a farm outside Fort Stewart

Witnesses in a newly purchased rural home surrounded by woods and swamp report repeated dusk and late-night activity. The claims include regular screaming and howling, a recurring skunky rotten odor, heavy running sounds felt on the porch, sightings of a large adult figure running and a large figure squatting or kneeling near outbuildings, and large tracks found with smaller prints nearby. Follow-up details add a frequently seen tall stocky female moving quietly, brush piles repeatedly dragged from an outbuilding to a driveway, and whoops that were reportedly answered and approached.

ScreamHowlOdorFull-body sightingPartial sighting +2
March 2014 Ocean Shores, Grays Harbor County, Washington Class B #46520

Homeowner has possible encounter while in his yard near Ocean Shores

The witness went outside in the afternoon to retrieve plant pots from the side of the house while a neighboring dog barked. Something unseen in dense brush thrashed vegetation, produced a loud growl, and moved away with heavy pounding steps that shook the ground and broke branches. The witness retreated to a shed and then to the house for a shotgun, and later noted a strong musky odor at the residence.

GrowlFootstepsMovement only
2014 Arizona #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/08/21/sc-ep246-law-enforcement-night

Footsteps in Arizona (2014)

Overnight at the camp the party heard footsteps moving in thick brush around the campsite just out of sight of the fire. On later playback something intelligent seemed to tinker with jingle bells strung on fishing line around the perimeter. The witness felt uneasy, watched, and unwilling to leave camp.

FootstepsProperty disturbance
2014 New York #c69fa039-7a7c-40e2-80c5-f4e3a1407fcc

Footsteps in New York (2014)

The day after Thanksgiving in 2014 the witness walked with family and a friend to and from a quarry in the dark. Footsteps on one side paced them, stopping when they stopped and starting when they started, maintaining distance over about a quarter to half mile. They shone flashlights behind them and saw nothing, and the follower did not pass a certain point on the return.

FootstepsMovement only
2014 Place not stated #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/10/29/sc-ep375-investigating-bigfoot

Footsteps (2014)

Home alone on New Year's Eve 2014, the witness heard someone walking on the deck, then tapping that moved from the kitchen window to the bedroom window three or four times through the night. Flashlight checks revealed nothing. She noted the kitchen window was too high for her at 5'3" on tiptoes to reach from outside, and frozen ground showed no prints.

FootstepsDoor or window contactUnidentified sound
Spring of 2014 Arkansas #f5dcf095-d4a4-4058-b0ab-3ffd7a69af9e

Footsteps in Arkansas (2014)

The witness took his young son turkey hunting and camped at a remote designated site on public land. On two consecutive nights after entering the tent, bipedal footsteps entered camp and circled the tent and fire for 30 to 60 minutes. The steps then left the way they came without disturbing food trash or the truck.

Footsteps
13 November 2013 Riley, Ohio #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/11/22/sc-ep167-that-is-when-the-rock-throwing-started

Sasquatch sighting near Riley, Ohio (2013)

Late at night the witness sat in his vehicle and heard gravel steps and bare feet slapping, then loud wood knocks approaching. He saw a large black figure hop between trees without being seen directly. The next day he measured the head height at eight foot four and the jumps at about twenty-five to thirty feet.

Partial sightingWood knockFootsteps
12 November 2013 Radom, Washington County, Illinois Class B #50502

Possible sighting while hunting near Radom

The witness was deer hunting from a tree stand on a hill at the edge of a field in the early evening. He saw a dark figure moving along the field edge and into a ravine about 60 yards away, walking upright on two legs, and heard something walking in the ravine. He first thought it was a trespasser but concluded it was not a person in camouflage.

Partial sightingFootsteps
November 2013 Cherokee, Colbert County, Alabama Class B #44386

Deer hunter reports possible activity in the Freedom Hills Management Area near Cherokee

The witness entered the woods before daylight to deer hunt and heard grunting and heavy movement walking down a ridge behind him. After daylight he went to the area where the sounds originated and found bedding, hair, and broken branches along the path. The experience left the witness scared and uneasy.

GrowlVocalizationFootstepsHairStructure or nest +1
November 2013 Place not stated #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/10/02/sc-ep52-yowie-encounter

Chatter (2013)

The guest was alone having a barbecue at a ridge lookout in a national park when he heard fast unintelligible voices that fell silent after he called out. After a long silence he saw yellow eyeshine in the gully, then a large hairy upright figure by a tree, followed by a second smaller eyeshine, thumping sounds and a long loud howl. While driving slowly away down a rocky track he felt something shunt the back of his car but saw nothing when he braked.

ChatterEyeshineFull-body sightingFootstepsHowl +1
November 2013 Idyllwild, California #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/08/20/sc-ep353-something-in-the-road

Door or window contact near Idyllwild, California (2013)

The witness, his wife, and two dogs stayed at the family cabin months after a large fire. At night something thumped the house hard and moved outside while the dogs cowered. The next morning the woods were silent, neighbors reported something stomping around, and acorns and pebbles were thrown toward them near the car.

Door or window contactFootstepsObject throwingRock throwing
23 October 2013 Keensburg, Wabash County, Illinois Class A #43148

Hiker has close daylight sighting in Beall Woods State Park

The witness was walking a dog on a trail at Beall Woods State Park when the dog stopped and stared into a large ravine. The witness watched an entity at the bottom for about thirty seconds before it moved and turned toward them, then took two steps forward as the witness backed away. After the dog barked forcefully the entity stepped back, and the witness left while hearing it climb out of the ravine and move through the woods.

Full-body sightingFootsteps
18 October 2013 Las Vegas, San Miguel County, New Mexico Class A #43399

Scientist skeptic has early morning encounter behind gas station near Las Vegas, NM

The witness stopped at a closed gas station around 1 a.m. while driving home and walked behind the building to urinate. He sensed a presence, looked back while returning to his vehicle, and saw a large hairy animal crouched nearby. The animal then stood, moved away rapidly with heavy footsteps, and disappeared toward a treeline as the witness fled to his vehicle.

Full-body sightingFootstepsOdor
2 October 2013 Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama Class A #43689

Night fisherman first hears and then observes two Bigfoots in his spotlight near Birmingham

The witness claims he was fishing alone at night when he heard two large animals fighting on a hillside across the water. The sounds lasted about 30 minutes and included growling, hollering, and breaking limbs as the animals moved toward him. When they reached a clearing he lit them with a spotlight, saw two tall lean hairy bipeds, and watched them sprint uphill into the forest. He then left the area and says he will not return alone.

Full-body sightingGrowlVocalizationFootsteps
October 2013 Alabama #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/Z1QkvkCDe_1gy9oXbfkCLuZVvOJ8g6YJetf8Y7Gp24k

Footsteps in Alabama (2013)

The hunter was napping in a high stand before dawn on newly permitted land and heard heavy footsteps approach in leaves several times. After he sat up, a healthy mid-sized oak about 40 yards away fell instantly with no wind and no cracking sequence. He later found the root ball pulled out and the landowner also heard the noise.

FootstepsTree break
August 2013 Fraser, Boone County, Iowa Class B #41845

Group of campers has strange encounters over three nights near Fraser

A group camping near a river spent three late nights walking north of their campsite to look for Sasquatch. They claim loud tree knocks, howls, grunts, heavy bipedal movement and red glowing eyes, plus a shadowy figure that rose from about five feet to about eight feet tall. They also claim a glow stick left on a gravel road was later found moved to the base of a hollow tree.

Wood knockFootstepsEyeshineHowlVocalization +3
July 2013 Nottingham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire Class A #48940

Daytime sighting by young bicyclist near Nottingham

The witness was riding a bicycle on trails behind the house on a summer day. After hearing stomping noises and then a loud deep vocalization, the witness stopped and saw a large hairy figure about 20 feet away hitting a tree. After brief eye contact, the figure stepped into the woods and disappeared, and the witness rode home quickly.

Full-body sightingHowlFootstepsOdorAnimal behaviour
July 2013 Estacada, Clackamas County, Oregon Class B #41709

Possible activity experienced by campers at a popular campground in the Mount Hood National Forest

The witness and two companions camped in the Mt Hood National Forest with a barrel of animal entrails intended as bait. Over three days they reported loud screams from a nearby ridge, nighttime wood knocks, heavy steps and snapping twigs, and found their camp table apparently bitten through. They moved the bait pile away from camp, later found most of it missing with a wet sweet dog-like odor at the site.

ScreamVocalizationWood knockFootstepsMovement only +3
28 June 2013 Orr, St. Louis County, Minnesota Class B #42295

Possible encounter makes campers leave Lake Jeanette campground near Orr

The witness and a companion camped for two nights beside a lake in pine forest. On both nights they exchanged wood knocks with unseen sources and heard a whoop, and something large walked past their tent. On the second night they watched red eyes near camp, then heard a very close loud grunt and packed up and left feeling unwelcome.

Wood knockWhoopVocalizationEyeshineFootsteps