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Date unknown Place not stated Related account #2806

Growl

Two raccoon hunters whose dogs trailed something to an old barn heard low growling and a high shriek, fled, and later found footprints leading toward the road.

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Date unknown Place not stated Related account #28525

Howl

The witness says they have heard numerous stories from others of weird howls, growling, footsteps and objects thrown at hikers.

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Date unknown Midlothian, Cook County, Illinois Related account #28525

Growl near Midlothian, Illinois

The witness says they twice heard deep moaning growling in the woods that was not wind.

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In the days between all the these sightings Place not stated Related account #30367

Footsteps

On intervening nights the mother woke to chain sounds, shaking door handles, porch footsteps and deep growls.

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the next morning Place not stated Related account #26823

Growl

The next day near the area the witness heard a deep growl, wood knocks and large limbs or trees breaking, taken as a warning to leave.

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BFRO YEAR: 1998 & 1999 Edgewater, Volusia County, Florida Class B #747

1. loud vocalization sounds woke sleeping couple. 2. family dog found injured

In the fall of 1998 two witnesses were asleep at home when they were awakened around 10 p.m. by two extremely loud vocalizations, first a growl and then a rising scream that felt as if it was inside the room. Their two dogs were too frightened to move, and a check outside found nothing.

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BFRO YEAR: 2002; 2007 Hosford, Wakulla County, Florida Class B #67296

Vocalizations heard and nests found in remote part of Ochlockonee River bottom

Around 2002 the witness was hunting alone from a tree stand in river-bottom woods during an afternoon hunt. After a prolonged silence and faint squabbling sounds, just after dark he heard a loud piercing call immediately followed by a deep prolonged growl, repeated three times at closer range while a deer moved past. He called out, scanned with lights with his rifle ready, saw nothing, then left quickly when a boat arrived.

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at this time last year Place not stated Related account #36112

Growl

A household reported strange nighttime growling and screaming culminating in a loud bang that shook the house and damaged siding.

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two nights ago Place not stated Related account #49326

Growl

The witness heard a growl that started like an owl from the front porch with his dog present.

Growl
A few months later in June Place not stated Related account #49777

Structure or nest

A few months later the witness found a branch shelter over a ditch near a dirt road, heard a deep threatening growl while inspecting it, had a rock thrown at him near his gate, and found the shelter gone days later.

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Prior to this Hawthorne, Putnam County, Florida Related account #24893

Growl near Hawthorne, Florida

A relative walked toward the coop, was growled at, retrieved a firearm, and the source left.

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last year when it was cool enough to sit around a fire Mulberry, Polk County, Florida Related account #12732

Growl near Mulberry, Florida

The witness, her spouse, and neighbors heard an unfamiliar growl or deep groan from the woods while sitting by a fire.

Growl
during the previous turkey season (spring) Place not stated Related account #25129

Howl

During the previous spring turkey season the witness and another hunter heard a 5-second horrible guttural howl/growl that prompted them to release safeties and leave.

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Last fall Turkey hunt Zephyrhills, Polk County, Florida Related account #25129

Howl near Zephyrhills, Florida

During a previous turkey hunt the witness and a companion heard an unfamiliar loud vocalization described as between a howl and a guttural growl.

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Date unknown Place not stated Related account #65655

Growl

The witness states having heard growls, knocks and bipedal running through swamps in Florida woods on other unspecified occasions.

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four weeks later Ocala National Forest (Fort McCoy) Fl, Marion County, Florida Related account #32332

Growl near Ocala National Forest (Fort McCoy) Fl, Florida

The witness says he returned heavily armed, heard distant growls at first dark, fired his weapon, then left as something moved through a clearing pushing pines apart.

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3 weeks earlier Place not stated Related account #32332

Footsteps

The witness says he returned with two companions for an afternoon hunt and the same steps, claps and growls occurred as three weeks earlier.

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when i was 12 Place not stated Related account #35474

Odor

As a juvenile the witness was chased for about a quarter mile before dark by an unseen follower with a strong odor and grunting sounds and fled inside to get a rifle.

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before season started Greenville, Madison County, Florida Related account #32302

Growl near Greenville, Florida

The witness and a companion heard the same loud noise again while walking in a swamp bottom during a later scouting trip.

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Date unknown Greenville, Madison County, Florida Related account #32302

Growl near Greenville, Florida

The witness alone heard a very loud deep growl/exhale twice from a thicket while hunting along a railroad.

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