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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.
Howl
The witness says they have heard numerous stories from others of weird howls, growling, footsteps and objects thrown at hikers.
Growl near Midlothian, Illinois
The witness says they twice heard deep moaning growling in the woods that was not wind.
Footsteps
On intervening nights the mother woke to chain sounds, shaking door handles, porch footsteps and deep growls.
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.
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.
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.
Growl
A household reported strange nighttime growling and screaming culminating in a loud bang that shook the house and damaged siding.
Growl
The witness heard a growl that started like an owl from the front porch with his dog present.
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.
Growl near Hawthorne, Florida
A relative walked toward the coop, was growled at, retrieved a firearm, and the source left.
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.
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.
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.
Growl
The witness states having heard growls, knocks and bipedal running through swamps in Florida woods on other unspecified occasions.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Growl near Greenville, Florida
The witness alone heard a very loud deep growl/exhale twice from a thicket while hunting along a railroad.