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October 2023 Putnam County, New York #15556cfb-f717-4eb9-a599-1afaa1168ab0

Howl near Putnam County (2023)

Around 4:30 in the morning the witness awoke and heard two loud howls from the direction of the swampland with windows closed. The second was fainter a few seconds later, preceding a train by about 40 seconds. The witness interpreted it as something vocalizing while moving away from the train.

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18 March 2018 Pawling, Dutchess County, New York Class B #67425

Possible vocalization 4 miles north of Pawling, heard from Appalachian Trail

The witness was hiking alone at night on the Appalachian Trail on the return trip down Corbin Hill. Around 9pm the witness heard a single loud 15-second vocalization that began low as a howl and rose higher as a scream. The witness compared it to a deeper gibbon call and said it did not sound like an owl or coyote. No visual contact or further vocalizations were reported, and the witness stated they could not confirm the source.

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August 2002 Albion, Orleans County, New York Class B #7939

Powerful vocalizations heard near town of Albion, NY

The witness and a companion were in bed talking in the early morning when they heard a distant loud howl/moan that rose in pitch for several seconds. The sound repeated a second time slightly longer, with an echo afterward. The witness said it did not sound mechanical, like a siren, or like a known animal such as a wolf or coyote.

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June 2001 Altamont, Albany County, New York Class B #2987

Howls heard at night near home outside Guilderland

The witness was indoors in the evening when distant howls were heard behind the house. About an hour later a very loud screaming howl was heard from just outside an open but blind-covered window. The witness felt paralyzed with fear and did not look out. Afterwards a relative's dog was found cowering in a corner having defecated, and it stayed hidden the rest of the night.

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September 2000 Napoli, Little Valley,salamanca, Cattaraugus County, New York Class B #4589

Howls and wood knocking heard in vicinity of Napoli / Little Valley / Salamanca

In September 2000 the witness was near home bordering extensive forest when a long howl was heard approaching from a distance at dusk. The witness went into the woods with two dogs, a spotlight and a weapon to intercept what was first assumed to be a hunter's dog, but saw no hunter lights while the sound moved rapidly to within about 120 yards on the same level. The dogs behaved unusually and the witness felt terror, concluding the source was not a known dog or coyote, a view reinforced by later failure to match the sound to recorded wolf sounds and by nearby residents reporting similar howls.

Howl
May 1992 Location Withheld, Orleans County, New York Class B #11089

Two young boys experience powerful, high-pitched vocalization

When the witness was about 10, he and a companion were shooting BB guns at fish in a pond on family land and then fired into a hedgerow. Immediately something unseen about 10 feet into the brush produced loud screaming and howling vocalizations and violently shook vegetation before moving rapidly toward the forest while continuing to vocalize. The boys fled to the house.

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8 August 1973 Maryland, Otsego County, New York Class A #13874

Old sighting (1973) and recent vocalizations (2005/06) on the outskirts of Maryland (town)

On February 2, 2006 around 6 a.m. the witness was walking to a vehicle after dropping children at a sitter. From across the road and over a creek about 100 yards away, the witness heard a single loud yell lasting six to seven seconds that sounded like the Ohio Howl. The witness did not remain to listen for a second vocalization.

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many times Wolcott, Wayne County, New York Related account #26566

Scream near Wolcott, New York

The witness and relatives frequently heard screams, hoots and howls from the woods on and near the property.

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During a recent scouting trip Deposit, Delaware County, New York Related account #14373

Vocalization near Deposit, New York

On a recent scouting trip to the same area, the witness heard a faint distant siren-like vocalization that seemed to prompt coyotes to howl and yap.

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when living in farmhouse as kids and teens Allen, New York #4a294301-740b-4f62-8372-012351209359

Door or window contact near Allen, New York

The family reports years of disturbances in the farmhouse including doorbell and knocks with no one there, loud bangs upstairs, claw-like footsteps down stairs, and a howl from upstairs. Witnesses also describe solid-looking figures including a man at the foot of a bed holding a hat with no head, a sulfur-smelling man from a closet, and hairy legs entering a bedroom, plus moved objects such as truck doors, a broken statue, a sliding piano bench and chair during a blessing.

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