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Since that night Allen, Hillsdale County, Michigan Related account #15187

Vocalization near Allen, Michigan

Since the first night the witness and his wife repeatedly heard loud nighttime vocalizations, large movements in brush, banging on the trailer, and occasional dead-skunk odor.

VocalizationMovement onlyOdorProperty disturbance
in 2011 Place not stated Related account #32024

Vocalization

During a 2011 expedition night walk to a river, the group was paralleled briefly by something unseen after responding to guided vocalizations.

VocalizationMovement only
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #39785

Movement only

The witness reports being followed out of the woods on more than one occasion by something that moved when he moved and stopped when he stopped.

Movement only
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO INTERLOCHEN, Grand Traverse County, Michigan Related account #28805

Vocalization near INTERLOCHEN, Michigan

The stepbrother said that a couple years earlier, while sitting around a campfire with friends, yelling and rustling circled their campsite until they abandoned their gear and left.

VocalizationMovement only
First night we were there Rock, Delta County, Michigan Related account #59590

Movement only near Rock, Michigan

Two companions heard movement in the woods behind camp and one thought he saw a face on the night-vision camera, which was not recorded.

Movement onlyPartial sighting
During July of 2008 Greencastle, Putnam County, Indiana Related account #25237

Whoop near Greencastle, Indiana

The witness and a friend camped behind the house, made whoop sounds and knocks, and received whoop replies with brush movement.

WhoopMovement only
Two nights later Carmi, White County, Illinois Related account #29360

Movement only near Carmi, Illinois

Two nights later the witness and companion heard something large crash around the property snapping branches and fled inside.

Movement only
around 10:30 at night Atwood, Piatt County, Illinois Related account #47469

Vocalization near Atwood, Illinois

While taking trash out at night, the witness heard huffing sounds from the tree line followed by something large moving away, and found similar-sized prints the next morning.

VocalizationMovement onlyTracks
As a kid Oregon, Ogle County, Illinois Related account #40475

Movement only near Oregon, Illinois

Throughout childhood the witness repeatedly felt watched in the woods, glimpsed fleeting movement, and saw dogs act strangely and block entry while growling.

Movement onlyAnimal behaviour
Just before Christmas of 2012 Godfrey, Madison County, Illinois Related account #41487

Movement only near Godfrey, Illinois

While putting up Christmas lights, the witness saw a large bush shake at the woods edge with no visible cause.

Movement only
the next night Makanda Or Cobden, Jackson County, Illinois Related account #40120

Wood knock near Makanda Or Cobden, Illinois

The night after the eyes encounter the group walked the same path hearing movement, twig snaps, snorting sounds and one woodknock.

Wood knockFootstepsMovement onlyVocalization
early April of 2012, on at least 3 occasions in about a month's time Place not stated Related account #40120

Vocalization

While catfishing at night the witness and a companion heard strange sounds and large splashes close by on three occasions.

VocalizationRock throwingMovement only
Just before daybreak Place not stated Related account #33911

Movement only

Just before daybreak the mother felt followed by something large walking bipedally alongside, hidden by vegetation, while walking to her car.

Movement only
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #33911

Scream

A very large unseen animal screamed in an oak tree, then dropped down and ran when approached in the dark.

ScreamMovement only
on the day when the camp was found Place not stated Related account #12628

Movement only

The witness saw movement in the treeline on the earlier day when the camp was found but dismissed it.

Movement only
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #1608

Whistle

The witness reported hearing a high-pitched whistle, an almost shriek sound, huffing noises, and something large moving through underbrush.

WhistleScreamVocalizationMovement only
a few months ago Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida Related account #41892

Movement only near Clearwater, Florida

A few months earlier the witness felt and heard something run past and tear through brush on the same fence line without seeing it.

Movement only
BFRO YEAR: 08 Baker Fl, Okaloosa County, Florida Class B #25037

Kayaker experiences frightening incidents while traveling down Yellow River

While kayaking a long stretch of river in northwest Florida near dusk, the witness heard moaning to yelling sounds and smelled a strong musky odor. Rocks were thrown from the treeline toward the water and near the kayak, while sticks and trees were heard breaking. The witness also heard coyotes and loud unidentified sounds suggesting animals fighting, felt followed for much of the trip, and never saw the source.

VocalizationOdorRock throwingUnidentified soundTree break +1
BFRO YEAR: 1975-76 North Key Largo, Monroe County, Florida Class B #24241

Family has a strange and terrifying encounter while fishing in the Everglades National Park

While night-fishing beside a canal in the Everglades with his parents as a young child, the witness heard something pacing back and forth in dense vegetation behind them. His father threw a piece of coral, shone a spotlight, and shouted, but the movement continued without any visible source or response. Frightened by the persistent, methodical pacing, the family fled in their car without breaking down their fishing rods.

FootstepsUnidentified soundMovement onlyAnimal behaviourPossible misidentification
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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