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this year, middle of the summer Virginia #cf65a61e-b0a8-49af-b0e5-5013fbd837d3

Howl in Virginia

A camping party arrived late at a ridgetop site and heard strange howling around 2 to 3 a.m. the first night. The next evening after dinner the dog fixated on brush by a steep drop, where one camper saw paired eyes at close range that avoided a flashlight, followed by branch breaks and a tall tree-like silhouette that walked from one side of camp to the road and later showed yellow eyeshine. The group packed hurriedly, secured the dog and lights, and drove home the same night feeling watched but not directly threatened.

HowlEyeshineSilhouettePartial sightingFootsteps +1
Christmas night, two nights in a row Missouri #0e8839a9-96b6-434f-9407-c62611fc8921

Sasquatch sighting in Missouri

Two partners camped in a van with a friend and dogs for deer season. On the first night they saw an upright figure by a car that vanished in a few steps and was not the friend's companion. The next night dogs reacted to knocking at the window, a pumpkin had been moved without marks, and large human-like handprints with long fingers were found on the van.

SilhouetteDoor or window contactHandprintProperty disturbanceMovement only
two summers ago Big Bay, Michigan #bb8a48d6-2e44-424b-a557-57c8f3696524

Movement only near Big Bay, Michigan

The witness and his son were rowing across a different lake on the same property around midday when they noticed a white, propane-tank-shaped object sitting on or just above the flat water with no reflection, sound, or wake. They watched it move slowly and silently across the width of the lake until it reached the far shore and disappeared into the heavily wooded shoreline where there is no boat launch or access. The witness said he photographed the object and later shared grayscale and color versions.

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Memorial Day weekend Big Bay, Michigan #bb8a48d6-2e44-424b-a557-57c8f3696524

Movement only near Big Bay, Michigan

The witness and his wife were camping at their remote property and sitting by a campfire after sunset when a low white light approached, passed nearly overhead, and continued behind the trees. A few minutes later they heard yipping that rose and dropped into overlapping grunting, screams and yells from about half a mile away, followed by total silence. The witness said he had camped there for decades and never heard anything like it, and later felt a recording from another Michigan case sounded nearly identical.

Movement onlyVocalizationHowlScreamGrowl +1
Date unknown Leesville, Louisiana #ff31e3b5-1b34-4664-921b-b233ae0d7e79

Sasquatch sighting near Leesville, Louisiana

At a remote drop-zone field, the neighbor spent about 72 hours seeing black human-like shadows moving in the wood line. Other soldiers also shouted about seeing something huge running away. At night he heard unexplained shrieks and yowls, and on the last night something large leaned over his tent breathing before walking away.

SilhouetteScreamVocalizationMovement only
probably about six months later Texas #7f3b70b9-c787-40a2-b147-6397241f31fb

Sasquatch sighting in Texas

The witness was camping with his uncle and two cousins when they saw a panning light and several fast black shadows cross a pasture. They challenged a suspected poacher, then heard clear bipedal footsteps outside their tent during rain. Lightning illuminated a massive man-like shadow on the tent with very long arms, which then ran away, prompting them to abandon camp for the farmhouse.

Partial sightingSilhouetteFootstepsMovement onlyAnimal behaviour
just a month or so before all the encounters happened Missouri #00fd0345-269d-4286-8cd7-d2c0334bdb9a

Movement only in Missouri

The witness and another person watched a light rise from a meadow, hover, grow from softball to basketball size, and shift from blue to vibrant yellow. It moved toward them to about fifty feet away, then darted toward a tree line and dissipated. It made no sound and lasted about ten minutes.

Movement only
Date unknown Utah #a7729d16-99c8-4f12-870c-c31ef9065932

Sasquatch sighting in Utah

The witness's female coworker said she and her boyfriend were lying in the back of their Jeep by the water waiting for fish when raccoons were rustling nearby. She got up to check and saw a tall figure staring at her over the top of the vehicle, which then ran away extremely fast and loudly. The next morning they found an area of matted reeds with a freshly stripped catfish skeleton and entrails nearby.

Partial sightingMovement only
Date unknown Nowata, Oklahoma #668cc6d0-f876-4ac6-83ca-81af3a71a7b0

Sasquatch sighting near Nowata, Oklahoma

While hunting over multiple seasons, one hunter repeatedly saw large round dark shapes partly obscured by trees that he first took for deer rumps. The shapes never offered a full shot and sometimes appeared as several at once, with slight movement. He later concluded they were peeking creatures rather than deer.

Partial sightingMovement onlyPossible misidentification
when I was 13 Missouri #4d4eddad-a9e8-4c49-b10f-5995d8f9225e

Footsteps in Missouri

When the guest was about 13 he was walking with his small dog on an old logging road past the cave. The dog froze, growled, then yelped and ran. The guest ran with it while hearing something crashing through the woods behind them until they reached a clubhouse.

FootstepsMovement only
a few years back Michigan #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7

Movement only in Michigan

While hunting from a friend's blind, the witness noticed a bobcat high on a broken tree backing upward while watching the ground. He saw movement below passing the cat and believed it was not a deer or hunter. He watched it move through the woods but never obtained a clear visual.

Movement onlyAnimal behaviour
Date unknown Utah #9fe086a7-26f8-4a2e-8a0d-249644ae0b1b

Movement only in Utah

The witness reports repeatedly seeing movement only in peripheral vision while in forests, cabins, and around trucks. Direct looks revealed nothing, but sideways glances showed forms moving tree to tree or between shadows, sometimes changing size. He addressed them verbally to be left alone and says they generally kept distance.

Movement only
Date unknown Place not stated #f8eb71a2-76f1-46cb-8731-058fc586ea9d

Movement only

While waiting early in the morning with his wife and daughters for buffalo clients, the witness flashed his lights at two approaching headlights. The lights came closer then vanished into a small ravine. The family drove over and found nothing there.

Movement only
Date unknown Place not stated #f8eb71a2-76f1-46cb-8731-058fc586ea9d

Movement only

After being dropped on a ridge, the witness and a crew member saw flashlight-sized lights on a distant road that turned off when shouted at. They directed a truck to the lights, but the crew there found no one. The helicopter had remained in the canyon, and the crew member left the job the next morning.

Movement only
Date unknown Place not stated #f8eb71a2-76f1-46cb-8731-058fc586ea9d

Movement only

While driving late with his cousin, the witness saw a canyon light up with a huge ball-like searchlight sweeping back and forth. They drove closer, turned off their lights, and the light vanished. After waiting and driving away, they saw it turn back on miles behind them.

Movement only
when I was around 12 years old Place not stated #f8eb71a2-76f1-46cb-8731-058fc586ea9d

Eyeshine

The witness and his father were driving back to camp and testing a new spotlight when they saw eyeshine by a large tree. The shape peeked around the trunk, dropped low, then moved rapidly up and down the tree without climbing sounds. The father told him to turn off the light and leave.

EyeshineMovement only
when I was in eighth grade, around October Leadville, Colorado #f8eb71a2-76f1-46cb-8731-058fc586ea9d

Dogman sighting near Leadville, Colorado

The witness and his father were watching elk behind their home when the herd suddenly stampeded. Using binoculars they saw a tall brownish figure with black chest patches running bipedally at unnatural speed toward where the elk fled. It paused briefly then ran off and was not seen again.

Full-body sightingMovement only
this summer after moving Eureka Springs, Arkansas #494c91ec-8f0d-49f2-bdb7-68edf56fff2d

Tracks near Eureka Springs, Arkansas

After moving to a remote wooded property, the family found a very clear large human-like footprint with toes that was photographed with a tape measure. On separate occasions the child experienced a rock thrown past him near a creek, faint whooping, small trees moving together, a high scream-like whoop followed by a tree being pushed over, and the adults heard trees breaking and splashing into a pond. Dogs that normally chase sounds fled back to the house during these events.

TracksRock throwingWhoopScreamTree break +1
when sister was about three to four years old Missouri #494c91ec-8f0d-49f2-bdb7-68edf56fff2d

Movement only in Missouri

The guest relayed his mother's account from when his sibling was a small child and ran to the parents' bedroom at night frightened. A glowing orb about head height then floated into the bedroom, bobbed past the bed like someone walking, and went into the closet where it disappeared. Checking the closet revealed nothing there.

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Date unknown Missouri #494c91ec-8f0d-49f2-bdb7-68edf56fff2d

Movement only in Missouri

The guest relayed his father's stories of unexplained lights on a long-held rural property in southern Missouri. Groups of lights would come down the fence line or circle in a hayfield while family members watched from the porch. The family treated them as a normal part of the woods, calling them spook lights.

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