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around July 17, 2003 Wellsville, Allegany County, New York Related account #11726

Footsteps near Wellsville, New York

The same witness returned to the same trail years later with a different companion, heard movement in the swamp, smelled a powerful odor, experienced sudden silence, and felt followed while leaving.

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Second night, two days later Mt Wachusett, Worcester County, Massachusetts Related account #76281

Odor near Mt Wachusett, Massachusetts

Two days later the witness returned to the same spot, saw nothing but noticed a distinct animal-like odor.

Odor
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #8305

Odor

The witness reported occasions of a putrid smell in the area.

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One night after dark Springville, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania Related account #8305

Odor near Springville, Pennsylvania

The witness's son smelled a rotten-egg odor and heard something moving in the woods near the house after dark.

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Date unknown Place not stated Related account #49903

Odor

A relative reported also smelling unexplained awful odors and feeling watched on several occasions.

OdorAnimal behaviour
early November Place not stated Related account #49903

Odor

While hunting behind the cabin in early November, the witness and a companion encountered an overpowering putrid smell for about 100 feet and felt watched.

OdorAnimal behaviour
over a period of approximately 7 years Kane, McKean County, Pennsylvania Related account #49903

Wood knock near Kane, Pennsylvania

Over about seven years, group members reported hearing knocks, loud branch breaks and large bipedal footsteps, smelling foul odors and feeling watched without seeing a creature.

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Two years ago Place not stated Related account #3002

Vocalization

While walking at dusk near a stream the witness and two companions smelled compost and urine and then heard a deep hollow groan, after which the smell vanished.

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About a week before the incident Columbia County, Pennsylvania Related account #3558

Property disturbance near Columbia County

The witnesses found shed windows smashed and noticed a strange odor about a week before the main event.

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The day before the opening of deer season Frugality, Cambria County, Pennsylvania Related account #26957

Odor near Frugality, Pennsylvania

The witness and a companion visited the hunting area the day before the season to set up stands and noticed a heavy musty odor.

Odor
a couple months later (June 2020) Place not stated Related account #65880

Odor

A couple months later the witness and a neighbor smelled a brief putrid odor near an outdoor fire but saw and heard nothing.

Odor
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #59280

Odor

Earlier in the same outing the witness, her husband and dog smelled a musty mildew odor near a pond and trail and turned back.

Odor
only at night during the 1950's Place not stated Related account #12825

Scream

Relatives reported a night-visiting screaming animal at their farm that left odor, stripped bark, high scrape marks, ate stored oats and killed vegetation with urine.

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at night during extremely hot or extremely cold seasons Place not stated Related account #12825

Scream

Relatives described a woman-like screaming presence with a foul smell visiting at night in hot or cold extremes.

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1975/1976 Place not stated Related account #66051

Whistle

As children the witness and a companion repeatedly heard whistles, had small stones tossed near them, and found a bedding area, large footprints and a wet-dog odor in woods on a circular trail.

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The next night Cranbury, Middlesex County, New Jersey Related account #1452

Odor near Cranbury, New Jersey

The next night while driving past the same area the witness smelled a strong skunky odor that shifted to a dead-animal smell and quickly disappeared.

Odor
Two years ago Cape May, Cape May County, New Jersey Related account #55413

Odor near Cape May, New Jersey

The reporter recalls smelling a very strong foul wet-animal-like odor on the deck in winter about two years earlier.

Odor
annually, during the months of September, October and November Street, Harford County, Maryland Related account #31814

Odor near Street, Maryland

The witness, a relative and the landowner occasionally smelled the creature's scent on the wind annually in fall months.

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In October just after dusk that same year Street, Harford County, Maryland Related account #31814

Odor near Street, Maryland

Later the same year after dusk the witness found a relative knocked to the ground and then smelled a pungent odor and heard heavy breathing and footsteps retreating through woods and across a creek.

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several nights over the past couple months Place not stated Related account #45570

Odor

The witness and spouse smelled a wet-animal sulfur odor near their home on several nights when dogs also avoided the property edge.

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