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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
BFRO YEAR: 1976 or 77 Sussex NJ, Sussex County, New Jersey Class B #7185

Teens have scary encounter in abandoned creamery near Sussex

Two teenagers exploring an abandoned creamery had the companion climb a ladder to the upper floor, where he reported a foul smell and hairy legs behind a box. Both then heard heavy running overhead with ceiling boards moving, and saw a large hairy figure break through a wall, cross a roof, and appear directly after loading doors blew open. They watched it run away through a cornfield for several seconds until it went over or through a fence and disappeared.

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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.

Odor
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.

OdorAnimal behaviour
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #12727

Odor

The witness had previously seen piles of rocks and smelled a similar but weaker body odor.

OdorStructure or nest
the following morning Place not stated Related account #2283

Odor

The next morning the witness smelled the same foul odor in the home garden where the moss had been placed while the dogs sniffed the ground.

OdorAnimal behaviour
recently Place not stated Related account #1768

Odor

Another person reportedly encountered a possible bigfoot and smelled it in the same general area.

Odor