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BFRO YEAR: 62 or 63 Manistee, Manistee County, Michigan Class B #30089

Memory told of a possible encounter while deer hunting east of Manistee

The witness was deer hunting alone in a swamp in late November when he heard an unfamiliar loud scream to the north followed by a loud branch breaking. He became uneasy and walked out to his car while watching behind him. Near his car he noticed a broad, roughly 8-foot-tall bipedal form standing about 35 yards away behind dense cover, which he believed had followed him. He left with a handgun ready and avoided hunting the swamp for several years.

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BFRO YEAR: 1989/90 Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana Class B #15926

Possible vocalization/intimidation at Ouabache State Park

The witness, on duty overnight at a park gate, heard a loud terrifying scream from about 250 yards away accompanied by the sound of a large tree snapping and falling. After waiting about 45 minutes in the booth, the witness walked to the same spot and heard another scream from about 50 yards away, then stayed in the booth until daylight. A search of the immediate woods the next morning found nothing unusual.

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BFRO YEAR: 1988-89 IDOC Lake A-41 On The Map, Jackson County, Illinois Class A #44003

Close encounter while fishing remembered near Giant City State Park

The witness was fishing alone at a small wooded lake in the afternoon when brush breaking, snapping trees, and splashing rocks drew attention. The witness turned to see a large muscular creature standing nearby that emitted a loud high-pitched scream. The witness froze, the creature quickly retreated into the woods, and the witness fled down the trail to the vehicle.

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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.

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BFRO YEAR: 04-present Jackson, Butts County, Georgia Class A #31888

Scary encounters outside a rural home near Jackson

The witness and a companion were camping in a tent on the witness's driveway in mid-October. Around 2 a.m. under a full moon, the witness awoke to grunting and snapping trees and saw a large hair-covered figure striking and eating a deer, then dragging it uphill. The figure approached the tent, giving off a strong musky odor and knocking a frying pan from a tree before leaving. In the morning the witness found deer remains, drag marks, and a shelter-like structure of bent and broken pines.

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BFRO YEAR: '92-'93 Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee Class B #11682

Young men have frightening vocalization incident near Stones River

The witness and two companions hiked a horse trail along a river at night. They heard repeated loud branch breaks that seemed to follow them as they tried to leave. At the base of a bluff area they heard an extremely loud scream that echoed down the river, then ran to a nearby house where they heard the scream again from the woods.

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Date unknown Kentucky #6e9c6cb9-4e1d-4cc4-92d8-28bd1d0c15df

Sasquatch sighting in Kentucky

The guest's hunter uncle joined family members to look for the creature near the pond after dark. A figure stood up very close with its arms raised and the uncle fired a carbine, believing he hit it under the arms. The creature made a loud noise and fled, leaving fatty bloody material but no blood trail, only footprints and broken vegetation.

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The other day North Washougal, Washington #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/11/06/sc-ep59-bigfoot-encounters-call-in-646-716-8791

Vocalization near North Washougal, Washington

Sitting on his deck near dusk, the witness heard a seriously guttural sound followed by a huge limb crashing and tearing apart. He then heard indistinct talking that he could not understand. He went inside rather than confront it.

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early 2000 period Place not stated #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/10/20/sc-ep55-spottsville-monster-part2

Rock throwing

In a played video the watchman relays a couple kayakers report of pebbles and rocks being thrown from trees into water while they watched stars. He says he later found a fresh snapped and twisted small spruce behind the campsite. He interprets both as primate traits.

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About four years ago Place not stated #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/11/03/sc-ep58-sasquatch-on-the-indian-reservation

Twist

About four years before the show the caller walked a mile past a gate down into tall timber toward a creek. About two hundred yards in he noticed twisted and broken trees, stopped, and felt intense unease with hair rising. Other campers later reported tree breaks in the same area.

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BFRO YEAR: 2015-16 Charleston, Mississippi County, Missouri Class A #65691

Three incidents in marshy zone outside Charleston next to Mississippi River

The witness and a companion were bowfishing at night at a pump station when they heard high-pitched sounds. A spotlight then revealed a tall hair-covered figure about 25 yards away at the treeline, gripping a limb and watching them for under a minute. The figure grunted loudly and walked away steadily while breaking limbs in its path, after which the two left terrified.

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approximately 15 years ago in the summer. New York #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/XPMsCXTnM51YAiDdP1GIgBYl_3q8qXbvztVC5ILAkD4

Sasquatch sighting in New York

The witness was riding horses with a friend on an old trail through farm woods. The witness briefly saw a black hunched figure take a few steps behind a tree. Nearby they found many saplings snapped high in one direction and small stick structures the witness later associated with Bigfoot.

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early January Texas #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/XPMsCXTnM51YAiDdP1GIgBYl_3q8qXbvztVC5ILAkD4

Sasquatch sighting in Texas

The witness was alone fishing from a boat on a lake in the afternoon. About twenty yards away on the bank the witness saw a black upright figure trying to hide its face and move away. It slipped through brush silently, ran up a hill, and made loud branch-breaking sounds that frightened the witness, who waited at the ramp before leaving.

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seven years ago this month, in June, night of full moon Michigan #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/6v6t1V4QGkTBhxbw0adk5XJHSvXBTwD1dkq2gsNfNFQ

Whoop in Michigan

Alone on a full-moon night the witness heard whoops from two directions, then alternating knocks and thumps for over an hour. Loud chatter erupted from behind the car in the swamp, followed by a tree fall and final whoop. Next day a fresh snapped tree and viewing window in brush were found.

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Date unknown Florida #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/FehuLvubnK9KtwJBrbKtRIhR4e32CZzQjhzuvX1Qopk

Movement only in Florida

More recently while in woods about a hundred yards behind his house with his girlfriend, the guest experienced something rush toward them and stop about twenty yards away. Immediately afterward something unseen began snapping baseball-sized limbs high in the trees while he felt a threatening presence. He told his girlfriend not to run and eased out of the area.

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when I was 14 Pinecrest, Florida #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/FehuLvubnK9KtwJBrbKtRIhR4e32CZzQjhzuvX1Qopk

Vocalization near Pinecrest, Florida

At about fourteen the guest was night-fishing with his father on phosphate-mine land when his father boated out to full traps and left him alone on the bank. He heard sticks breaking and louder thrashing, then saw movement in myrtle bushes and a tall tree shaking violently while a loud whoa-whoa vocalization sounded. He fled to the locked truck, and his father dismissed the sound as a cow.

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Date unknown Indiana #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/MRTrlQRYEW5c9WebimXPwhNi5M2gTvIXPS4x-qQEiBI

Scream in Indiana

While growing up on a rural property, the witness and family regularly heard loud screams at night that sounded like a woman. They also heard something pushing trees in the woods. The family treated this as a normal part of life and tried to be indoors by dark.

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summertime Oregon #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/04/14/sc-ep422-this-haunts-me-to-this-day

Footsteps in Oregon

The witness and a tent-mate camped far from roads to be ready for an early volunteer shift. The tent-mate stayed awake most of the night hearing something walking around the woods that seemed to approach the tent, but headlamp checks showed nothing. In the morning both saw a nearby tree, about 50 to 75 feet from the tent, that had been pushed over during the night.

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near the end of summer Poland, Maine #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/04/08/sc-ep421-chased-out-of-the-woods

Tracks near Poland, Maine

After finding a huge footprint in snow, the witness and his friend returned armed the next day and followed branch markers placed high in trees. In a shallow ravine they heard gibberish chattering, then silence, then three trees fell and screams came from three directions while the ground shook. They fled down to a logging trail where a huge red creature screamed at the witness from about ten feet away before the pursuit stopped near an old train road and river.

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when I was probably 15 Poland, Maine #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/04/08/sc-ep421-chased-out-of-the-woods

Vocalization near Poland, Maine

As teenagers the witness and a friend set up a tent and campfire with the witness's dog. The dog hid its tail, a distant tree top visibly fell, and a deep guttural roar sounded. The dog fled and was found towns away weeks later, while the two boys abandoned all gear and returned the next day to find it untouched.

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