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at night last summer Pennsboro, Ritchie County, West Virginia Related account #26279

Unidentified sound near Pennsboro, West Virginia

The witness and a companion sat in a vehicle at the sighting location at night listening to limbs and branches breaking.

Unidentified sound
between 2002 and 2005 Place not stated Related account #26279

Unidentified sound

The witness reports hearing bizarre night sounds in the woods and feeling watched around the house over several years.

Unidentified sound
since I moved in Harman, Randolph County, West Virginia Related account #47460

Wood knock near Harman, West Virginia

The witness reports hearing knocking, whooping and strange whomping noises and smelling a pungent odor around the home on several occasions since moving in.

Wood knockWhoopUnidentified soundOdor
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #14739

Property disturbance

A farmer found a mule dragged under a cattle grate and torn apart, then heard heavy breathing and loud footsteps in snow.

Property disturbanceFootstepsUnidentified sound
many times over the years Marlinton, Pocahontas County, West Virginia Related account #29124

Unidentified sound near Marlinton, West Virginia

During later return visits to the same location over the years, the family heard unexplained sounds but had no further sightings.

Unidentified sound
the second night [edited], Pocahontas County, West Virginia Related account #13083

Unidentified sound near [edited], West Virginia

Another small group reported hearing something across the river that they thought was probably a deer snorting.

Unidentified sound
One night Circleville, Pendleton County, West Virginia Related account #13122

Unidentified sound near Circleville, West Virginia

One night something sounded like it was climbing on the witness's yurt in the middle of the night.

Unidentified soundProperty disturbance
on the second to last night Circleville, Pendleton County, West Virginia Related account #13122

Unidentified sound near Circleville, West Virginia

On the second to last night the witness awoke to heavy breathing outside the tent, possibly a loose cow.

Unidentified soundPossible misidentification
Following the initial sighting Place not stated Related account #20863

Wood knock

After the initial sighting, recurring knocking and noises reportedly came from the woods south of the house, growing louder if ignored and stopping if reacted to, with distant dogs barking as they approached and left.

Wood knockUnidentified sound
while staying in our home Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia Related account #16890

Unidentified sound near Princeton, West Virginia

A visiting relative also reported hearing noises outside a window while staying in the home.

Unidentified sound
the night before Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia Related account #16890

Unidentified sound near Princeton, West Virginia

A visiting friend staying in the front guest room reported hearing something outside the window on a prior night.

Unidentified sound
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #1774

Odor

School friends reported smells, footprints, and noises while hunting in the woods above Richwood without seeing anything.

OdorTracksUnidentified sound
on several occasions Place not stated Related account #15475

Door or window contact

The witness believes his mobile-home residence was slapped with great force on several occasions loudly enough to wake him.

Door or window contactUnidentified sound
in the spring of 2003 Place not stated Related account #15475

Unidentified sound

While with classmates calling owls at night, the group heard loud romping and owl-like calls from a hill 75 yards away that stopped when a flashlight was shined toward the sounds.

Unidentified soundVocalization
about a week prior to this event Place not stated Related account #46665

Wood knock

About a week earlier the witness was awakened around 3 a.m. by impacts sounding like wood being struck and metal being smashed.

Wood knockUnidentified sound
the next weekend Bradshaw, McDowell County, West Virginia Related account #63863

Sasquatch sighting near Bradshaw, West Virginia

The same witness returned the following weekend with five companions to the same path, where the group found two large human-like footprints, heard something ahead on the path, and all six watched a figure move away over the ridge.

Full-body sightingTracksUnidentified sound
mid' 1990's Milton, Cabell County, West Virginia Related account #2786

Unidentified sound near Milton, West Virginia

In the mid-1990s the relative living in a shed reported creepy nighttime walks and sounds along the hollow.

Unidentified sound
in 1991 Milton, Cabell County, West Virginia Related account #2786

Unidentified sound near Milton, West Virginia

During the first summer living on the farm the witness heard many unidentified night noises and felt something was outside.

Unidentified sound
The next night Ridgeview, Boone County, West Virginia Related account #15355

Unidentified sound near Ridgeview, West Virginia

On the following night, two coworkers in the same area heard noises in the woods and found an area trampled down by something larger than a deer or bear.

Unidentified soundTracks
On the second night of our 6-day survey Ridgeview, Boone County, West Virginia Related account #15355

Whoop near Ridgeview, West Virginia

On an earlier night, the witness and a coworker heard a loud whooping howl nearby and heard rustling of something large moving in the woods.

WhoopHowlUnidentified sound