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2019–2020 Indiana #d1b60833-a6db-4537-a084-6ddcb1580a06

Unidentified sound in Indiana (2019)

After moving into his grandmother's old house, the witness spent much time outside cooking over a fire. He began hearing strange sounds and at times felt watched while walking through the kitchen at night. His wife also heard the sounds.

Unidentified sound
March 2018 Loogootee, Martin County, Indiana Class A #60871

Man has nighttime sighting of creature walking across his property

Over several months, a couple at a rural home report nightly sounds including knocks, whistles, calls and footsteps, along with missing poultry, cats and a displaced ball. About one to two months ago, the husband witness saw a tall, hair-covered biped walk past their trailer and behind it, disappearing in under ten seconds. The couple report feeling scared to go outside and believe more than one creature may be in the area near caves.

Full-body sightingWood knockWhistleVocalizationFootsteps +2
1 May 2012 Nashville, Brown County, Indiana Class A #35236

Eight years ago like it was only eight days

The witness and a companion were in bed at a rented cabin late at night when their dogs became agitated and then unusually quiet. A companion heard heavy breathing just beside the front door in the dark and noticed a strong musky odor. After preparing a light, they found large wet footprints crossing the porch, and the dogs remained unsettled all night.

Unidentified soundOdorTracks
7 July 2011 Martinsville, Morgan County, Indiana Class B #29891

Possible encounter experienced by a family while fishing at Prather Lake

The witness was fishing with two children and a dog at a remote lake when they heard a loud crash and tree-breaking sounds nearby. Over the next few hours they heard repeated rhythmic knocking, noticed a strong foul odor, and saw the dog become frightened and cling to them. They also noted many small snapped trees and worn foliage around the lake. They left in the afternoon feeling watched without ever seeing an animal.

Wood knockOdorTree breakUnidentified sound
November 2002 Ferdinand, Indiana #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/11/20/sc-ep381-searching-for-the-creatures

Sasquatch sighting near Ferdinand, Indiana (2002)

The witness took his dog to a remote forest campground late in the year and built a campfire. Something crashed loudly down the hill and stopped behind a tree near the campsite while the dog reacted. The witness armed himself, retrieved his gear, and later saw a large hairy forearm and hand with thick black fingers by the tree.

Partial sightingFootstepsUnidentified sound
8 August 2001 North Vernon, Jennings County, Indiana Class A #3195

Three friends have close encounter

The witness and two companions were walking through woods along a stream after midnight when all three noticed a strong urine odor. The witness and one companion then saw a very tall dark figure with large eyes that appeared to walk on two legs. After the witness threw a rock, the figure walked away but followed the group at a distance as they hurried back to their truck, throwing rocks as they went.

Partial sightingEyeshineFootstepsUnidentified soundOdor +2
11 November 2000 South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana Class A #1786

2 young men report seeing "hairy ape-like being"

The witness and a companion were hiking in woods near a creek when they heard noises and noticed footprints with pieces of wood around them. The witness then saw a hairy ape-like figure about twenty yards away. Both individuals fled and returned home, where a family member did not believe them.

Full-body sightingTracksUnidentified sound
March 1998 Brown County, Indiana Class A #2461

Evening encounter by backpacker in Hoosier National Forest

The witness was backpacking alone and set up camp above a ravine in the evening. After hearing rustling below, the witness used a flashlight and saw a tall dark-haired bipedal figure hiding behind trees about 40 feet away. The figure moved to another tree while being watched for 2-3 minutes, then ran down the creek out of sight. The witness remained by the fire until daylight and found no prints in the morning.

Partial sightingSilhouetteUnidentified sound
August 1982 Moores Hill, Dearborn County, Indiana Class B #23537

Possible camp stalking and strange sounds heard near Moore's Hill

Four boys were camping behind a house on a wooded hilltop above a creek drainage. During the day they heard loud, repeated bird-like and chimp-like calls approaching to within a few dozen yards, accompanied by movement in the brush, which visibly unsettled one companion. That evening they heard whistling calls across the camp for about an hour, and after most fell asleep the awake brother heard someone approach from the creek side and stand at the camp edge breathing heavily before leaving.

VocalizationWhistleMovement onlyUnidentified sound
15 June 1977 Greensburg, Decatur County, Indiana Class A #29032

Memory told of a mid-afternoon encounter along the Flatrock River

Two friends were playing at a secluded campground by a river on a clear spring afternoon, shooting at a can floating downstream. After noticing sudden silence and a rising noise from across the river, they saw a tall hairy figure standing with one foot in the water and one on the bank. They stared at each other for several minutes, then the witness fired his rifle into the air and both fled by car.

Full-body sightingUnidentified sound
last April Owen County, Indiana #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/s21ek1F7DAcQLzyL6aiYyiliZpcaZXqQhOSCNuCR9Tc

Tracks near Owen County

While mushroom hunting with his mother the witness crossed a creek and found a single tiny human-like footprint in a wash. No other prints appeared after extended tracking, while crashing sounds moved away through woods, which he interpreted as something carrying off a young one.

TracksMovement onlyUnidentified sound
About five weeks ago Columbus, Indiana #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/11/01/sc-ep160-multiple-incidents

Vocalization near Columbus, Indiana

The witness heard coyotes in the woods behind the house and went in with a shotgun. He heard deer-like snorts back and forth, movement flanking him, clicking sounds and bird-like calls. Something followed him out, crossed the creek loudly, and a rock flew over his head. Later from the porch he heard a loud tree strike, saw movement running between houses, and next day found torn coyote remains and heard fences were down and dogs missing.

VocalizationUnidentified soundChatterRock throwingPartial sighting +2
that same year Indiana #d1b60833-a6db-4537-a084-6ddcb1580a06

Unidentified sound in Indiana

Early one morning before a deer hunt, the witness heard something strike the metal fuel oil tank like a gong and move through the woods. He shone a light but saw nothing. Later he found no limbs or nut trees that could have fallen on the tank.

Unidentified soundProperty disturbance
about probably two years later Indiana #d1b60833-a6db-4537-a084-6ddcb1580a06

Object throwing in Indiana

The witness and a friend were fishing late on Sand Creek when a huge splash hit the bank. A light revealed a paper-plate-sized oblong rock on the sandbar where none had been. The witness felt no one could have thrown it that far unseen at night.

Object throwingUnidentified sound
Date unknown Indiana #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/iAmZxMXY0hBsrhZ90Jnj0nPkdQV3mvg5h8NNCScR3w4

Sasquatch sighting in Indiana

While hauling a refrigerated load north at night, the witness pulled onto an exit ramp to check a temperature alert and began diagnostics on the trailer. The witness noticed a musky odor and breathing, turned on cab work lights, and found a tall hairy face leaning in within a few feet. When the trailer engine kicked on, both were startled, the creature slapped the unit hard enough to break fiberglass and then ran across a field with heavy footfalls.

Partial sightingOdorVehicle contactFootstepsUnidentified sound
last October, from 11 o'clock Saturday morning to 7 o'clock Sunday morning Indiana #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/11/20/sc-ep381-searching-for-the-creatures

Vocalization in Indiana

The witness left food at a stump and hid a new audio recorder nearby from Saturday morning to Sunday morning. On playback he reports hearing footsteps approaching, tapping on metal, English-like phrases and mumbling, a shushing pause, and a wood knock. He believes part of the audio was moved to a different dated section of the recorder.

VocalizationFootstepsWood knockUnidentified sound
about a year or two after the one in Bloomington, in the middle of summer Salem, Indiana #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/12/13/sc-ep174-hairy-arm-reached-in-the-vans-passenger-window

Unidentified sound near Salem, Indiana

The witness and a coworker started a night hike on a rugged trail and heard loud rock-on-rock clacks in groups that seemed to track and respond to them from multiple directions. Feeling funneled in steep terrain with no escape, they turned back due to storms and hiked out while the sounds paralleled them.

Unidentified sound
over 41 years ago, in late July, early August Indiana #7241630d-f1bb-482c-939e-7d799c4fb2b2

Scream in Indiana

The witness, then a child, slipped with several other scouts into woods by a pond despite warnings. They heard splashes, heavy impacts rippling the water, bipedal steps breaking branches circling the pond, and a loud angry scream, then fled. Later that night in a shared tent they heard heavy footsteps and sniffing between tents, followed by dogs attacking something, one dog later found killed, after which the group was ordered off the property.

ScreamFootstepsUnidentified sound