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May 2007 Bluffton, SC (2 Miles Inland Of Hilton Head Island, SC And 1 Mile East Of Hardeeville, SC), Beaufort County, South Carolina Class B #24916

Witness hears big exhale and finds clear footprint the next day on property near Bluffton

Late at night the witness sat by open backyard windows after turning down the TV and heard two long exhalations from just outside at head height. Frightened, the witness shouted out the window and fled to the front of the house, startling a sleeping relative and dog. The next day the witness found a large barefoot human-like footprint in soil against the house corner beneath the window.

Unidentified soundTracks
January 2004 Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina Class B #7865

A family reports strange incidents in the woods behind their property near Shaw Air Force Base

Late at night the witness heard loud walking with dragging footsteps downhill near a path and, with a parent, approached and fired shots without deterring it. They later staked out the area, heard weird noises, and smelled a foul odor. The next morning they found human-like footprints sized to the witness's foot and groups of bent and broken trees.

FootstepsUnidentified soundTracksTree breakOdor
15 August 1993 Inman, Spartanburg County, South Carolina Class A #417

Family's daylight encounter near Inman

The witness and a relative were on their deck at night when their dog barked persistently at the woods edge. The witness approached and found a crouched hairy animal that then stood upright on two feet and ran into the woods, knocking down trees amid screaming. The group fled inside with children, and the next day found hair, footprints, and disturbed garden produce in the woods.

Full-body sightingScreamUnidentified soundTracksHair +2
Summer 1964 Estill And Hampton, Hampton County, South Carolina Class B #975

Young boy witnesses man like creature in the swamp while camping, also a mention of a truck driver encountering a similar creature.

The witness's brother was camping with friends late on a Friday night when the group heard noises and reportedly saw a tall hairy man-like figure that frightened them into fleeing and leaving their gear. The witness learned of it secondhand after the brother returned home terrified despite carrying a shotgun. The next day the witness accompanied the brother back to retrieve belongings and found the camp torn up with scattered items and strange toed footprints.

Full-body sightingUnidentified soundTracksProperty disturbance
since March 2023 Union SC, Union County, South Carolina Related account #75643

Unidentified sound near Union SC, South Carolina

Since March 2023 the witness heard what was likely the same creature at least a handful of times at the property.

Unidentified sound
Sometime during the end of deer season. Erhardt, Colleton County, South Carolina Related account #10623

Unidentified sound near Erhardt, South Carolina

The lodge foreman reportedly heard noises in the area in the past while hunting late in deer season.

Unidentified sound
Date unknown Erhardt, Colleton County, South Carolina Related account #10623

Unidentified sound near Erhardt, South Carolina

The guide said he had previously heard strange noises while hunting in the same swamp area.

Unidentified sound
recently Bluffton, SC (2 Miles Inland Of Hilton Head Island, SC And 1 Mile East Of Hardeeville, SC), Beaufort County, South Carolina Related account #24916

Unidentified sound near Bluffton, SC (2 Miles Inland Of Hilton Head Island, SC And 1 Mile East Of Hardeeville, SC), South Carolina

A relative reported a recent hailstorm that sounded like rocks being thrown against the house.

Unidentified sound
It's nearing dark Hartwell, Anderson County, South Carolina Related account #19926

Unidentified sound near Hartwell, South Carolina

The investigator reported hearing something parallel him along the trail while returning to the parking area near dark in fog.

Unidentified sound
at least in the same month South Carolina #b249adab-db11-4aee-b2d1-0fe9333640b7

Tracks in South Carolina

After leaving a fishing rod wedged in a tree over baited pond channels overnight, they returned at dawn to find the rod gone. At the base of the tree in murky water they saw a large heel-shaped depression with skin-line detail. They first suspected the grandfather had taken the rod as a prank, but he denied it.

TracksDermal ridgesOdorProperty disturbanceUnidentified sound
Date unknown South Carolina #5f088d09-87b1-408b-86ae-c92621ab1da8

Unidentified sound in South Carolina

The witness and his son were at a stand in the evening after the son shot a deer. While crossing a creek to recover it they heard strange high-pitched noises up the creek. Both noticed it while loading the deer, and the witness could not identify it as any known animal.

Unidentified sound