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Hikers find possible footprint on a trail in Frozen Head State Park
A couple hiking with their dogs in a state park heard a single knock-like sound and later a distant tree-fall sound. Off a creek-side trail they found a single large bare footprint that was larger than the reporter's shoe and did not replicate under his weight. The dogs acted fearful and the couple ended the hike early.
Howl near Taft, Tennessee (2015)
The witness and a companion parked to take a daytime walk near a river bridge. After the witness struck a tree with a stick, they twice heard very loud vocalizations estimated to be about fifty yards away. After returning to the car they then heard very loud knocking sounds before driving off. The report states this was not a visual incident.
Homeowner reports repeated wood knocks near Stanton
The witness reports hearing repeated knocking sounds at night over multiple seasons from spring 2013 through spring 2014. The knocks reportedly occurred in the evening, about a minute apart, lasting 30 minutes to a couple hours, with nothing seen. An investigator later visited and noted tree breaks and structures nearby but found no tracks.
Close daylight observation by a fisherman at a trout stream near Unicoi
Early in the morning while heading to fish along a creek, the witness saw a large bipedal creature standing in the water about 15 to 20 yards away. The creature left the creek, struck a tree with its hand, stomped its foot and vocalized, then ran into the forest. The witness watched for about 45 seconds and also noted a musky animal-like odor.
Possible track and wood knocks heard near Greenville
The witness returned to the campground with a companion and camped overnight. After turning in for the night, while drifting in and out of sleep in his tent, he heard two wood knocks from the east and a few minutes later one wood knock from the west. He told his companion about the sounds in the morning and suggested returning to investigate.
Deer Hunter hears possible wood knocks in the Cheatham Wildlife Management Area
The witness was sitting on the ground deer hunting overlooking a creek when the woods became unusually quiet. He heard distinct wood knocks to his right, then a fainter distant response to his left, felt uncomfortable with hair standing up, and left the area quickly. He later filed the report after hearing similar wood knocking discussed on a TV program.
Rock throwing in Tennessee (1986)
The witness and a friend camped in a state park and set noise-making traps around camp. The traps kept going off without visible cause, then rocks were thrown at them. They fired a warning shot and the unseen presence paced them as they left.
Wood knock near Flat Woods, Linden, Tennessee
The witness returned the next morning, heard rustling and knocks in groups of three, and knocked back with driftwood for about five minutes.
Wood knock near Tellico Plains, Tennessee
The witness had previously heard wood knocking on other camping trips in the same area without thinking much of it.
Scream near Kenton TN, Tennessee
The witness states hearing the same noises, including screams and wood knocks, repeatedly at the same property in the years after the main event.
Two friends get spooked by a possible encounter near Norris Lake
Two companions rode an ATV to a clearing by a lake and built a large fire at night. Over the evening they heard deliberate footfalls, pacing and stick breaks in the treeline about sixty yards away and noticed the woods go silent. After the witness knocked on a tree and made a whoop call, they heard knocks in reply and then a long deep guttural growl. They rode toward the sound without seeing anything, then put out the fire and left feeling watched and frightened.
Wood knock in Tennessee
The guest said visits to old roads are done armed or with a companion in the car, using stick knocks and whoops. Knocks and whoops sometimes get answers. About a month before the show the guest whooped from a vehicle and received a strange bird-like call back from a few hundred feet away.
Wood knock near Chattanooga, Tennessee
The witness brought visitors to the area where he had seen a figure. After dark they did wood knocks that were answered, played calls, and heard loud yells from two positions, one described as giant. Something approached to within about 25 yards, and a figure was later seen bobbing in and out of the tree line through night vision.
Wood knock in Tennessee
The witness had repeatedly heard a woodpecker-like knocking that answered his own tapping. On one walk he tapped between two trees and received answers from three separate positions in succession. The exchange ended when hikers came through.
Wood knock near Linsdale, Tennessee
On the last night out, the pair sat back-to-back on a man-made ridge and made knocks, howls and other calls. Responses approached, then stopped, followed by heavy bipedal steps and rocks thrown from the front on both sides. They threw rocks back for many minutes until a rock came from the direction they had entered, making the guest conclude they were surrounded.
Wood knock near Linsdale, Tennessee
The guest and a friend spent several nights in the woods behind the friend's house trying knocks and howls. They received a loud howl in reply, heard owl-like responses, had many rocks thrown near them, and heard a loud wolf-like commotion from a thicket near an old graveyard.
Wood knock in Tennessee
While finishing kayak fishing on a lake, the witness heard owls and then two loud knocks from the woods that sounded like wet wood on a dead tree. The witness did not feel fear and could not identify the source.
Sasquatch sighting in Tennessee
The guest describes lifelong activity on the family farm where the grandfather fed the creatures. She recounts seeing watchers at her bedroom window, an arm taking food, a form under a trailer, and a close daytime sighting across the road that sent her under a car. She also reports vocalizations, wood knocks, whoops, rock throwing, freezer raids, chases in fields, and later visits after the property was mostly sold.
Wood knock in Tennessee
After weeks of getting knock and whoop replies in woods near a neighborhood, the witness and a friend did knocks and a deep howl one night and heard heavy running and branches breaking toward them. They ran to a cul-de-sac and watched a tall hairy ape-like figure reach around a tree and step into a house floodlight, stare at them, then walk back into the woods.