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Vocals and thrown objects experienced by two friends exploring
Two companions hiked through dense brush to explore a quarry in the woods. While approaching and resting at the water they repeatedly heard very loud screech-like sounds and heard several large splashes in the water. As they climbed out and walked toward their vehicle, hard objects began striking the ground near them with increasing accuracy. They fled across a creek and out to their vehicle without ever seeing what produced the sounds or thrown objects.
Eight year old has night time encounter at grandparents' home near Woodstock
At age 8 the witness was walking at night near a relative's property, heard a stirring and then low tones, and saw a tall shadowy figure with red-glowing eyes on a steep hillside that slowly backed away uphill. Later that same evening while the family car was paused on the driveway, the witness again saw the shadow and eyes from the window. The family dismissed the account, and the witness reports occasional similar figures, eyes and sounds in the area since.
Memories told of several incidents including an observation through a rifle scope while target practicing outside Street
The witness and several companions were sighting in rifles on a warm sunny afternoon when they noticed a large dark figure moving in woods across a creek. Through a rifle scope the witness watched the upright, dark-haired figure repeatedly grab and shake a large tree for 15-20 minutes. Only the upper half of the figure was visible, and the group left without further interaction.
Recollection of possible vocalizations and brush crashing while camping in the Lil-Aaron Straus Wilderness Area
Three companions camped off-trail in a low valley. In the early morning the reporter and one companion were awakened by loud, close wailing vocalizations followed by crashing vegetation, breaking branches and heavy thuds lasting several minutes. A third companion slept through the episode. The group left at dawn and found no physical signs.
Screams heard at night near rental cabin in Catoctin Mountain State Park
The witness and a companion spent the night in a rustic cabin after hiking during the day. After falling asleep, the witness awoke to repeated series of strange cries from a distance that sounded closer with each new series over about an hour. The companion slept through the sounds and the witness heard nothing similar before or since.
Large, dark creature seen crossing the road.
The witness was riding a motorcycle north on a straight stretch of road. A large dark bipedal thing emerged from woods on the right, crossed the road in six steps, and disappeared into woods on the other side. The witness first thought it was a person and noted no other traffic was present.
Sasquatch sighting near Sykesville, Maryland (1981)
The witness was fly-fishing in the river when a dog nearby began barking at something in the thickets. A tall dark hairy creature stood up, made ticking teeth sounds, and walked toward the woods as a strong musky odor was noticed. The witness drove to town to report it and was later turned away by state police who had cordoned off the area.
Sasquatch sighting near Sykesville, Maryland (1981)
The witness was fly fishing alone in a river pool in the morning when a dog on the far bank began barking. A tall dark-haired biped stood up from the brush, was observed walking through the thicket, then left for the woods. The witness reported the sighting, returned to find police blocking the road, and later saw a large search with vehicles and helicopters but never received follow-up.
Man witness confrontation between bigfoot and stray dog, near Sykesville
The witness was fishing on the north bank of a river when a dog on the south bank barked at brush and confronted an upright, hair-covered animal. The animal knocked the dog down, emitted a ticking sound and a musky odor, then walked into the woods where the witness lost sight of it while wearing waders. The witness later found the dog with blood on it and reported seeing a taped-off police search at the site.
Dogman sighting in Maryland (1978)
The witness and his girlfriend were parked in a lot at night when deer ran past and something thumped the car. The witness got out with a flashlight thinking friends were pranking him and came face to face with a huge wolf-headed creature that growled. He scrambled back into the car and fled, later finding a dent, and both occupants remained frightened for months.
Large human-like footprints found on a path.
The witness family discovered their very heavy cable-spool picnic table missing from their yard. Along a path bordered by cornfield and forest they found places where the spool had been rolled and carried, along with very large human-like footprints. They later found the spool about a mile away where it had been tossed into a steep gully, and felt children were unlikely to have moved it over rugged terrain.
Woman recalls sighting near Williamsport
In the summer of 1970 the witness was walking with a pony and dog in thick woods behind the family home when a large dark hairy biped was seen on a hill beyond a fence about 50 feet away. The witness fled in fright while the animals showed no reaction. The figure was never seen again.
Sasquatch sighting near Westminster, Maryland (1970)
A Maryland storyteller said his best friend was running in woods at night and collided with a hair-covered biped local legend called a werewolf. The creature broke the runner's arm and threw him down. The storyteller later reinterpreted it as a sasquatch-type animal.
UFO sighting in Maryland (1960)
The witness's grandmother reportedly woke at night and saw a hovering disc illuminating the sky and casting light down over the farm woods at a distance. The telling places it in the 1960s or 1970s. The witness also recalls her mentioning balls of light in the woods.
Odor near Street, Maryland
The witness, a relative and the landowner occasionally smelled the creature's scent on the wind annually in fall months.
Object throwing near Street, Maryland
While bow hunting the same property a relative was repeatedly and accurately pelted with acorns with no squirrel visible.
Animal behaviour near Street, Maryland
On another occasion a different person was also chased from the same woods in the same manner.
Animal behaviour near Street, Maryland
The landowner told the relative that he had been chased from the same woods in the same manner on a separate occasion.
Footsteps near Street, Maryland
While deer hunting a relative heard loud bipedal steps and grunts and tree shaking, then was followed and chased back through a creek to a barn.
Property disturbance near Street, Maryland
Years before the main sighting the landowner's wife was alone in a trailer when something furiously shook it without being seen.