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September 2006 Dryden, Ontario, Canada, Ontario Class B #16719

Vocazliation heard by moose hunter in the Godson Lake area

Two hunters resting on a brush pile during an archery moose hunt heard whooping vocalizations and chest-beating sounds likened to a zoo gorilla for about an hour. They did not see the source and did not investigate because they were focused on a nearby moose and darkness fell. A young bull moose in the area acted frightened and refused to approach.

WhoopUnidentified sound
11 August 2006 Haliburton, Ontario Class B #17501

Possible tracks & smell noted by vacationers near Haliburton

The witness and two companions were burning brush outside a cottage at night when their dog growled toward the darkness, a foul feces-like odor was present, and they heard a loud snap or crack but saw nothing in vehicle lights. They went inside for the night. The next morning they found large barefoot prints in sand behind the cottage that dwarfed an adult man's size-12 foot.

OdorUnidentified soundTracks
August 2006 Ontario Class A #20408

Daylight sighting close to tourist cabins near Sioux Narrows

The witness was cleaning cabins at a camp and walking to inspect another cabin when a loud crack in the brush drew attention. About 40 feet away, a hair-covered bipedal creature was seen walking through the brush. The witness followed it a short distance until it disappeared behind a cabin and went silent in thicker brush.

Full-body sightingFootsteps
1 November 2005 Bruce Mines, Ontario Class B #12958

Possible vocalizations heard at Lake Huron near the town of Bruce Mines

Late at night at their home, the husband went outside to smoke and heard loud strange vocalizations coming from the creek area and called his wife to listen. She also heard loud, deep, resonant sounds pulsing at intervals that grew closer to the house and crossed the adjacent field. Unable to see anything in the darkness, they turned off lights and searched with a flashlight but found nothing, and the sound stopped after she closed a window.

Vocalization
August 2005 Temagami, Ontario Class B #14341

August 2005; Temagami, Ontario - A father, his son and girlfriend are witness to several incidents in northern Ontario.

The witness and two companions explored a deforested and mined area with piled boulders and abandoned mine buildings. Over about an hour they heard tapping from the woods, running footfalls, crashing in brush, and other strange noises, while stones were reportedly thrown toward the companions. They also found many snapped trees and a very large mound of possible scat that a tossed rock sank into.

Wood knockRock throwingFootstepsMovement onlyUnidentified sound +2
1 August 2005 Town Of Shebandowan, Ontario Class B #23490

Boaters have rocks possibly thrown at them north of Thunder Bay

The witness and three relatives returned at night by power boat to the isolated shore where trees had swayed earlier that day. They cut the engine about 20 feet from shore and watched into the darkness. Three objects splashed close to the boat over about a minute, believed to be thrown rocks, with no other sounds heard, before they restarted the engine and left.

Rock throwingObject throwing
28 May 2005 North Bay, Ontario Class B #11797

Hikers find possible tracks and other sign on an old logging road outside North Bay

Three companions were walking a little-used logging trail north of North Bay near dusk when they found two barefoot-like half prints at the edge of a large puddle. The prints were described as human-like with five toes but about twice the width of the witness's own foot, with no other tracks around. Earlier on the same walk they had seen a small healthy tree snapped off high above the ground, and afterward they noticed bent trees that resembled a sleeping spot, though they discounted both.

TracksTree breakStructure or nest
16 December 2004 Acton, Ontario Class A #13627

Pre-dawn road crossing sighting by trucker 40 miles west of Toronto

The witness was driving to work on a rural road before dawn when headlights illuminated a tall, hair-covered figure walking upright on the roadside. As the vehicle closed to within 50 feet, the figure stepped off the roadway into a ditch and disappeared into the bush. The witness did not stop at the time and reported the encounter afterward.

Full-body sighting
September 2004 Wawa, Ontario Class B #17457

Family describes possible rock throwing while fishing in Lake Superior Provincial Park

The witness, his wife, and their infant son walked to a fishing pool along a brushy creek after noticing a strong odor. While the witness fished, his wife heard a rock land beside her on a gravel bar, followed by cracking noises like branches breaking underfoot in the forest behind them. The witness threw rocks toward the sounds thinking it was a bear, but the noises continued, so the family packed up and left without further incident.

OdorFootstepsRock throwing
August 2004 Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario Class B #17443

Possible whistles heard by campers north of Sault Saint Marie

A group camping at a remote lakeside beach camp was sitting around the fire around 11 p.m. when they all heard an eerie, tune-like whistling from the pitch-dark woods. They moved out of the fire glare to look and shone a light toward the sound, after which it stopped with no source found. The witness's dog showed no reaction, and no further activity occurred that night.

Whistle
July 2004 Magnetawan, Ontario Class B #18375

Witness and his girlfriend hear strange sounds near Magnetawan

The witness was camping with a companion and the companion's parents in northern Ontario. Around 9-10 pm as it grew dark, the group heard a loud, clear vocalization first thought to be a wolf or coyote but then judged to be neither. The sound continued for an extended period. The next day the witness compared wildlife recordings and found a BFRO howl recording to be the closest match, though quieter than what was heard.

Howl
2004 Haliburton, Ontario #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/cpW9mNGQyndzQo7cNbr3VlGnohNwUkRRAwuSMY07qsk

Sasquatch sighting near Haliburton, Ontario (2004)

The next morning the witness and companion were working in a clearing when they hid under a tree from a low loud plane. As the engine faded they stood up and two huge black hairy animals on all fours charged past very close and veered away. A small dog chased them while the witnesses yelled and banged shovels and fled, later concluding the animals had stalked them undetected through the thick brush.

Partial sighting
later in the summer Haliburton, Ontario #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/cpW9mNGQyndzQo7cNbr3VlGnohNwUkRRAwuSMY07qsk

Structure or nest near Haliburton, Ontario (2004)

The witness and companions cut through dense brambles off trail and broke into a large interwoven tunnel system running for thousands of meters. The tunnels opened into a large bowl-shaped crater whose floor was covered with thousands of old and fresh animal bones, including deer, bear and moose skulls with gnaw marks. Frightened and unable to tell which tunnel they entered by, they hacked straight out to the trail and returned to the cottage.

Structure or nest
14 October 2003 Searchmount, Ontario, Canada, Ontario Class A #7139

Toronto Police Officer hunting moose has close encounter

While moose hunting from an ATV in rainy daylight, the witness heard footsteps from a gully and saw a muscular hair-covered biped about 40 yards away. The figure grabbed a tree, ducked into dense brush, and a raspy cough followed by a deep sad howl was then heard from cover. The witness waited without further sighting and left the woods early, reporting fear.

Partial sightingFootstepsHowlUnidentified sound
November 2002 Kearney, Ontario Class B #16944

Various sound-only incidents described by hunter near Cripple Creek

The witness waited in a tree stand in a remote northern Ontario hunting area just before daybreak after a period of unnatural quiet and a feeling of being watched. He then heard very loud wood-on-wood knocks exchanged between two locations for about 10 minutes, with one source sounding closer over time. He left for the camper scared, and his two companions later said they had heard the sounds faintly from their distant stands.

Wood knock
July 2002 Blind River, Ontario Class A #5473

Man watching his sons canoeing also sees upright animal. Extraordinary vocalizations heard

The witness was staying at a cottage on a northern lake with family when loud organized whoops, grunts and knocking were heard at night from across the water. The next sunny morning while watching family in a canoe through binoculars the witness saw a large black-brown hairy creature sitting on a boulder across the lake. The creature slapped the rock with both hands, then stood upright and walked into the bush. A fallen tree previously seen across the lake had been moved to the beach, and similar loud vocalizations were heard on later nights.

Full-body sighting
May 2001 Thunder Bay, Ontario Class B #10308

Hikers report possible vocalizations in Ouimet Canyon Provincial Park

Two companions hiking the lookout trail at Ouimet Canyon heard two or three loud howl-like screams from across the canyon late in the morning. They scanned the far side with binoculars but saw nothing, then heard a fainter similar sound at the second lookout. They finished the hike on alert and did not report it at the time, only later associating it with a Sasquatch call heard on television.

HowlScream
November 1999 Northern Ontario, Canada, Ontario Class A #4713

Moose hunter has morning encounter in hills of northern Ontario

While moose hunting alone, the witness slipped and fell in moss. On looking up he saw a black, large, upright creature about 10 yards away staring at him. When he raised his rifle it screamed, ran away upright at high speed in a manlike manner, and disappeared.

Full-body sightingScream
September 1998 Ontario #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/lIaZgP-j1bBbF90JjgwoY5GCn-OCeaV9dutAYv_YNAs

Scream in Ontario (1998)

Later on the same canoe trip, the witness and the witness's brother camped on a mountain top. Late at night they heard very loud, deep, guttural screams from west of the ridge below that lasted 15 to 20 minutes. They stood by the fire looking toward the sound and could not identify it as any known animal.

Scream
June 1998 Sioux Lookout, Ontario Class A #4436

Fisherman has morning sighting while boating up waterway near Sioux Lookout

Two people were boating in a creek on a rainy, windy morning when the witness saw a bulky black bipedal figure 30-40 yards away. The figure walked steadily toward the woods for 10-15 seconds, swatted a branch aside with its left arm, went up a hill and disappeared without looking toward the boat. The companion kept his head down against the weather and saw nothing.

Partial sightingAnimal behaviour