Number of Witnesses: 1
Length of Observation: Ongoing events
Animal Description: Large and Black, very brief glimpse
Can Witness Provide a Sketch of Animal Seen?: No
Vocalizations Heard?: Yes
Wood Knocks Heard?: Yes
Physical Evidence? (hold Ctrl key to select more than one): Tracks
Recordings Made?: No
I was standing at kitchen sink washing dishes. Watching birds on feeder outside window. Window faces old abandoned rundown farm with multiple out buildings. Overgrowth is very thick just outside my property. Deer and bear path about 15-20 feet inside brush. All of a sudden there was a scream (for lack of a better word) like I have never heard before. I come from a family of hunters and did hunt myself years ago. We have always lived in this area and love the outdoors. My brother is a professional guide and oversees a private wildlife preserve with more than 6000 acres. they also harbor animals not native to this area such as elk and even had a mountain lion on property at one time. The only way I can describe the sound is that it sounded like a combination of a howl, a growl and a scream all in one, but what impressed me was the magnitude of the sound. It was HUGE and close. I have NEVER heard anything like it. I cannot shake the feeling it gave me. VERY unsettling. Such a big sound. I could see nothing in the brush lot in back of our large shed. My dog, a German Shorthair Pointer was going crazy and I was afraid she would go through the storm door. I ran and grabbed her and glanced out the door in time to see a flash of something going across the road and down over the bank. There is a wooded lot directly across the road from my house. This is where the animals cross to remain under cover as there
is a house on each side of the lot but the back of the lot opens into large woods. I could not see any shape to the animal just a flash of hair and color. It was large and tall. It was black/grey and very fast. It was gone from sight in a split second. I cannot impress how loud this was. My heart was pounding. I was so upset at what I heard I called my brother in law who owns the woods that borders the woods the animal went into and he was not at home. I was so moved by this that I needed to share it with someone. This probably sounds foolish getting so excited over a sound but even after 5 months I can still hear it. I went on line to try to find audios of animal sounds and have not found anything that even remotely sounds like what I heard. Also at this time (the days before and after), I was having a problem with my dog finding and rolling in feces that smelled human. My husband and I could not figure out or imagine where she would find raw human sewage. I know this sounds terrible but human feces smells totally different than animal feces. I remember saying that it was not hunting season for turkey or big game so I doubted that it would be a hunter that could not make it out of the woods. Again it was an extremely HUGE sound. I am sorry for taking up your time if you feel this is nothing.

Update: 8/08
Hi, I want to update you about what has taken place sinse we last talked. I am more convinced than ever that I heard and glimpsed a BF. I think it was about a year ago that I reported about. If these animals are migratory then that would perhaps explain what has been going on. About 3 weeks ago there were footprints along the road in the loose dirt. It looked like a human barefoot only larger and no arch. I saw these tracks for 3 days in a row in the same area where the animal I heard before crossed the road. I tried to take pictures with something to gauge the size in it. They did not come out very good. When I measured them they were approximately 15 and a half inches long. We were getting rain every day then so the tracks were washed away within a day. I did show them to my 16 yr. old grandson. Within a week of seeing these tracks my grandson heard some very loud sounds. When I questioned him he said it sounded like a growl and a scream at the same time. The next day my dog ran off again, something she hasn’t done in a couple of months, and came back covered in feces, and it smelled almost human again. That is what she did last year. Last night the windows were open in the kitchen and when I turned the lights off to go to bed I thought I heard what sounded like a series of grunts and growls all running together. I thought it was my imagination and went to bed. 2 hours later my grandson woke me up and said there was something crashing around outside the house and it was big. I got up and tried to see out but could see nothing. Now it may have been a bear or perhaps even deer as they can be quite noisy but I find it interesting that it is a year later. There is something else that I didn’t tell you because I wasn’t sure it was related, but last year when my dog was rolling in whatever feces it was, she was gone for about 4 hours. She has NEVER been gone that long. When she came home her collar was stretched out and all four of her canine teeth were broke off. She was lame and I was concerned about what could have happened to her. Everyone who lives here on the hill knows
my dog. From either driving by or walking by or the kids. When she was gone so long I searched for her and drove around and around the roads and had the neighbors watching for her so if she had been hit by a car I think I would have found out. Not only that we have worked with her continually trying to teach her not to go into the road, and she is very good about it. Some of the reports I have read about dogs having encounters with these creatures sound like it could have been. I hope I am not being foolish about this but it does make me wonder. There have been a couple of days this week when she doesn’t want to go outside and cowers, and this is VERY unusual as I usually have to coax her to come in. Again thank you for your time, and I hope I am not wasting your time with this.

Update 9/24/08: It has been very quiet lately. Last night (tuesday), my grandson woke me because
there were bangings, as he called it. It sounded very close and did not last very long. Only a few times but I haven’t heard any knockings in a long time and none this close. I can’t help but wonder,if perhaps it is something moving through the area. It would be very difficult for something to live in this area and not have more sightings. This area is hunted quite heavily for deer and turkey. My dog did come back the other day smelling VERY bad again so it does make me wonder if there is some activity, that is perhaps nomadic. I have been doing a lot of searching on line and reading and I find it very difficult to close my mind to the possibility of an animal that has yet to be discovered. I wish I had more news. Take care, Linda
Update: 1/09: I still don’t know what else it could have been that was out here that morning. Then last night I heard what you call vocalizations. Until then, I wasn’t sure that what I was hearing on line and television was the same thing I heard here, but there is no mistaking it now. I heard it late last night about 1 am. The sounds were just like the tapes I have listened to. The sounds were a ways off, but they were distinct. Everyone was in bed and I was the only one up and it was very quiet. I heard it from in the house with no windows or doors open. I did go out onto the porch and listen and it is amazing how far
the sound travels. Dated 1/6/09