Number of Witnesses: 0
Length of Observation: about 20 to 30 seconds
Animal Description: The noise I heard was nothing like I’ve ever heard before. It was not an owl, bear, deer, coyote or fox. I know what they all sound like and this was not an animal sound.
Any Odor? If so, Description: None
Vocalizations Heard?: 2 whoops, about 15 seconds apart
Wood Knocks Heard?: No
Recordings Made?: No

Number of Witnesses: 1
Head/Facial Description: I couldn’t see anything, but I kept hearing trees being broken and stones
being thrown. I heard a howling that was repetative. It had the same pattern every time. It was like it was calling something. My yard has a 6′ fence, so I was listening on the other side.
Vocalizations Heard?: I heard howling that I have never heard before in my life 5-6 times
Recordings Made?: No

Number of Witnesses: 0 EXCEPT ME
Length of Observation: 3-5 SECONDS
Wood Knocks Heard?: Yes
Physical Evidence? Tracks
Recordings Made?: No
I was hiking up white face mountain, i had seen a show about big foot on the history channel so when i started the hike i said to myself wouldnt it be funny oif i saw big foot jokingly. About a half hour into the hike i heard a wood knock . I got scared and pulled my knife out because i saw the show and know what a wood knock sounds like. I squatted down for about 3 minuites then keep hiking. About 5 minutes later i heard another wood knock and there was a response that came almost immediatley from the other side of the trail. At that point i knew there was something or somethings there so i pulled my gun and held it for the next half hour. About 3 hours later i must have been about 3,000 and change feet up the mountain i saw tracks. They were way too big to be a bear or a deer. There were what looked like a bear tracks and then a huge track right next to it that was way too big to be any aminal native to that area.
8/2/2009 – Changed NY county from “NY – Oswego” to “NY – Essex”. The location of the alleged
encounter (Whiteface Mountain) is in Wilmington, NY outside Lake Placid. This is in the High Peaks
region of the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, NY. Witness selected Oswego County in the county selection and typed Oswego in the description. This is a credibility red flag IMO

Number of Witnesses: 1
Length of Observation: well lets see, i turnned saw the creature, did a double take, then it saw me,
we made eye contact and i got spooked, so about1 minute, maybe a minute and a half.
Animal Description: tall probably at least 7 -8 feet tall, very muscular, visible hands which were
holding a tree, long greyish haireverywhere except the face, the face was between ape looking and human looking, and appeared as if it was hunting, or on the look out for something before seeing me.
Aprox. Height: 7 – 8 feet tall
Aprox. Weight: 300+ lbs
Head/Facial Description: long greyish haireverywhere except the face, the face was between ape
looking and human looking. very visible eyes, and like a peircing red color.
Can Witness Provide a Sketch of Animal Seen?: No
Any Odor? If so, Description: no, too far
Vocalizations Heard?: deep/heavy breathing
Wood Knocks Heard?: Yes
Recordings Made?: No
ok, i was on my way to my friends house, and decided on such a beautiful day to cut through the woods behind my house, i was no further then a quater mile and had just decended the first of two hills, when i heard leaves crackling. i then turned and at first didnt realize what i saw until i quickly looked again and saw a huge upright creature on two legs, it was breathing heavy and was scouting the area and was not leaning or hanging on but simply holding a tree which was probably t least 6 inches in diameter and it was able to fit its entire hand around it. i stared and examined the creature for a good 30 seconds before it turnned and noticed me to, it was at this point we made eye contact. it seemed to have no facial expression. it then stood as tall as it could and stuck out its chest and continued to stare. it was at this point that i ran as fast as i could all the way to my friends house………….In addition to this sighint many years ago, latley me, my mom, and my little sisters have been making fires outside and sometimes when im siting by the fire i can hear something moving in the brush, or distant wood knocking. the most recent occourance of something b ing out there, i had made a fire and was almost driffitng off to sleep when i was awoken to something moving in the brush i could tell it was big because it made more noise then a human in the brush, and everytime i shined the flashlight it would quickly scurry back beyond my sight range. and as on this occasion i did not get a glymps of the creature, i am positive it was there. i have found many foot prints before, and have no idea how to cast them though, i
am nearly petrified to walk around my house and i dont know what to do anymore.

Number of Witnesses: 2
Length of Observation: a little over a hour
Animal Description: to dark to see
Aprox. Height: n/a
Aprox. Weight: n/a
Head/Facial Description: n/a
Can Witness Provide a Sketch of Animal Seen?: No
Any Odor? If so, Description: no
Vocalizations Heard?: yes
Wood Knocks Heard?: No
Recordings Made?: No
Myself and a friend were fishing on the wall at lock 9 in smiths basin at aproximatly 2: am we heard a noise down the oposite shore of the canal a long distance away, at first we thought it was some kind of cat or a girl screaming. We then noticed it was coming closer at a rapid pace along the bank in the brush . It stopped across the water from us and continued to make loud screams and started to shake trees violently. This went on for about 10 to 15 min. it then went up the bank to the parking lot of the lock still making the loud vocal sounds it then moved down the lock property to our left side . We then heard it cross the lock bridge by the sound of the grates of the bridge it only took 2 steps to cross. At this time it then was in the brush at the top of the hill just above us only 50 feet away it then started shaking the brush and trees and started screaming again. We yelled incase it was someone playing a prank but it continued for about another 10 min. it then ran down the bank and crossed wood creek in one splash whitch indicates only one step over to the other bank screamed and shook the brush and trees for about another 5 min then ran off. We havent told only a few people because of the reaction we got in disbelief from the people
told so we left it alone.

Number of Witnesses: 1
Length of Observation: 2-3 minutes
Animal Description: Large ape like. It stood strait up like a man, and was covered in Black Fur.
Aprox. Height: 8′
Aprox. Weight: 400 lbs
Head/Facial Description: It was the only part not covered in hair. Dark skin color
Can Witness Provide a Sketch of Animal Seen?: Yes
Any Odor? If so, Description: Not known. I was in my truck
Vocalizations Heard?: no
Wood Knocks Heard?: No
Recordings Made?: No
I was driving to work headed towards Albany just passed exit 27 at 430 am or so. When this tall black furry animal like man that ran faster than anything I ever saw right across the thruway way up in front of me. It was so tall it stepped right over the guardrail with no trouble, and ran right up into the woods. It never looked anywhere but forward. It was like it was chasing a deer or something up into the woods on the side of the road. It could not have been a dear or any type of animal I have ever seen before. It looked like an ape standing strait up as it ran. It ran faster than a man could. It could not have been a man because there were no houses in the area, and people are not allowed to walk by the thruway day or night

Number of Witnesses: 3 adults and 3 kids
Length of Observation: 1 to 2 minutes
Animal Description: N/A
Aprox. Height: 8 to 9 feet in height
Aprox. Weight: 400 to 500 pounds
Head/Facial Description: brown hair all over its body including head
Can Witness Provide a Sketch of Animal Seen?: Yes
Any Odor? If so, Description: creature was downwind from us (no odor)
Vocalizations Heard?: None
Wood Knocks Heard?: No
Physical Evidence? (hold Ctrl key to select more than one): Pictures of Structures Taken
Recordings Made?: No
While hiking with my family at Letchworth state park, we kept hearing noises coming from the
surrounding woods off from trail #2. After 15 minutes or so of walking with caution we came to a turn in the trail and looked towards the end of the continuing trail. I saw a huge silhoutte move and stop at the end of the continuing trail. It was dark brown in color. I inmediately told the girls to keep the kids together and move faster towards the turn in the trail without telling them what I have seen. We were in the middle of the woods with 3 kids and two babies, the last thing I wanted at this point was to get everybody scare. As we walked away from the path I proceeded to take a picture of the trail and I belive there is something clearly seeing in the picture once you maximize or amplify the view. I’ll send you the picture and you tell me. I believe there was something following us close and observing my family as we walk deeper into the woods and my wife confirms the sounds of breaking branches we heard as well.

Number of Witnesses: 1
Length of Observation: about 5 minutes
Animal Description: I never saw the animals, I was too scared to look out the windows of the
converted school bus because of the “keening” sounds and the vibrations of the ground near me.
Aprox. Height: no knowledge
Aprox. Weight: had to have been heavy, at least two animals
Head/Facial Description: not seen
Can Witness Provide a Sketch of Animal Seen?: No
Vocalizations Heard?: yes, a high pitched keening and low growls
Wood Knocks Heard?: No
Recordings Made?: No
I was at our old school bus that we used as a base for deer hunting. We owned over 150 acres which joined over 1000 acres of uninhabited land owned by different families in this area.
This was about a week before deer season opened. I had come up to camp to spend Saturday night/and most of the day Sunday. no one had spent the night there since the previous deer season. The only items I had with me were a baby ben alarm clock, and a flashlight. I had had a wood fire burning in the camp stove. When the fire died down I climbed in my sleeping bag in the old army cot I slept in, in the back of the bus. It was a very clear, moonlit night. I had almost fallen asleep when I heard what I can only describe as a high pitched keening sound. and it was coming closer to my camp.
Then I heard another sound answering the first one. I heard the first calling and the second on
answering with the same kind of keening noise. within a matter of minutes I felt the ground in the
nearby clearing shaking, it felt like whatever was making the keening noise must have been very heavy, either that or I was so afraid by the noises I heard that I was trembling. These two whatever they were
were drawing closer to the school bus, like they knew I was there and were investigating me. Finally, I decided that I would make the alarm clock ring to scare them away. I didnt even dare to raise my head from the bed, I was so scared. I wound the clock and set the alarm off. As soon as I did the keening got louder and their footfall was right outside the bus. I was so scared I actually passed out from fear. The next thing I knew several hours had passed and daylight was breaking. I never heard or saw these creatures again, and I never told anyone about my experiences until just a few years ago, I told my wife, son and daughter about it.

Number of Witnesses: 2
Length of Observation: we stopped our vehicle and watched as the creature stepped into the
highway, turned to look in our direction and then slowly move off the other side of the road, about two minutes I would say. We drove up to the spot where it disappeared into the forest, but could see nothing of it after that. Animal Description: it was about 5 to 6 ft tall, had dark fur, long arms that hung down and swung as it stepped forward, it turned its whole upper body when it turned to look at our car. I told my husband that it looked like an ape, and that is about as close an animal that I could compare it to.
Aprox. Height: 5 to 6 ft
Head/Facial Description: ape like
as described above, we viewed this from our vehicle at a fairly close proximity. Close enough to know it was not a bear or any other animal that I have ever seen in the Adirondacks. It remained in our view for two minutes and then casually walked off into the woods, leaving us stunned and confused as to what it was that we had just seen. It walked upright, arms gently swinging at its sides, turning to look in our direction before going on its way back into the forest.

Number of Witnesses: 1 (myself) viewed the creature, although many of us in our
group heard the “wood-knocking” incident that occurred on our hike to T-Lake very close by, the first day.
Length of Observation: Approximately 4 to 5 minutes
Animal Description: What I observed was the back and back arms of a gorilla-like creature, robust-
looking, from the waist to the shoulders. I had seen many bears and gorillas at several zoos in New York City, where we lived. What I saw was a shiny black-haired creature’s back, extremely large. It would have stood, I estimate, at 7 to 8 feet tall, assuming it had a “normal head” proportionate to the body that I observed. It’s head was hidden beneath the branches of a pine tree. He was about 30 feet away, just behind a row of bushes that lined the lakeshore in that area. The bushes were about 4.5 to 5 feet tall from the ground, and I could clearly see its waist, back and back arms and elbows
Aprox. Height: The shoulders stood about 6 to 6.5 feet above the ground where it stood. He would
have been 7 to 8 feet tall counting his head.
Aprox. Weight: It looked heavy, about 600 lbs, maybe more, I estimate.
Head/Facial Description: Could not see its head or facial features, but his body (what I could see of it)
was definitely hairy, with shiny black hair, probably about 4 to 6 inches long.
Can Witness Provide a Sketch of Animal Seen?: Yes
Any Odor? If so, Description: No particularly strange odor emanating at the time, except that of pine
trees, I recall.
Vocalizations Heard?: None
Wood Knocks Heard?: Yes
Recordings Made?: No
It was probably the first or second complete day we spent at T-Lake’s south shore; we were a group of about 10 to 12 persons, some going on their first camping trip in their lives. I decided to take a mid-day swim, not far from the group, while many of my friends volunteered to look for wood and help cook lunch for us all. I swam about 50 feet east of where we set the tents (we set camp right on the clearing where the trail veers westward parallel to the south shore of T-Lake, after coming northward right to that clearing on the south shore). I swam around lazily swimming around and floating on my back, with my head partially in the water up to my ears. At one point I looked toward the shore and I froze in fear, momentarily. I thought, “A BEAR!” But almost immediately, I said to myself “That doesn’t look like a bear.” I kept quiet, because I thought, “That looks like the back of a very large gorilla!” The more I quietly observed it, the more I was convinced it wasn’t a black bear. After all, I was tired of seeing the bears at the Central Park Zoo and at the Bronx Zoo, and I had seen the gorillas there too. I then began thinking, “What is he doing?” It almost seemed like he was hiding his face within the pine branches so he wouldn’t be seen, like a child would do. I remember thinking to myself, “This can’t be a BIGFOOT creature, since they are supposingly inhabiting the forests of the Pacific Northwest USA, and are not found in New York.” (I had read a little about Bigfoot, Nessie and other monsters in a book I recall, “The Maybe Monsters” by an author whose last name was ‘Gardner’ or ‘Garner,’ when I was in Junior High School. So I was somewhat familiar with the legend of Bigfoot.
Anyway, I was terrified that if I made noise, it might see me and jump in the water and attack me. I
stayed in the water trying to stay afloat for a few minutes, but I realized I couldn’t do this forever. I
started praying that whatever that thing was, it would not hear or see me. Nevertheless, I thought it
strange that it had not seen me when I initially arrived at the spot, since I had been thrashing around in the water. After at least 4 or 5 minutes, I decided that I was going to swim ever so gently so as not to create any sound, so I could get back to the group that was still busy cooking and working the fire. When I finally reached the group, I was helped up to shore and I immediately told the group that there was something big, an animal, over that area (I pointed there). My sister and some friends asked, “what kind of animal was it, a bear?” I knew it wasn’t a bear, but I thought that I would be judged as a ridiculous fantasizer if I told them what I knew I had seen. So I answered, ” I think it was a bear…. I don’t know for sure. Just go out there and see for yourselves.” About three of the male friends went a few feet east, but nowhere near where I was urging them to go and see. Their curiosity was short-lived. I warned them just to keep an eye open, and not to venture off alone or far from the group.
Important to note: when we were hiking toward T-Lake, we made several stops to rest on the trail.
During one of the stops, I looked up to notice something very strange. It was a very tall tree that had a thick branch protruding about 12 feet about the ground. The branch was partially twisted and broken, but not completely. It was at least 7 inches in diameter, and it was a healthy tree. I could see the yellowish white and green color of the fiber where the break was. I made mention to some friends that it was strange, that it seemed like someone or something heavy reached the branch and tried to break it off, or maybe hung from the branch before trying to twist it off to break it. During the next resting stop on our hike, we were perplexed by the noise, very close by, of something like someone hitting a large tree with another piece of wood, or like the sound made when you use a thick carton tube to hit a tree or a wooden object. We heard it just above the cliffs to the right (east) of the trail. We got an uneasy feeling when I mentioned that the sound was not of someone using an axe to shop wood, and that there were no houses, I was sure, in that area. (I verified this with a Park Ranger when we came down from T-Lake the final day and shared our concerns about what we had heard and seen during our hike. Normally, campers would camp near the lake, where they’d have access to water.
The ranger explained that there weren’t any houses near the trail to T-Lake for many miles.
It was only a couple of years ago (2007) that I read about what Bigfoot investigators call the “wood- kocking” behavior. I’ve since heard some recordings of these, and definitely they sound like what we heard on our way to T-Lake during that trip. I’ve only recently read that Bigfoot sightings are common in various parts of the Adirondack Mountain State Park (near Sabbath Day Point off Lake George, for example, and Washington and Warren counties). This is why I am sharing this experience with you.