Number of Witnesses: 2, maybe 5
Length of Observation: about 5 seconds
Aprox. Height: 7-8 feet
Aprox. Weight: lean
Head/Facial Description: split sec view just dark but turned its head and looked at van lites
Can Witness Provide a Sketch of Animal Seen?: Yes
Any Odor? If so, Description: no
Vocalizations Heard?: no
Wood Knocks Heard?: No
Recordings Made?: No
just turned off Rt 206 near Cluvers Lake on Lake Owassa road , small car traveling in front of me, a large figure crossed between me & the other car in my headlights creature was dark in color and abt 3 feet hight than the car in front of me, crossed the street in 3 strives turned and looked in my direction its eyes looked redish and shined like a deer in the headlights, I jamed on the breaks me & front passange looked for a flash lite but I had car flares,By this time everyone in the van was awake and talking,got out & went looking for this thing but found nothing,crossed between Bear swamp & the Mountain. I stopped a passing car and told them what I saw he quickly rolled up his window and speeded away without saying a word,maybe he thought I was crazy?when we got back I called the State Police, the jokingly asked what bar we were in?

Number of Witnesses: None
Length of Observation: Seconds
Animal Description: If it was an animal big and walking a little hunched over really not normal or good
for a hiker with a heavy load.
Aprox. Height: 7-8 feet
Head/Facial Description: Just an outline
Can Witness Provide a Sketch of Animal Seen?: Yes
I was jogging in the early morning on Sunday October? Not sure which one but before Hurricane Sandy. I jog here all the time and many times I will not see a car. Anyway, about a half mile rom where I park I came over a little rise and I saw a what I thought was a hiker through the very dense fog/mist. He had a huge backpack with a sleeping bag on top. I turned around because I jog for time and many times will turn around when I see people etc. just for the solitude and to get it over with. I reached my car finished up my time and walked back and forth for cool down for about 10-15 minutes. The hiker never appeared. It was strange because unless he turned around he should have passed me. I drove a few miles down the road and saw nothing. One side is the Delaware and the other is deep forest with really no trails. I have never seen any hikers on this road before and it really a great route for someone on any thru hike with such elaborate equipment. Hikers are on my mind as my two sons an I were finishing up the Appalachian Trail in New York at this time we have hiked about 200 Miles of the trail and know a lot
about it. I really did not think much about it until reading of encounters in this area for many years
many times in Oct.. Then recently my boys and I were hiking and found the carcass of a dead family dog probably coyotes and large footprints on Upper Ridge Trail probably melted snow. I have pictures of both. The hiker just did not make sense and the more I picture it the more I think it could have been a head with no neck making it really tall. I also wonder about your subconscious because I have passed hundreds of hikers but this one had me really move towards my car. It is all probably paranoia but I have spent a lot of time in the woods and this was strange. One last thing, when we hike I do get the feeling of being watched. Here and in High Point State Park especially. My youngest son has Autism and does not speak but loves to hike. I had read there may be a connection I really cannot say because Autism really is very puzzling.

Number of Witnesses: My self
Can Witness Provide a Sketch of Animal Seen?: Yes
I was relieved from duty on drill weekend I was siting in a Humvee talking to my wife on the phone when I told her I noticed something very big and dark waddling back and forth about 40 feet from me that appeared to be looking in my direction I knew it was not another soldier since I was the only one there at the time everybody lees was over 200 meters from my location I told my wife I thought it was a bear until I realized that I could make out the siluete it was wide and tall I would say about 6 to7 feet tall with a dome type head my wife said to shine my flash light on it but I felt the hair stand up on the back of my neck it watch me for about what seemed to be 10 to 15 mins then I saw movement as it started to run off pass the Humvee I could hear the thump of it running past me on the hard ground tell you the truth as much as I wanted to shine a light on it I was scared silly my wife could not believe what I saw. 5am the next morning I went back but since the ground was hard there were no visible footprints.

Number of Witnesses: 2
Length of Observation: 10 minutes
Any Odor? If so, Description: Yes – septic, sulpher
Wood Knocks Heard?: Yes

Number of Witnesses: myself and my friend
Length of Observation: only a couple minutes
Animal Description: Did not actually see the animal
Can Witness Provide a Sketch of Animal Seen?: No
Any Odor? If so, Description: No odor
Vocalizations Heard?: no
Wood Knocks Heard?: Yes
Recordings Made?: Yes
It was friday of Memorial day weekend 2011. A friend and I had nothing to do so I suggested we head out to the pine barrens to go “bigfooting” We had never done this before but I had recently become interested in the topic so we decided to give it a try. So we drove to Batsto historic village in NJ. We parked around 730ish and then hiked out along the Batona trail. After about 2 miles it was getting dark so we decided to stop and set up shop just off the trail. The Batona trail parallels the Batsto river for several miles in that particular area of Wharton State Forest, so we were close to the river. Anyway, we sat in silence for about 30-45 min to let darkness completely settle in. Then at 9pm we started doing wood knocks. We did one or two knocks every 15-20 minutes. Around 945-10 we did our 4th set of knocks. Then exactly 1 minute later there was 2 quick and loud clacks off a tree about 40-50 yrds away.
We waited anxiously for about 45 seconds and then I “whooped” in its direction. Then maybe 15
seconds later it slowed ripped a large off a tree and threw it to the ground. At that point we were pretty scared so we turned on our flashlights but unfortunately there was a large wall of under brush and small tree/bushes right in front of us so we could not see in its direction….and we didn’t have the balls to walk around the brush to get a better look so we got out of there. I guess I should also note that aside from a few chirps from birds here and there it was completely silent. We never heard the animal approach or leave….it was just the isolated knocks and branch break which we recorded. We have been out there almost every weekend since and have not any similar experiences.

Number of Witnesses: 1
Length of Observation: 5 mins
Animal Description: redish brown
Aprox. Height: 7 1/2-8ft tall
Aprox. Weight: ???
Head/Facial Description: none
Can Witness Provide a Sketch of Animal Seen?: Yes
Any Odor? If so, Description: wet bear
Vocalizations Heard?: none
Wood Knocks Heard?: No
Recordings Made?: No
on back deck saw redish brown creature go through woods lasted 5 min. or so. 7 1/2-8 ft tall

Number of Witnesses: 4
Length of Observation: A few seconds
Animal Description: Hair,bulky,impossibly large,loud
Aprox. Height: 9ft
Aprox. Weight: 200pounds
Head/Facial Description: Hairy,human – ish
Can Witness Provide a Sketch of Animal Seen?: No
Any Odor? If so, Description: No
Vocalizations Heard?: roars
Wood Knocks Heard?: No
Recordings Made?: Yes

Number of Witnesses: 1
Length of Observation: A minute or so
Aprox. Height: 7 or 8 feet
Aprox. Weight: 350-400 lbs ??
Head/Facial Description: Dark couldant get a good look
Can Witness Provide a Sketch of Animal Seen?: Yes
Any Odor? If so, Description: No
Vocalizations Heard?: loud scream or squeal
Wood Knocks Heard?: No
Recordings Made?: No
Driving when I noticed in a distance a large upright figure move quickly accross the road. I came up to ager I seen it enter the woods exited my car to see if I could week in the woods. I heard what sounded like someone walking through the woods so I walked into the middle of the road to get a closer look. Once I was closer to the wooded area I hears a loud screaming or squealing noise. I ran back to my car and left.

Number of Witnesses: 1
Length of Observation: 4-5 seconds
Animal Description: talk black upright 7-8 feet tall – glided across road
Aprox. Height: 7-8 feet
Aprox. Weight: 300-400 lbs
Head/Facial Description: black, big eyes that were reflective in headlights
Can Witness Provide a Sketch of Animal Seen?: Yes
Any Odor? If so, Description: in car, could not tell
Vocalizations Heard?: no
Wood Knocks Heard?: No
Recordings Made?: No
driving home from work, listening to radio, noticed black image of animal on roadway, head turned
looked into my headlights, I slowed down and the animal went into the woods – animal walked upright – glided across road, was not running, took long strides