Number of Witnesses: 2
Length of Observation: 1-2 minutes
Animal Description: Large, tall black hairy (ape like), standing still then crouched down and then
disappeared,
Can Witness Provide a Sketch of Animal Seen?: No
Wood Knocks Heard?: No
Recordings Made?: No
My nephew was helping my husband, his uncle clear our land to build our house on. They were standing around the bonfire they built to keep warm and cook on. After cooking their steak and began eating he glanced across the creek and saw a large, black hairy thing. He states it crouched down when it saw him look over and then disappeared. The strange thing is I personally saw something similar about a year ago when I brought my sister down to see the land we purchased to build our house on. At that time it was as cleared, I glanced towards an area of the creek and there was this huge black hairy thing, it ran up the small hill crouched over and then disappeared in the brush. My sister and I walked over towards that area but there was nothing there by the time we got close enough. We also weren’t able to cross the creek to investigate further.
I identified via map and satellite photos the witness’ closest town of encounter, Schodack, NY… The area is bordered by some small tracts of forest and farmland and is part of a developed section of the Hudson Valley just Southeast of Albany, NY. While an encounter at this location is possible, the likelihood is not very high in my opinion. The forested tracts of land in the immediate vicinity are small and broken up by significant development or large farm fields. Heading east about 15 miles is much better habitat with much larger tracts of forested land as the valley slopes upward into the Taconic Mountain range. The witness refused a request for a face or phone interview or site visit on this encounter. Couple that with the questionable encounter location and I believe this account to be questionable at best and likely not credible.

Number of Witnesses: 2
Length of Observation: 45 seconds
Vocalizations Heard?: Moan-Howl, vocalization, Approximate duration of each sound: 2-3 seconds
Approximate separation of sounds: 12 seconds, evenly spaced Direction of source: East by Southeast (across rout 9N) Estimated distance of source of sounds: 75 yards, seemed to be moving to the North at a slow steady rate. While out grilling steaks and ribs last evening with my buddy Ralph, we heard three vocalizations at dusk. At 9:08pm Ralph and I were hanging out at the Alma Farm picnic area in North Bolton, this is at the intersection of Rout 9N and Padanarum Rd.. Our conversation was interrupted by a strange vocalization. This vocalization lasted for 2-3 seconds and captured our attention and sparked speculation, about 12 seconds after the first vocal we heard another which shut us up in anticipation of another which did occur about 12 seconds later, at this point we were listening with our full attention.
Sounds heard: Moan-Howl, vocalization
Number of sounds: 3 (three)
Approximate duration of each sound: 2-3 seconds
Approximate separation of sounds: 12 seconds, evenly spaced
Direction of source: East by Southeast (across rout 9N)
Estimated distance of source of sounds: 75 yards, seemed to be moving to the North at a slow steady
rate.
Terrain at source location: Swampy-Tangle
Approximate volume of sounds: 55-60(dB)
Background noise: Conversation at time of first vocal, utter silence for the next 2 (two) vocals.
After the third vocalization, it occurred to me that my digital camera records video with sound. I started recording for 2 minutes but no more vocals were heard. Ralph stepped to the side after the vocalizations to look and listen and reported hearing what seemed to him to be labored breathing, as if something had been running. We remained at the location for another hour in hopes of hearing more but nothing strange was heard. As this was a social outing and not research, Ralph and I were drinking beer, I drank 4 and a half 12oz bottles of Bass Ale over the course of 6 hours and I believe Ralph drank 5. As a further note, the location of this incident is squarely situated in what I consider to be an already established and documented prime research area.

Number of Witnesses: 4
Length of Observation: 5 Minutes
Can Witness Provide a Sketch of Animal Seen?: No
Physical Evidence? : Scat Found
Scat Sample Collected
T’d off hole #6 . Upon approach to ball noticed a large Black Poop in fairway. Reported to owner of
Course & they called a person who came out & took pic’s & sample. His name was Paul. Said he was
sending sample to researcher in Wash. State.