An open record of things people cannot explain

August 17

What people could not explain on this date, in 12 different years.


13
accounts in the record happened on August 17, the earliest in 1978 and the most recent in 2015.

The accounts

1978-08-17

In 1977 my husband and I bought a small hobby farm in Taylor County, Kentucky.....just outside the town of Campbellsville. Our farm was surrounded by neighboring farms, but no one lived on the land bordering ours, the ow…

screaming or howling

1979-08-17

It was summer, late 70's, I was about 12. I lived a block West from railroad tracks, which ran North/South, and about 1/2 mile North of my home was the edge of a wooded bottomland which is referred to as Middle Fork, whi…

the feeling of being watched

1985-08-17

We backed pack into the Uintah's two years in a row - this was our second year. I have never shared my experience with anyone. I was afraid people would think I'm crazy. My personal experience happened about 1985-1986. W…

screaming or howling · heavy footsteps · moving in formation

1984-08-17

On the afternoon of August 17, 1984, about 3 or 4 pm, my (now ex)wife and I were leisurely riding our Vespa motor scooter in the woods on Fairview Mtn. Road, near Yachats on the Central Oregon Coast. We had been coasting…

a very tall figure · something walking upright

2011-08-17

On Wed. 8/17/11 my family went camping in Okanogan County, Washington near the town of Conconully, WA. We arrived around 4:00 p.m. at the Salmon Meadows campsite. We checked out serveral sites and picked the one nearest…

screaming or howling · animals reacting · waking to something in the room

2003-08-17

The weekend of August 16th my family and I went camping on Union Valley lake. We had three tent sites about a 100 yards from the shore. On Saturday night my 2 year old son had trouble sleeping and kept me up. I'm guessin…

screaming or howling

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