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It had to be the summer of 2015, 16 or 17. I was camping with my sons’ troop in Moraine State Park in Butler County, PA. I woke up in the middle of the night. I want to say it was around midnight, but…
no. 1 · knocking · wood knocking
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I believe this event took place in the late 1970’s to the very early 1980’s. My best guess is 1978 or 1979. My father, mother, younger brother and I were camping in a State Park off of Highway 101, in…
no. 2 · knocking · growling
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In July,1997 I was with my sister and 2 friends(a brother and sister)in the woods...the sister(not mine)told us that she'd been in the woods the other day and saw a big white thing.*See other sighting…
no. 3 · screaming or howling · whooping · a very tall figure
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Standing in the yard after midnight I heard three slow knocks come from the treeline, then something answered from the other side of the field. The dogs would not go out.
no. 4 · knocking
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