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People who described an unexplained boom

155 accounts in the record mention this, spread across 1960s to 2020s. It is one of the rarer things people report, which makes it worth more when two accounts share it.


0.36%
of every account in the record mentions an unexplained boom. When two strangers both do, the engine weighs that heavily.

What else those witnesses noticed

screaming or howling 14an orange orb 11voices with no source 9a very tall figure 9a dark figure 6green light 5

Where it comes up most

Mcminnville, TN (2) · Virginia Beach, VA (2) · Phoenix, AZ (2) · Tulsa, OK (2) · Spokane, WA (2) · Portland, OR (2)

When people reported it

1960s5
1970s5
1980s5
1990s28
2000s76
2010s24
2020s2

Counts follow reporting, not necessarily the world. More accounts in a decade can simply mean more people writing them down.

The accounts

1979-10-01

My Big Foot Sightings over the years. My first introduction to Big Foot was about 1965. A series of articles appeared in the Portland Oregonian, the Salem-Statesman Journal, the San Francisco Chronica…

1982-01-11

My encounter with ???????? The area and time: My encounter occurred during the November rifle deer hunt of 1982. I was 14 years old, hunting deer with my father, grandfather, neighbor, and his son (sa…

undated

My name is [TH], and I have lived in an old Mining Camp, in Northern California for the past two years. During that first fall I would hear a strange whistling call that would come from a Sequoia tree…

2004-11-19

Overview: Dates - Oct. 17 -20, 2002 Location - Douglas County, MO near Dora, MO - Mark Twain National Forest Campground off CC Highway, North Fork, Campsite #20 (Pine loop). Evidence - Loud calls, roc…

undated

The main river in this area and the surrounding county can be a double-edged sword, a vast wilderness smack up against a major population–Portland Oregon. With numerous rock quarries used to create th…

1994-03-01

In the summer of 1994, my husband, daughter and I went camping in Ocala National Forest. I love to be out in nature, but frankly, I'm a little freaked out at night. But, nonetheless, I tough it out. D…

undated

There were actually several incidents that took place when my family resided in this particular location. I will try to hit on a few here. One night my mother, my grandmother and I heard a loud bang o…

undated

Event: My hunting partner and I arrived at our favorite camping/hunting spot, known to hold turkeys year after year. Upon our arrival around 6:30PM, we noticed previous campers had left garbage, a coo…

1995-07-05

I was driving home with my baby girl late after visiting her grandma one July night, I think it was the 4th of July weekend. I was coming up on a corner with a guardrail to my right, there is a gully…

2008-06-30

On Monday, June 30, 2008, between 5:00 a.m. and 5:15 a.m., I had the experience of hearing a chilling and unexplained sound. I was taking numerous boxes and garbage bags from the garage to the end of…

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