1991-08-15
August 1991 Stark County, East Canton OH near to US Route 30 It's hard to say where these stories come from. When I was younger I had always read about them with a grain of salt. I mean you never real…
People who described sudden dread
27 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.
0.06%
of every account in the record mentions sudden dread. When two strangers both do, the engine weighs that heavily.
What else those witnesses noticed
screaming or howling 8footprints 7whooping calls 6the feeling of being watched 5a very tall figure 5heavy footsteps 4
Where it comes up most
Stark County, Ohio (1) · Ashland County, Ohio (1) · Deschutes County, Oregon (1) · Lane County, Oregon (1) · Potter County, Pennsylvania (1) · Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (1)
When people reported it
| 1960s | 1 | |
| 1970s | 2 | |
| 1990s | 6 | |
| 2000s | 6 | |
| 2010s | 7 | |
| 2020s | 2 |
Counts follow reporting, not necessarily the world. More accounts in a decade can simply mean more people writing them down.
The accounts
2010-06-05
I have debated whether or not to report my encounter to the BFRO or any organization. I don't know why, but I guess I wanted to keep this experience to myself for a few years and then it just didn't s…
1963-07-15
I have been reading your site for the last couple of years, and thought I'd share some experiences I've had over the years. Nothing particularly groundbreaking, but it may add to your database. I have…
2014-06-12
About five years ago, in late Spring, I took my kids camping in the Lost Creek Wilderness area. They were 8 and 10 years old at the time. We go there quite a bit because it's far enough away to avoid…
1999-07-01
A buddy of mine and I had wanted to hike and camp in the Dolly Sods Wilderness in West Virginia, in the Monongahela forest. Basically, it was a weekend camp, hoping to spot game and look for trout wat…
1973-08-01
It was about 1972 or '73 in Berea, KY.and I must have been 15 or so. My brother, a friend of mine, and I were sleeping out in our "tent" made of plastic tossed over one of those umbrella type clothes…
1973-05-01
The creature was not tall by any means probably in the low 6 foot range, I would compare to my current height of 6'1". The hair/fur was a rather rusty brown and wavy or matted. It didn’t look like a r…
1998-11-15
It was during "modern gun" deer season, probably about 3 years ago. I really can't remember the exact year. I was walking along a road that intersects two fields that were within the Piney Creek Wildl…
undated
Late one night my wife and I decided to go on a moonlit walk on our property to find good spots to look up at the stars because we were considering on getting a telescope. we got into the car and drov…
2006-06-06
myself along with my two best friends went down to see some family in tennessee during the summer for a few days. while down there we usually take some time to do some small game hunting. on our secon…
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