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People who described knocking

431 accounts in the record mention this, spread across 1940s to 2020s. It is one of the rarer things people report, which makes it worth more when two accounts share it.


0.99%
of every account in the record mentions knocking. When two strangers both do, the engine weighs that heavily.

What else those witnesses noticed

wood knocking 167screaming or howling 139growling 78a very tall figure 76whooping calls 70footprints 57

Where it comes up most

Pierce County, Washington (9) · Skamania County, Washington (7) · Okanogan County, Washington (6) · Yakima County, Washington (5) · Jefferson County, Washington (5) · Lewis County, Washington (5)

When people reported it

1940s2
1950s1
1960s1
1970s22
1980s17
1990s22
2000s109
2010s125
2020s39

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

The accounts

undated

This trip was, in actuality, an expedition my brothers and myself had planned into the mountains of Siskiyou county. Our rationale came from an obscure Californian document called which records one of…

2007-08-18

It happened close to midnight on August 18, 2007, on the last official night of a private expedition, east of Mt. Rainier in the Wenatchee National Forest, of Washington State. Out of respect for our…

2003-08-15

this all started when we were asked to be night watchmen for a logging company to watch the big equipment during the summer months of july and august. it was last week of july when we got there . firs…

undated

"The Zoobies" -- 1992 interview with Sgt. Doug Huse, San Diego County Sheriffs Department MONEYMAKER: Okay, just go ahead and tell me about yourself, when you started working there and so on. HUSE: I…

undated

The Backpack trip Draft 9-8-2014 Background: Biologist at a major biotech company. No previous experience with Sasquatch or similar, but have seen a couple shows on television (1 episode of finding BF…

2004-08-14

This is a compilation of experiences over a period of years in the same area (1988- 2009) - feeling of being watched, wildlife silenced, tree breaks, strong smell once, numerous late night vocalizatio…

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…

1972-08-25

This is the third in a set of chronological reports that I am submitting regarding a series of encounters I had between 1970 and 1983 in Nevada, California, and Washington States. This third encounter…

2022-09-09

On September 8, 2022 my son and I packed up to go kayak-camping the Lower Buffalo River. We planned a three night trip as we would take our time as we were fishing. We drove for about 6 or 7 hours and…

1973-05-13

As a fifty-six year-old man, I am sincerely bewildered when harkening back to my youth and pondering my former naivety. The saying goes, “I may be dumb, but I’m not stupid”. What concerns me is that I…

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