BFRO #75414: Hunters report loud wood knocks outside Austin -- 35 miles southeast of Bradford

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📝 Description

Date of Incident: December 27th, 2022 Location: Austin, Potter County Pennsylvania This sighting occurred at my family hunting camp in Austin, PA, while participating in the late muzzleloading deer season. We were doing an evening hunt that began at 2 pm. While I was in my tree stand near a small clearing my father and grandfather were pushing from the North and West. The hunt was quiet and uneventful up until legal shooting hours ended around 5:15. By this time, I had broke stand and was walking back to the truck where we would all meet up. This small hike takes no more than twenty minutes. As I began to walk back, the sun had set, and the night was setting in, so it was dark by the time I hit the road that led to the truck. This was when I began to hear a knocking sound that appeared like it was coming from the direction where the clearing by my stand was. I paused for a second, initially disregarding the noise, and continued walking, then only after my next two steps I heard the knocking again from the same direction, so I stopped walking and listened for a few minutes to hear more knocking, but from a different direction, and considerably further away. At this point, I began to feel uneasy, so I picked up the pace, and when I met up with my father and grandfather at the truck. I asked them if they heard any knocking noises while in the woods, and both confirmed they did, in fact, hear the noises. drove around for a little to see if we could find something that might explain the noises, but both that drive and the rest of the week were hunting remind uneventful.

🔍 Circumstances

Two other witnesses all, including me, were hunting

🌤️ Weather Conditions

Just after sunset

ℹ️ Additional Details

Just after sunset

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