Incident #991952
Colebrook, Litchfield Cty, Connecticut
1892
Account
Incidents said to have taken place between Winsted, Conn, and Sandisfield, MA. A tall hairy creature was seen stealing chickens and a rabbit, and a man fired at it with a shotgun and birdshot, but did not faze it. Footprints were found in light snow around the coop.
When
- Year
- 1892
- Season
- winter
Where
- State / province
- Connecticut
- County
- Litchfield Cty
- Nearest Town
- Colebrook
- Latitude
- 4159
- Longitude
- 7306
What was seen
- Individuals
- one, no description
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- Near or/at
- empty building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- Yes
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Snow Condition
- shallow new
Source
- Source
- Bigfoot on the East Coast, from New York Herald, Aug. 30, 1895.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Later Movement
- picked something up
- Aggressive To
- chickensýrabbit
- Object Handled
- animal
- Eating
- small animal
- Evidence Left
- footprints
Footprints
- Material Tracks Made in
- soft shallow snow