Incident #992276
Whitehall, Washington Cty, New York
Aug 1976
Account
Brian Gosselin, Paul's older brother, off duty, and a state trooper were checking the area of the sighting the previous night. Brian heard something crashing through the woods, turned his headlights on and saw the creature 30 feet in front of his car. He aimed at it with his police revolver but watched for a minute without firing. It screamed, then it turned and went back in the woods. He estimated it to be 7.5 to 8 feet tall and 400 lbs.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 25 1976
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1976
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- New York
- County
- Washington Cty
- Nearest Town
- Whitehall
- Latitude
- 4333
- Longitude
- 7324
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Near or/at
- road
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- farms and woods
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- Monsters of the Northwoods, Bill Brann quoting Whitehall policeman Brian Gosselin. (Paul's brother)
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected red
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- slightly stooped
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Hair Shorter On
- rump
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- stopped stillýmade a noise
- Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Arms Action
- shading eyes
- Sound
- scream
- Additional Movement
- turned aroundýentered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in carýsasq. hunting
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Action on sighting
- studied