Incident #992280
Whitehall, Washington Cty, New York
Sep 1976
Account
Frank McFarren told police "I shot Bigfoot", saying that a huge creature came at him at Carvers Falls Road, and that he shot 4 12-guage rifle slugs and 6 to 8 .22 bullets at it. Police found only one used shotgun shell.
When
- Observation Date
- SEP 01 1976
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1976
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- New York
- County
- Washington Cty
- Nearest Town
- Whitehall
- Latitude
- 4333
- Longitude
- 7324
What was seen
- Individuals
- one, no description
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- Near or/at
- road
- Shot Hit
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- several
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Source
- Source
- Monsters of the Northwoods, Paul and Bob Bartholomew quoting Whitehall, NY, police dispatcher Robert Martell quoting Frank McFarren, Granville, NY.
Creature description
- Height
- large
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Reaction
- approached
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Action on sighting
- shot