Incident #992288
Kinderhook, Columbia Cty, New York
Dec 1978
Account
Martha Hallenbeck saw a large, hairy, gorilla-like creature lying in her yard, curled up in an almost fetal position. A few days later she noticed that something had been rummaging through her trash, taking things out of a garbage bag without tearing it.
When
- Month
- Dec
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- early morning
Where
- State / province
- New York
- County
- Columbia Cty
- Nearest Town
- Kinderhook
- Latitude
- 4224
- Longitude
- 7342
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- yard
- Near or/at
- occupied building
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
Weather and light
- Lighting
- twilight
Source
- Source
- Bigfoot on the East Coast, Bruce Hallenbbeck quoting his grandmother, Martha Hallenbeck, Kinderhook, NY.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- lying on front
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- handled something
- Object Handled
- garbage
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- lying down
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home