Incident #992296
Waterford, Saratoga Cty, New York
Aug 1981
Account
Young woman walking near the railroad tracks off Ninth Street shortly after midnight confronted by a large, hairy animal which growled at her but made no other threatening gesture. She went home and called police.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 04 1981
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1981
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
Where
- State / province
- New York
- County
- Saratoga Cty
- Nearest Town
- Waterford
- Latitude
- 4248
- Longitude
- 7341
What was seen
- Individuals
- one, no description
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- railroad
- Near or/at
- road
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
Source
- Source
- Bigfoot Co-op, Oct. 1981, quoting Troy, NY, Times Record,, Aug. 5, 1981, quoting a young woman.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Later Movement
- made a noise
- Sound
- growl
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- walking