Incident #992297
Waterford, Saratoga Cty, New York
Aug 1981
Account
About 15 local youths reported sighting a large, hairy, yellowish animal, and a 14-inch footprint was found. Location was at Prospect Hill, in a heavily-wooded area where animals such as deer and bear have been known.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 01 1981
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1981
- Season
- summer
Where
- State / province
- New York
- County
- Saratoga Cty
- Nearest Town
- Waterford
- Latitude
- 4248
- Longitude
- 7341
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- many
- No. of Track Witnesses
- many
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
Source
- Source
- Bigfoot Co-op, Oct. 1981, quoting Troy, NY, Times Record,, Aug. 5, 1981, quoting 15 local youths
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- other
- Sound
- growl
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 14.0
- Number of Tracks
- 1