Incident #992352
Hanover, York Cty, Pennsylvania
1957
Account
Helene Weaver said she parked her car in a wooded area one evening and a very, very tall creature with wide eyes and long brown hair over face and body approached with outstretched hands and then stood still. She thought it was quite old. She also left hurriedly. She said she and other persons had seen it on other occasions.
When
- Year
- 1957
- Time of Day
- evening
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Pennsylvania
- County
- York Cty
- Nearest Town
- Hanover
- Latitude
- 3948
- Longitude
- 7860
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Near or/at
- occupied machine
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
Source
- Source
- York, PA, Dispatch, Feb 23, 1978, quoting Mrs. Helene Weaver, York, PA.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- very large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- stopped still
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Arms Action
- gesturing
- Human Contact
- watch
- Reaction
- approached
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- fled