Incident #992353
Saltsburg, Indiana Cty, Pennsylvania
Jun 1959
Account
Philadelphia woman and her boyfriend, just graduated from Saltsburg High School, had spent the evening beside the Conemaugh River, on the Indiana County side, near the now-abandoned town of Livermore. Returning to their car at dusk they saw a 7-foot, hairy creature walking slowly toward them on the abandoned (but paved) flood control road. They rushed to the car, had trouble starting, but got away just as it reached the trunk.
When
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1959
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- dusk
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Indiana Cty
- Nearest Town
- Saltsburg
- Latitude
- 4029
- Longitude
- 7927
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
Setting
- Terrain
- bottom land
- Nearby Water
- river
Weather and light
- Lighting
- twilight
Source
- Source
- Creature Research Journal, summer, 1992, Paul Johnson quoting a phone call from a Philadelphia woman.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Face Appeared
- apelike
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- approached
- Speed
- slow
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Reaction
- approached
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- walking
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- fled