Incident #992367
Greensburg, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania
Aug 1973
Account
Shaving at night with window open, man smelled a foul odour and turned to see a hairy monster with glowing red eyes looking in the window. Stan Gordon later found a 13" by 8" footprint behind the house and cast and photographed it.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 08 1973
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1973
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Westmoreland Cty
- Nearest Town
- Greensburg
- Latitude
- 4018
- Longitude
- 7933
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- occupied building
- Tracks
- found later
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Weather and light
- Lighting
- light from habitation
Source
- Source
- Several sources, Stan Gordon quoting unnamed man, plus his own track find.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- watched observer
- Odour
- strong
- Human Contact
- watch
- Reaction
- approached
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 13.0
- Greates Width
- 8.0
- Number of Tracks
- 1
- Number of Toes
- 3
- Size of Toes
- toes more of a size than human's
- Longest Toe
- first
- Foot Shape
- wedge-shape
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Closest horizontal distance
- close