Incident #992373
Derry, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania
1973
Account
Beth Brant was about to knock on the door of a neighbour's trailer when the tall, hairy creature walked out of the woods, stepped up on a bank about 10 feet away and stood glaring at her. She screamed and it reached up with its hands as if to cover its ears, then turned and re-entered the woods. She ran. It had large hands with hair-covered fingers, eyes the size of a half dollar that reflected and amber colour, and a sulfur smell. The face looked half way between man and ape, not completely hair-covered, with a large, wide nose.
When
- Year
- 1973
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- before 10 p.m.
- Duration
- 3 to 5 seconds
Where
- State / province
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Westmoreland Cty
- Nearest Town
- Derry
- Latitude
- 4020
- Longitude
- 7918
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
Source
- Source
- Creature Research Journal, Summer, 1989, Paul Johnson quoting Beth Brant, Derry Township, Westmoreland County, PA.
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected amber
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- on face
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Face Appeared
- apelike
- Expression
- angry
- Nose
- no snout
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- stopped stillýwatched observerýgestured
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Arms Action
- gesturing
- Arms Used
- other
- Odour
- mild
- Reaction
- watchedýavoided
- Additional Movement
- turned aroundýentered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Closest horizontal distance
- 10 feet
- Action on sighting
- shoutedýfled