Incident #992378
Greensburg, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania
Aug 1973
Account
Two men taking a shortcut behind Greengate Mall saw a huge gorilla-like creature emerge from a thicket of woods 40 feet from them and run across the railraod track. They reported a very strong odour like something dead a long time.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 14 1973
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1973
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Westmoreland Cty
- Nearest Town
- Greensburg
- Latitude
- 4019
- Longitude
- 7933
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- at
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Near or/at
- railroad
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Stan Gordon, MUFON UFO Symposium 1974, quoting two unnamed men.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- running
- Odour
- strong
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet