Incident #992391
Indiana, Indiana Cty, Pennsylvania
Sep 1973
Account
Roger McCracken saw an 8-foot, greyish, hair-covered giant by his garage at dawn on Sept. 2. The next day his stepdaughter, Betty Ruffner, saw it. It was huge, with an arched back, long arms and a tremendously long stride.
When
- Observation Date
- SEP 02 1973
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1973
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- dawn
Where
- State / province
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Indiana Cty
- Nearest Town
- Indiana
- Latitude
- 4038
- Longitude
- 7909
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- yard
- Near or/at
- empty building
- Super Human Action
- Strides three times human.
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Source
- Source
- Saga magazine, about 1974, Peter Guttilla and B. Ann Slate article quoting Roger McCracken and Betty Ruffner.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- stooped
- Hair Colour
- grey
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- staying still
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home