Incident #992394
Whitney, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania
Sep 1973
Account
Chester Yothers heard a thump and got out of bed, saw big hairy creature standing staring the house next door, where 8 small children were sleeping on the porch. He called his wife and they watched it for about two minutes, during which it did not move, but it went went away while they were calling police.
When
- Observation Date
- SEP 03 1973
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1973
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- 3 a.m. to dawn
- Duration
- 2 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Westmoreland Cty
- Nearest Town
- Whitney
- Latitude
- 4015
- Longitude
- 7925
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- yard
- Near or/at
- occupied building
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
Source
- Source
- Pursuit, Oct. 1973, Allen V. Noe quoting Chester Yothers, Whitney, PA, and wife. Also Stan Gordon tape.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- staying still
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Closest horizontal distance
- 5 feet
- Action on sighting
- studied