Incident #992397
Greensburg, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania
Sep 1973
Account
Ten boys rushed into the State Police Barracks on the outskirts of Greenburg saying that they had seen the head and upper body of a gorilla-like creature in the brush in a valley below the hilltop where the barracks sits. Two troopers found footprints which Allen Noe and Stan Gordon later saw. In grass, they did not show toe prints.
When
- Observation Date
- SEP 21 1973
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1973
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
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
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- many
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- No. of Track Witnesses
- several
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Pursuit, Oct. 1973, Allen V. Noe quoting 10 unnamed boys. Also Pennsylvania Bigfoot.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- beige
- Evidence Left
- footprintsýhair
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Footprint Length
- 14.0
- Greates Width
- 7.5
- Number of Tracks
- few
- Track Condition
- poor
- Material Tracks Made in
- sod
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye