Incident #992407
Gibsonia, Allegheny Cty, Pennsylvania
Dec 1974
Account
Two boys looking out the window at the decorated tree in their yard saw a huge, hair-covered, manlike beast standing beside it. They yelled for their parents and it ran into the woods, but the parents got a glimpse of its ba back. Next morning Penn. Center for UFO Research personnel found 16-inch, 4-toed prints in muddy ground, with a 14-foot stride. Site is on Rte 8 about a dozen miles north of downtown Pittsburgh.
When
- Observation Date
- DEC 29 1974
- Month
- Dec
- Year
- 1974
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Allegheny Cty
- Nearest Town
- Gibsonia
- Latitude
- 4038
- Longitude
- 7958
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- yard
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Tracks
- found later
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 4
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes and child
- No. of Track Witnesses
- several
Weather and light
- Lighting
- light from habitation
Source
- Source
- Pennsylvania Bigfoot, interview with two boys and their parents
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- very large
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- fledýentered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 16.0
- Greates Width
- 12.0
- Heel Width
- 6.0
- Stride in Inches Average
- 168
- Number of Toes
- 4
- Material Tracks Made in
- mud
- Foot Shape
- wedge-shape
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- shouted