Incident #992415
Washington Cty, Pennsylvania
Jul 1975
Account
State policeman patrolling a back road in Washington County at 4 a.m. saw a large figure leap from the side of the road directly in his path. It was about 7 feet tall, had long arms, and stooped like a man with a bad back. A large head had a rounded-off point on top. After looking at the police car a few seconds it turned and leaped several feet into a wooded area.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 10 1975
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1975
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- 3 a.m. to dawn
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Washington Cty
- Latitude
- 4010
- Longitude
- 8015
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- trees
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- Skylook, Aug. 1975, Stan Gordon quoting a state police officer.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- slightly stooped
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- jumping
- Later Movement
- stopped stillýwatched observerýturned
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Reaction
- watched
- Additional Movement
- jumpedýentered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- close