Incident #992435
Schellsburg, Bedford Cty, Pennsylvania
Dec 1977
Account
Byron Horn noticed big tracks traversing his back yard when he looked out the window of his house on Rte 30 west of Borough. He told the McGregors who live next door, and Keith MacGregor and Douglas Schellsburg measured the tracks and followed them for about 4 miles. They met Irvin Snyder, caretaker of the Schellsburg cemetery, who had already followed the tracks 2.5 miles west to Rte 30. The prints wound around buildings, went through briars, over a 3-foot fence, and covered at least 7 miles, mostly through farm fields, with a pace that a 6-foot man could not match. No one found where they came on the road, which was suspicious. At the far end the tracker called it quits while still following through woods.
When
- Observation Date
- DEC 10 1977
- Month
- Dec
- Year
- 1977
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- night
Where
- State / province
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Bedford Cty
- Nearest Town
- Schellsburg
- Latitude
- 4003
- Longitude
- 7840
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
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- No. of Track Witnesses
- several
Setting
- Terrain
- farms and woods
- Snow Condition
- snow
Source
- Source
- Bedford, PA, Gazette, Dec. 12, 1977, quoting Keith McGregor, 16, Douglas Phillips, 16, William Miller, 26, and Byron Horn, 80, all of Schellsburg, PA.
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 22.0
- Greates Width
- 9.0
- Heel Width
- 8.0
- Stride in Inches Average
- 36
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Track Condition
- good
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Size of Toes
- toes more of a size than human's
- Longest Toe
- first
- Material Tracks Made in
- snow
- Tracks Came From
- road
- Tracks Went to
- trees
- Foot Shape
- long-toedýwide
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home