Incident #992447
Holtwood, York Cty, Pennsylvania
1978
Account
Deer hunter heard something crashing through underbrush, breaking branches, then saw 7-foot, humanlike shape veering off away from him, walking too fast to be a human. He later ofund big tracks, close together, with deep heel prints and a high arch.
When
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- dawn
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Pennsylvania
- County
- York Cty
- Nearest Town
- Holtwood
- Latitude
- 3950
- Longitude
- 7619
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Super Human Action
- Walked too fast for human.
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Nearby Water
- river
Weather and light
- Lighting
- twilight
Source
- Source
- York, PA, Daily Record, Jan. 15, 1979, quoting an unnamed hunter.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Speed
- very fast
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- big
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting