Incident #992461
Mainville, Columbia Cty, Pennsylvania
Jul 1980
Account
Richard Knovich had stopped his car at his gate when he saw a 7 to 8-foot creature walking slowly towards him. He watched for a while, and when he got out of his car with a gun the creature turned and walked into surrounding bushes. A few moments later several deer ran out. Creature had a large head, large eyes, a flattened nose, and arms extending below its knees. He estimated its weight at 400 pounds.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 18 1980
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1980
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- evening (light)
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Columbia Cty
- Nearest Town
- Mainville
- Latitude
- 4059
- Longitude
- 7623
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- bushes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Pennsylvania Bigfoot, interview with Richard Knovich. Also Johnstown, PA, Tribune-Democrat, Sep. 1980, quoting Diane Enion, Pittsburgh, quoting Rick Knovich.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair Colour
- black
- Neck Length
- short
- Shoulders
- wide
- Nose
- no snout
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- turnedýentered woods
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Reaction
- avoided
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Action on sighting
- studied