Incident #992463
Berwick, Columbia Cty, Pennsylvania
Aug 1980
Account
Bill and Tom Talanca driving on the north side of Jonestown Mountain, north of Berwick, rounded a bend a quarter of the way down and encountered a large creature covered with black hair standing in the middle of the road. It took two steps and disappeared in the bushes.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 18 1980
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1980
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- late morning
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Columbia Cty
- Nearest Town
- Berwick
- Latitude
- 4104
- Longitude
- 7615
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- bushes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Berwick, PA, Enterprise, Aug. 20, 1980, quoting Bill Talanca, Berwick, PA, and his brother Tom, Nescopeck. Also Pennsylvania Bigfoot, interview with witness.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Legs
- long
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- walked awayýentered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truck
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- stopped