Incident #992465
Latrobe, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania
Aug 1980
Account
Waiting for the fire to go out after an outdoor party, man noticed a 9-foot, apelike creature standing at the edge of the woods holding a log over its head. He left immediately, but returned later and found the fire scattered throughout the clearing.
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1980
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
Where
- State / province
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Westmoreland Cty
- Nearest Town
- Latrobe
- Latitude
- 4019
- Longitude
- 7924
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Near or/at
- fire
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
Weather and light
- Lighting
- firelight
Source
- Source
- Bigfoot on the East Coast, quoting unnamed man.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 9 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- staying still
- Arms Used
- hanging onto something
- Object Handled
- tree
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- fled