Incident #992477
Oklahoma, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania
Aug 1981
Account
Sam Frew walking along a gas well right of way in the woods west of Rte 819, could hear somethig to his right moving in the same direction, then briefly saw it in the open stepping over the pipeline.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 12 1981
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1981
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- afternoon
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Westmoreland Cty
- Nearest Town
- Oklahoma
- Latitude
- 4035
- Longitude
- 7935
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- trail
- Near or/at
- trees
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- farms and woods
- Nearby Water
- river
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Pennsylvania Bigfoot, interview with Sam Frew. Also Johnstown, PA, Tribune-Democrat, Nov. 7, 1981.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 12 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- entered woods
- Movement re observer
- maintaining distance
- Human Contact
- followed
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- walking
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet