Incident #992510
New Alexandria, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania
May 1987
Account
Two men driving near the state gamelands had to stop to avoid hitting a tall, gorilla-like creature that stood and watched them for about 5 minutes. One of the men fired a shot over its head and it walked off into the woods.
When
- Observation Date
- MAY 16 1987
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1987
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- before 10 p.m.
- Duration
- 3 to 5 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Westmoreland Cty
- Nearest Town
- New Alexandria
- Latitude
- 4024
- Longitude
- 7925
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- trees
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- Bigfoot on the East Coast, quoting two unnamed men.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- watched observerýwalked awayýentered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- stoppedýshot