Incident #992533
Blairsville, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania
Jan 1989
Account
Checking traps near Conemaugh River in the first week of January, just as it was becoming light, Blairsville Man saw a figure 5.5 to 6 feet tall walking quickly down a hillside in a "strange loping manner" with it shead bobbing as it walked. It was partially hidden by brush, but got within about 60 feet of him before entering a clump of trees. At that distance he would tell it was not a man, but an ape-like creature, but it was too dark to discern features.
When
- Month
- Jan
- Year
- 1989
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- dawn
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Westmoreland Cty
- Nearest Town
- Blairsville
- Latitude
- 4026
- Longitude
- 7915
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- bushes
- Near or/at
- trees
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- hillside
- Nearby Water
- river
Weather and light
- Lighting
- twilight
Source
- Source
- Creature Research Journal, summer, 1989, quoting a Blairsville man.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 6 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- crossed view fieldýentered woods
- Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- trapping
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Action on sighting
- studied