Incident #992560
White Deer, Union Cty, Pennsylvania
Jun 1991
Account
Two young men were standing beside their vehicle on White Deer Creek Rd. in hightly wooded, mountainous part of White Deer Twp. At 5.01 a.m. they heard noises in the woods, coming up from the creek, and a deer climbed up the embankment 40 feet ahead of them. Next came a "tall jogger" trotting up the same embankment. They realized it could not be human, could hear its heavy breathing from 30 feet away. It stopped, put one hand on its hip, then ran it down to the thigh. Hands just 2 inches short of knee. Heilght 7.5 to 8 ft. Eyes large and black with no whites. Couldn't see ears. A sour, sweaty smell. After a minute the creature took a step toward the witness and they got in their car. It then turned and started down the road. Finally broke into a trot and disappeared in the woods. Ground to dry to indent but a 16-inch, 5-50e5 print seen in a dusty area.
When
- Observation Date
- JUN 07 1991
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1991
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early morning
- Duration
- minute
Where
- State / province
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Union Cty
- Nearest Town
- White Deer
- Latitude
- 4105
- Longitude
- 7653
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- ravine
- Tracks
- found immediately
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Nearby Water
- creek
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Creature Research Journal, fall, 1991, quoting two young men.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Appearance
- unkempt
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Hair Shorter On
- face
- Nose
- no snout
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- climbing hill
- Later Movement
- stopped stillýwatched observerýapproached
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Sound
- panting
- Odour
- mild
- Human Contact
- watch
- Reaction
- avoided
- Additional Movement
- turned aroundýwalked awayýentered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 16.0
- Number of Tracks
- 1
- Track Condition
- poor
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Material Tracks Made in
- dust
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Action on sighting
- studiedýdeparted slowly