Incident #992570
Berlin, Somerset Cty, Pennsylvania
1992
Account
Two people in a car driving near Berlin saw a 9-foot dark-haired creature, est. 400 pounds, run across the road about 75 feet in front of their car and enter a wooded area. Its arms extended below its knees. They stopped the car to watch it.
When
- Year
- 1992
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Somerset Cty
- Nearest Town
- Berlin
- Latitude
- 3955
- Longitude
- 7857
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
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- NABIN Journal, summer-fall, 1992, quoting Stan Gordon quoting two people in a car.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 9 ft
- Build
- medium
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- on faceýon hands
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- crossed roadýentered woods
- Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Action on sighting
- stoppedýstudied