Incident #992588
California, Washington Cty, Pennsylvania
Feb 1994
Account
Cornell Ellis Sr. was burning trash behind Mount Zion Church in the Crescent Heights section of West Pike Run Township when he saw large tracks in the snow, 31 by 17 inches, with a 6-foot stride, heel to heel. He took pictures and notified police. Chief Phil Podroskey also took pictures and measurements, and PCUFOR researcher John Stasko was called in. Most of the prints were stepped on by this time, but Stasko found some in the woods good enough to cast. There was another set, 17 inches by 13.5 inches with a four-foot stride. Impressions were 6 to 10 inches deep where humans hardly sank in at all. The tracks came from the woods, walked around in the cleared area and went back to the woods.
When
- Observation Date
- FEB 01 1994
- Month
- Feb
- Year
- 1994
- Season
- winter
Where
- State / province
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Washington Cty
- Nearest Town
- California
- Latitude
- 4004
- Longitude
- 7954
What was seen
- Individuals
- two large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 2
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- empty building
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- No. of Track Witnesses
- many
Setting
- Snow Condition
- deep old
Source
- Source
- Uniontown, PA, Herald-Standard, Feb. 3, 1994, also Creature Research Journal, spring, 1994, quoting Cornell Ellis Sr.
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 2
- Footprint Length
- 31.0
- Greates Width
- 17.0
- Average Depth
- deep
- Stride in Inches Average
- 72
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Track Condition
- good
- Number of Toes
- 4
- Material Tracks Made in
- hard deep snow
- Tracks Came From
- trees
- Tracks Went to
- trees
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- work outdoors