Incident #992597
Shamokin, Northumberland Cty, Pennsylvania
Oct 1995
Account
Three boys walking on power-line clearcut heard screaming and loud footfalls, then about 100 yards away an 8-foot, bipedal creature stepped from the woods. It continued screaming and they ran. Hair on head fell to shoulders, arms hung down to knees.
When
- Observation Date
- OCT 14 1995
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1995
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Northumberland Cty
- Nearest Town
- Shamokin
- Latitude
- 4047
- Longitude
- 7634
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- trees
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 3
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Creature Research Journal, quoting three boys.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair Longer on
- head
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- made a noise
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Sound
- scream
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- walking
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Action on sighting
- fled