Incident #992602
Rimer, Armstrong Cty, Pennsylvania
Jan 1996
Account
State trooper driving state road 1004 in Madison Township around 4 p.m. saw 7 to 8-foot biped step out of the woods, stop briefly and look at the approaching police car, then cross the road and disappear in a laurel thicket. Estimated weight at 400 pounds. It had darker hair on its back, shoulders drooped, barrel chest, flat nose, tight lips, almond-shaped eyes the size of a quarter. Parked and checked are where creature crossed, found 18-inch tracks in the snow.
When
- Observation Date
- JAN 22 1996
- Month
- Jan
- Year
- 1996
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
- Duration
- 6 to 15 seconds
Where
- State / province
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Armstrong Cty
- Nearest Town
- Rimer
- Latitude
- 4056
- Longitude
- 7930
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- bushes
- Tracks
- found immediately
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- No. of Track Witnesses
- 1
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Nearby Water
- river
- Snow Condition
- snow
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Creature Research Journal, spring, 1996, quoting state trooper.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- near eyesýnear mouth
- Hair Length
- long
- Appearance
- unkempt
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Nose
- no snout
- Torso Front
- wide
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- stopped stillýwatched observerýcrossed road
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Second Colour
- brown
- Additional Movement
- entered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 18.0
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Material Tracks Made in
- snow
- Tracks Came From
- road
- Tracks Went to
- bushes
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Action on sighting
- stoppedýfollowed