Incident #992791
Erie Cty, Pennsylvania
Jun 1998
Account
Volunteer at camp a mile south of Lake Erie, two campers walked away about 3.30 a.m. and he went after them. They hid beside the path and as he was telling them to come out a 7.5-foot, slim creature walked across the path 15 or 20 feet away, hard to see by light from distant fire.
When
- Observation Date
- JUN 28 1998
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1998
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- 3 a.m. to dawn
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Erie Cty
- Latitude
- 8015
- Longitude
- 4200
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- trail
- Near or/at
- camp
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 3
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Nearby Water
- lakeýswamp
Weather and light
- Lighting
- firelight
Source
- Source
- BFRO anonymous informant and two young campers
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- entered woods
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Reaction
- ignored
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- camping
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Action on sighting
- stayed still