Incident #992839
Indiana, Indiana Cty, Pennsylvania
Jul 1997
Account
Indiana University of Pennsylvania student reported seeing in Yellow Creek State Park a large, rusty brown creature, 7 to 8 feet tall. It came from the woods, scoooped up water from the lake in its cupped hands, turned and walked back into the woods.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 30 1997
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1997
- Season
- summer
Where
- State / province
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Indiana Cty
- Nearest Town
- Indiana
- Latitude
- 4035
- Longitude
- 7902
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Near or/at
- water
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
Setting
- Terrain
- lake
- Nearby Water
- lake
Source
- Source
- Sam Sherry, quoting Ligonier, PA, Echo, Aug. 14, 1997, quoting an Indiana University of Pennsylvania student.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- red brown
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- picked something upýturned aroundýwalked away
- Arms Action
- reaching
- Arms Used
- for picking upýother
- Object Handled
- other
- Water Activity
- reach in
- Use of Water
- drink
- Additional Movement
- entered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect