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Sasquatch Sightings

4,068 incidents

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  1. 1973 Lancaster, Lancaster Cty, Pennsylvania

    Farmer scything when a tall, hairy, grey creature charged him and tore the scythe from his hand. It was later found with the wooden handle chewed away.

    #992365 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  2. 1973 Lancaster, Lancaster Cty, Pennsylvania

    A woman feeding chickens saw a tall, hairy, manlike creature stealing two of her geese. She ran after it and it threw one of the geese at her, knocking her down.

    #992366 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  3. Aug 1973 Greensburg, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania

    Shaving at night with window open, man smelled a foul odour and turned to see a hairy monster with glowing red eyes looking in the window. Stan Gordon later found a 13" by 8" footprint behind the house and cast…

    #992367 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  4. Jul 1973 Greensburg, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania

    Unnamed man told of seeing Bigfoot's head pass his bedroom window several times. The window is 9 feet off the ground. He looked out and saw the creature running towards the woods.

    #992368 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  5. Jun 1973 Greensburg, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania

    Several teenagers, one the son of the witness in 2367, were hiking through the woods toward Greengate Mall when they heard noises in the thickets ahead and one threw a rock in that direction. They expected a deer, but from…

    #992369 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  6. Jul 1973 Beaver Cty, Pennsylvania

    Man in New Sewickley Township was frightened by a large, hairy creature with glowing red eyes staring at him through the window of his trailer at 1.40 a.m. He hold police it was gorilla-like, about 8 feet tall and covered…

    #992370 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  7. 1973 Derry, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania

    Beth Brant and her husband were sitting in their trailer when they saw the back of a big, hairy, apelike creature walking through the trailer park. They watched until it disappeared in the darkness. This was about 11.30 p.m. in…

    #992371 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  8. 1973 Derry, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania

    Beth Brant and her daughter and her cousin were walking through a wooded area towards the Superior Trailer Court after dark when they saw a tall, hairy, brown biped ambling towards them. Beth told the cousin to take the daughter…

    #992372 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  9. 1973 Derry, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania

    Beth Brant was about to knock on the door of a neighbour's trailer when the tall, hairy creature walked out of the woods, stepped up on a bank about 10 feet away and stood glaring at her. She screamed and…

    #992373 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  10. 1973 Derry, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania

    Beth Brant's neighbour opened the back door of her trailer after dark and saw a 7-foot, apelike animal standing staring at her 20 feet away. After a second it turned and walked quickly away. She screamed and slammed the door.

    #992374 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  11. Aug 1973 Greensburg, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania

    Four adults and a child on a green on Greensburg Country Club looking for worms when they noticed two dark, hairy creatures about 20 yards away' one aout 6 ft., the other about 4 ft. They were stooped over as…

    #992375 large, medium, small Creature description

  12. Aug 1973 Greensburg, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania

    Two men taking a shortcut behind Greengate Mall saw a huge gorilla-like creature emerge from a thicket of woods 40 feet from them and run across the railraod track. They reported a very strong odour like something dead a long…

    #992378 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  13. Aug 1973 Herminie, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania

    Housekeeper chased by gorilla-like creature on two legs that made heavy breathing sounds.

    #992379 one, no description Creature description

  14. Aug 1973 Buffalo Mills, Bedford Cty, Pennsylvania

    Nine foot humanoid strolled down the main street of Buffalo Mills.

    #992380 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  15. Aug 1973 Herminie, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania

    Man checking why his dog was barking saw 30 feet away in his garden an apelike figure 7 feet tall standing motionless. He went to get a gun but when he came back it was gone. A large branch had…

    #992381 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  16. Aug 1973 Derry, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania

    About 11.30 p.m. woman and son heard something scratching at the back of their trailer, and a sound like a crying baby, then their lights began to go on and off. They opened the back door and standing in front…

    #992382 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  17. Aug 1973 Bradenville, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania

    Tall, hairy biped observed by a resident.

    #992383 Creature description

  18. Aug 1973 Kingston, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania

    Motorist reported to police that driving near Rte 30 he almost hit a gorilla-like creature with glowing eyes and pointed ears, and it screamed like a man in pain.

    #992384 one, no description Creature description

  19. Aug 1973 Latrobe, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania

    Several witnesses reported to state police that they had seen a tall, hairy creature walking on two legs.

    #992385 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  20. Aug 1973 Derry, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania

    Woman said a hairy creature with red eyes and an apelike head pulled back her drapes to peer through her open bedroom window. She noticed as smell of rotten eggs.

    #992386 one, no description Creature description

  21. Aug 1973 Luxor, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania

    Witness observed a tall, hairy biped during the day.

    #992387 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  22. Aug 1973 Bradenville, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania

    Several men reported to state police that they had seen a tall, hairy biped in daylight.

    #992388 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  23. Aug 1973 Greensburg, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania

    Doctor went outside to see what was bothering his dog, and confronted a large, hairy, apelike creature. He ran inside and got a rifle and fired several shots at the creature "as it lumbered off in the distance."

    #992389 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  24. Sep 1973 Youngstown, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania

    In St. James Cemetery, a large, hairy, apelike creature walked out of the woods towards a mother and her baby. She grabbed the child, ran to her car and drove 5 miles to her father's home. An hour later her…

    #992390 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  25. Sep 1973 Indiana, Indiana Cty, Pennsylvania

    Roger McCracken saw an 8-foot, greyish, hair-covered giant by his garage at dawn on Sept. 2. The next day his stepdaughter, Betty Ruffner, saw it. It was huge, with an arched back, long arms and a tremendously long stride.

    #992391 one large, sex unknown Creature description