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Sep 1973
Indiana, Indiana Cty, Pennsylvania
Betty Ruffner and her son Raymond saw a huge black creature sitting on an apple barrel on her porch, eating apples. Raymond fired twice, hitting it in the leg, but it leaped the road and ran into the brush. They…
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Sep 1973
Whitney, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania
Chester Yothers heard a thump and got out of bed, saw big hairy creature standing staring the house next door, where 8 small children were sleeping on the porch. He called his wife and they watched it for about two…
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Sep 1973
Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania
Woman woke up at 2 a.m. and saw a face like a gorilla's looking in her open bedroom window, which was 9 feet above the ground. It kept watching her until she summoned courage to close the drapes. Leathery skin…
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Sep 1973
New Alexandria, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania
Man said he saw two large, hairy, manlike creatures swimming underwater in Keystone Lake.
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Sep 1973
Greensburg, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania
Ten boys rushed into the State Police Barracks on the outskirts of Greenburg saying that they had seen the head and upper body of a gorilla-like creature in the brush in a valley below the hilltop where the barracks sits.…
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Sep 1973
Greensburg, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania
Two boys said that in the wooded valley below the State Police Barracks and St. Anne's Home for the Aged they saw a large gorilla-like creature lying asleep on some old grass clippings.
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Sep 1973
Greensburg, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania
Newsboy delivering papers near St. Anne's Home for the Aged, saw on a hill on the other side of the wooded vallley a tall, tan-coloured creature that walked in a stooped posture, "like it was drunk."
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Sep 1973
Latrobe, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania
Woman wakened at 2 a.m. by sound of fighting dog. Saw across the street the dog had a giant creature by the right heel. The creature, like a tall, very hairy man, had long legs and arms so long that…
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Sep 1973
Verona, Allegheny Cty, Pennsylvania
Boys motorcycling in 100-acre wild tract in Penn Hills heard something crashing through the woods and that evening found fresh tracks, but these were rained out overnight. Mr. Baird, father of one of the boys, searched and found other fresh…
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Oct 1973
Perryville, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania
Hunter walking back to his truck say a large, hairy, greyish creature near Beaver Run Dam.
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Nov 1973
Uniontown, Fayette Cty, Pennsylvania
Man shot at a hairy, apelike creature twice, once with a revolver and once with a rifle, to no effect.
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Nov 1973
Latrobe, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania
Four boys jacklighting on dirt bikes turned lights on tall, upright creature standing between two utility poles. It dashed into the woods faster than a man could run. Had unbelievably long arms and bright reddish-pink eyes. It later came out…
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Nov 1973
Industry, Beaver Cty, Pennsylvania
A very large, hairy, manlike creature with glowing green eyes was reported to police, presumably by a woman. (Combining what might be two reports)
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Sep 1973
The Pas, Manitoba
Robert Uchtmann found three huge prints in loose dirt from a scattered ant hill surrounded by hard ground, on a limestone ridge surrounded by bog and marshy lakes, north of Landry Lake. . They were later seen by R.J. Robertson…
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Jul 1973 to 1974
Bangor, Penobscot Cty, Maine
Jean Williams driving on Rte 95 just north of Bangor, saw a large, dark, hairy creature come from the treed median strip and stride swiftly across the southbound lanes. It was very erect and walked smoothly. Rest of her family…
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1973
Cullowhee, Jackson, North Carolina
Driving on a back road in the mountains between Franklin and Cullowhee, North Carolina, about 11.30 p.m., R.D. Britt and girlfriend saw a 7.5-foot creature cross the road in two steps. It paused half way and stared at them, its…
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Jun 1973
Kokadjo, Piscataquis Cty, Maine
Philip Pruitt and brother driving through heavily wooded area north of Kokadjo on a private road, saw what they thought was a black bear, "stooped over or on all fours" running toward the road. When it crossed the road it…
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Mar 1973
Big Bay, Bute Inlet, British Columbia
Witnesses were aboard seiner Tracy Lee running up Bute Inlet, near the head on the east side, when Nick Pisac saw through the galley window a creature walking on the rocks on shore. Three men went on deck and watched…
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Jul 1973
Ocean Falls, Roscoe Inlet, British Columbia
Olle Ek was a fish warden, and was on his way to start opening a trail up the Roscoe River. Dragging his boat up on a mud flat he noticed an animal hunched over, dirty white to grey in color,…
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Dec 1973
70 Mile House, Cariboo Dis, British Columbia
Man told Terry Moore that while driving to south side of Green Lake in moonlight saw tracks crossing the road and going up the bank into deep snow. They sank right through the snow and marked the frozen ground. Prints…
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Jul 1973
Enderby, Hunters Range, British Columbia
Pete Nabe told Tom Steenburg that he and Brent Shoulty and Jeff Brocton, then in their early teens, were hunting with .22 rifles in the Hunters Range Northeast of Enderby. As they walked through a meadow they saw what they…
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Jun 1973
Sechelt, Sunshine Coast Dis, British Columbia
Don Solinski had driven a drill rig to the end of a new logging road and climbed on a big log to look at the road grade ahead. He then saw a shaggy, grey creature standing erect on or near…
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Jan 1973
Copalis Beach, Grays Harbor Cty, Washington
Don Waugh was driving on State 101 just east of Aloha in the late afternoon when he saw what he thought was a man approaching on the road, then it turned, jumped the ditch and went into the trees. He…
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Sep 1973
Clearview, Snohomish Cty, Washington
Gary Stone walking north on highway 9 to tavern, got repeated brief looks as cars passed of a figure running towards him in the dark. It crossed the road and kept coming on the opposite side, but went into the…
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Jan 1973
North Bend, King Cty, Washington
Informant and Ron Bookwalter, at the scene of informant's 1969 sighting (incident 1000271) noted a dark figure up on a ridge a long way off. Even with 14 power binoculars could see no details. Was standing on snowfield. Three times…