Press report
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/05/07/sc-ep322-a-history-of-wild-men
Sasquatch sighting near Coal Valley, Pennsylvania (1897)
1897
Coal Valley, Pennsylvania
1 witness
Account
A homeowner saw a hair-covered ape-like or very old man-like being come up to his porch and look in the window while walking on hind legs. When he went for a gun, it bounded over the porch railing and disappeared into the woods.
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