Press report
Bigfoot Society EP 854
Sasquatch sighting near Colebrook, Connecticut (1895)
1895
Colebrook, Connecticut
1 witness
Account
A town official was picking berries with a dog near Colebrook when a hair-covered, six-foot-tall wild man emerged. The figure leapt into the forest, shocking the official, who then shared the story with local papers. Additional accounts from the area reportedly followed.
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Sightings
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Described appearance
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- Height src
- six foot tall
- Other features src
- hair covered
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
1895
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|---|---|
| Place |
Colebrook, Connecticut
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| Map point |
41.9895, -73.0957 (± 15 km)
USGS GNIS populated place 'Colebrook', Northwest Hills, matched from nearest town 'Colebrook'
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| Account type |
Press report
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| Witnesses |
1
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
picking berries with dog
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| Witness's word for it |
the wild Man
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| Creature |
Sasquatch / Bigfoot
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Source timeline
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Bigfoot Society EP 854 Podcast Interview
The report refers to
- “local papers”Not in the Anomadex yet