Press report Bigfoot Society EP 494

Sasquatch sighting near Staten Island, New York (1973)

1973–1974 night Staten Island, New York

Account

Retold newspaper reports describe a trasquatch around 1973-74 seen by two boys by a dump, a couple in a church lot, and a [name withheld] driving home. Police searched thinking bear or escaped gorilla and found nothing.

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Date	1973–1974 Stated Bigfoot Society EP 494 · transcript:00:52:42-00:54:42 · read with 75% confidence
Time of day	around two thirty am Stated Bigfoot Society EP 494 · transcript:00:47:19-00:48:06
Place	Staten Island, New York Stated Bigfoot Society EP 494 · transcript:00:52:42-00:54:42 · read with 70% confidence Conflicting valueColumbus, Ohio Stated Bigfoot Society EP 494 · transcript:00:47:19-00:48:06 · read with 50% confidence
Map point	40.5834, -74.1496 (± 15 km) Geocoded Bigfoot Society EP 494 · gnis:1802959 · read with 45% confidence USGS GNIS populated place 'Staten Island', Richmond, matched from nearest town 'Staten Island'
Account type	Press report Derived Bigfoot Society EP 494 · transcript:00:52:42-00:54:42 · read with 80% confidence Conflicting valueFirst-hand Derived Bigfoot Society EP 494 · transcript:00:47:19-00:48:06 · read with 80% confidence
Witness was	Boy Scout camping in tents Stated Bigfoot Society EP 494 · transcript:00:47:19-00:48:06 · read with 85% confidence
Witness's word for it	trasquatch Stated Bigfoot Society EP 494 · transcript:00:52:42-00:54:42
Creature	Sasquatch / Bigfoot Derived Bigfoot Society EP 494 · transcript:00:52:42-00:54:42 · read with 60% confidence Conflicting valueUnidentified Derived Bigfoot Society EP 494 · transcript:00:47:19-00:48:06 · read with 85% confidence

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Bigfoot Society EP 494 Podcast Interview

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