First-hand
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) #21f69b2e-7990-44db-9e8e-0a33110c35dd
Sasquatch sighting in Connecticut (1976)
middle of summer 1976, like July August
early afternoon around 1pm
Connecticut
1 witness
Account
At age 14 on a summer day the witness was walking between the rails looking down when he stumbled forward. He looked up to see a tall hairy silhouette about 50 to 75 feet away. It stood briefly then turned, took a few steps up a rocky incline and went into the woods without sound.
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What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- seven to eight feet tall
- Build src
- built like basketball player but much broader, 400 or 500 pounds, wide shoulders, smaller hips
- Hair colour src
- shiny black with red tinge from sun
- Hair length src
- three, four inches long
- Face src
- flat, no facial details made out
- Arms src
- long arms
- Gait src
- three steps off railroad bed, not really quick
- Other features src
- very small head for body, no neck, size like football helmet
Facts & provenance
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Source timeline
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The report refers to
- Daylight encounter on railroad bed near lower Paugussett State ParkCited as “BFRO website Report #77112” · 3 June 1976 · Stevenson, Fairfield County, Connecticut
- Daytime sighting from a farm house in the hilly area of Newton farm, outside South KentCited as “show #847” · November 1968 · South Kent, Litchfield County, Connecticut