While walking home alone at night, man encounters a large, hairy, human-like creature.
Account
Late at night the witness walked down a snowy farm lane and saw a large dark hairy figure standing by a pond about 80 to 100 yards away, feeling that it was watching them. The witness ran down the lane while loud crashing noises from the woods kept pace, then continued to a relative's house and collapsed inside without reporting what happened at the time.
What was reported
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Described appearance
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- Height src
- about 8 feet
- Build src
- extremely broad shouldered, about 400 lbs
- Hair colour src
- dark
- Hair length src
- probably 12 inches in length above the elbows
- Face src
- had hair around the cheekbones
- Arms src
- long thick arms, elbows at mid-thigh
- Legs src
- thighs and hips/rear very prominent
- Posture src
- standing
- Other features src
- virtually nonexistent neck
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
January 1979
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
about 9:30pm
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| Place |
Patton, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
Stated
BFRO report #2452
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
40.6324, -78.6499 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Patton borough (GEOID 4258432), matched from nearest town 'Patton'
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
1
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
walking down a farm lane at night after visiting friends
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| Witness's word for it |
a huge, dark, hairy animal
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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Source timeline
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BFRO report #2452 Primary