Third-hand Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) #850adcf0-7b4b-4557-a296-653b48f888a5

Paranormal encounter near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1940)

1940–1949 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1 witness

Account

The witness relays a family story about his uncle as a young child seeing people others could not see. During a home wake, the uncle said the deceased person from the casket was curled under a table smiling and beckoning to him.

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Sightings

Full-body sighting

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Posture src: curled up underneath the table
Other features src: smiling and waving him over

Facts & provenance

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Date	1940–1949 Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #850adcf0-7b4b-4557-a296-653b48f888a5 · transcript:00:25:08-00:27:00 · read with 50% confidence
Place	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #850adcf0-7b4b-4557-a296-653b48f888a5 · transcript:00:25:08-00:27:00 · read with 70% confidence
Map point	40.0094, -75.1333 (± 15 km) Geocoded Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #850adcf0-7b4b-4557-a296-653b48f888a5 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Philadelphia city (GEOID 4260000), matched from nearest town 'Philadelphia'
Account type	Third-hand Derived Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #850adcf0-7b4b-4557-a296-653b48f888a5 · transcript:00:25:08-00:27:00 · read with 60% confidence
Witnesses	1 Derived Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #850adcf0-7b4b-4557-a296-653b48f888a5 · transcript:00:25:08-00:27:00 · read with 70% confidence
Figures reported	1 Derived Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #850adcf0-7b4b-4557-a296-653b48f888a5 · transcript:00:25:08-00:27:00 · read with 80% confidence
Witness was	attending a wake at home as a small child Derived Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #850adcf0-7b4b-4557-a296-653b48f888a5 · transcript:00:25:08-00:27:00 · read with 70% confidence
Witness's word for it	the person who was in the casket Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #850adcf0-7b4b-4557-a296-653b48f888a5 · transcript:00:25:08-00:27:00
Creature category	PARANORMAL Derived Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #850adcf0-7b4b-4557-a296-653b48f888a5 · transcript:00:25:08-00:27:00 · read with 60% confidence

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Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts)