Class A First-hand BFRO #48013

Memory told of a close daylight encounter behind a home outside Sandy Lake

BFRO YEAR: 1978 or 79 7:45 am Sandy Lake, Mercer County, Pennsylvania 2 witnesses

Account

Before school the witness and his mother saw a large brown biped moving along a powerline toward woods behind their home. The witness ran toward the treeline and watched the creature pause and turn its upper body to look at him from about 50 yards, then stride away down a creekbed and disappear. Later that day he and his father found large heel impressions where it had leapt off a bank.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting

Physical traces

Tracks

Described appearance

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Height src: between 6 and 7 ft tall
Build src: very broad shoulders and chest, body builder appearance, very muscular
Hair colour src: dark brown with slight tinge of red
Hair length src: similar to a sheep dog
Face src: dark tan with flat wide nose, large human-like nostrils, prominent cheek bones
Eyes src: deep-set, deep black with no visible sclera
Arms src: long, hanging to just above knees
Hands src: long fingers, dark tan palms
Feet src: very large, soles lighter tan
Gait src: great strides, graceful and fluid, light on its feet
Posture src: bipedal, turned upper torso to look
Apparent sex src: thought male
Other features src: coconut head with pointed appearance, dark line along spine

Facts & provenance

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Time of day	7:45 am Stated BFRO report #48013 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place	Sandy Lake, Mercer County, Pennsylvania Stated BFRO report #48013 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	41.21, -80.27 (± 19 km) Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence BFRO map layer point for report 48013 with published boundary
Account type	First-hand Stated BFRO report #48013 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	2 Derived BFRO report #48013 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section · read with 85% confidence
Figures reported	1 Derived BFRO report #48013 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was	eating breakfast at home before school Stated BFRO report #48013 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	a large brown figure Stated BFRO report #48013 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class A Stated BFRO report #48013 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by: Jarrett Johnson (BFRO)

Tracks

Very large heel prints in top of bank where animal landed after leaping

BFRO report, “Observed” section

Follow-up

An investigator spoke with the witness at length about the decades-old encounter and searched online for the referenced newspaper article without success.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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BFRO report #48013 Primary

Published 2015-02-16 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash f8a819048755

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BFRO map layer Reference

Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7

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The report refers to

“many articles in the newspaper about a lady seeing a bigfoot in the hells kitchen area”
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