Press report Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) #c5cd99c4-55f7-4913-bfd7-7a9321863b43

Sasquatch sighting near Winstead, Connecticut (1895)

1895 daytime, very hot day Winstead, Connecticut 1 witness

Account

A town selectman chasing a lost hog stopped in a clearing to pick blackberries. He saw a naked, hair-covered figure weighing about 180 pounds. The figure noticed him, made an unfamiliar sound, bounded over bushes, and disappeared.

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Sightings

Full-body sighting

Sounds

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Described appearance

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Build src: weighed perhaps 180 pounds
Hair colour src: very long black hair
Hair length src: reaching down below his shoulders
Clothing src: naked
Other features src: back and legs covered with hair, two or three inches long

Facts & provenance

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Date	1895 Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #c5cd99c4-55f7-4913-bfd7-7a9321863b43 · transcript:00:50:34-00:52:25 · read with 80% confidence
Time of day	daytime, very hot day Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #c5cd99c4-55f7-4913-bfd7-7a9321863b43 · transcript:00:52:25-00:55:14 · read with 85% confidence
Place	Winstead, Connecticut Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #c5cd99c4-55f7-4913-bfd7-7a9321863b43 · transcript:00:52:25-00:55:14 · read with 85% confidence
Map point	41.9895, -73.0957 (± 15 km) Geocoded Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #c5cd99c4-55f7-4913-bfd7-7a9321863b43 · gnis:206371 · read with 40% confidence Towns named in the place text ('Colebrook'; USGS GNIS populated place 'Colebrook', Northwest Hills)
Account type	Press report Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #c5cd99c4-55f7-4913-bfd7-7a9321863b43 · transcript:00:50:34-00:52:25
Witnesses	1 Derived Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #c5cd99c4-55f7-4913-bfd7-7a9321863b43 · transcript:00:52:25-00:55:14 · read with 70% confidence
Figures reported	1 Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #c5cd99c4-55f7-4913-bfd7-7a9321863b43 · transcript:00:52:25-00:55:14
Witness was	chasing a lost hog and picking blackberries Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #c5cd99c4-55f7-4913-bfd7-7a9321863b43 · transcript:00:52:25-00:55:14 · read with 85% confidence
Witness's word for it	wild man Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #c5cd99c4-55f7-4913-bfd7-7a9321863b43 · transcript:00:50:34-00:52:25 · read with 85% confidence
Creature category	SASQUATCH Derived Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #c5cd99c4-55f7-4913-bfd7-7a9321863b43 · transcript:00:52:25-00:55:14 · read with 75% confidence

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Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #c5cd99c4-55f7-4913-bfd7-7a9321863b43 Podcast Interview

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Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts)

The report refers to

“The Philadelphia Inquirer from September 22nd, 1895”
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