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42 encounters
November 1984 Somerset County, Pennsylvania Class A #3571

Big, fast moving creature seen near Laurel Hill Turnpike

The witness was walking back from a grassy field off an old road when they felt watched and smelled a strong odor like body odor and wet dog. They then glimpsed something out of the corner of their eye moving parallel to the road through dense woods. They described it as larger and faster than a bear and noisy while moving, and they left quickly without checking for tracks.

Partial sightingOdorFootsteps
January 1979 Patton, Cambria County, Pennsylvania Class A #2452

While walking home alone at night, man encounters a large, hairy, human-like creature.

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.

Full-body sightingOdorMovement onlyAnimal behaviour
November 1977 Belltown, Elk County, Pennsylvania Class B #3840

Hunters hear nighttime vocalization on Belltown Hill, near the north shore of the Clarion River in the Allegheny National Forest

The witness and two relatives were playing poker inside a hunting cabin at night when a loud bang struck the side door followed by an unfamiliar loud scream-howl from outside. They armed themselves and opened the door with flashlights but saw nothing, only hearing something walk away into the woods and smelling a wet-dog-like odor. They chose not to follow it.

Door or window contactScreamHowlFootstepsOdor
Summer 1969 Greensboro, Greene County, Pennsylvania Class A #3566

Teenager has face-to-face encounter with tall, hairy, man-like creature

After sneaking into a community pool at night, the witness ran into adjoining woods to avoid the caretaker and collided with something. He looked up and saw a manlike figure about eight feet tall covered head to foot in long hair with a strong smell. He ran back toward his friends warning them not to go that way, and none of them went to check the spot.

Full-body sightingOdor
7 July 1961 Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania Class A #12951

Possible encounter between a juvenile and a human child, near Gettysburg

The witness, then about 13, was playing hide-and-seek at night behind a hall when he backed around a target box into something. He turned and saw a human-like figure a little over five feet tall covered in long hair, with a strong musky odor, then ran to tell the other children. When the group went back to look, nothing was there.

Full-body sightingOdor
BFRO YEAR: 72 or 73 York; More Specifically Manchester Twp., York County, Pennsylvania Class B #8000

Shriek heard in PA woods in early 70's

Three teenagers were camping by a fire near a pine grove on a farm property. They heard intermittent branch-breaking and movement approaching and receding, then a single loud inhuman scream. They fled to the house without seeing anything and reported no odor or sense of being followed.

ScreamUnidentified soundMovement only
One night after dark Springville, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania Related account #8305

Odor near Springville, Pennsylvania

The witness's son smelled a rotten-egg odor and heard something moving in the woods near the house after dark.

OdorMovement only
over a period of approximately 7 years Kane, McKean County, Pennsylvania Related account #49903

Wood knock near Kane, Pennsylvania

Over about seven years, group members reported hearing knocks, loud branch breaks and large bipedal footsteps, smelling foul odors and feeling watched without seeing a creature.

Wood knockTree breakFootstepsOdorAnimal behaviour
BFRO YEAR: 2006-pres Kane, McKean County, Pennsylvania Class B #49903

Several possible incidents over the years in the Allegheny National Forest

In March 2014 while staying at a cabin with four companions, the witness went alone to a nearby meadow after dark to look at stars. The witness heard bipedal footsteps approaching up the slope, called out twice with no reply, and the steps paused then stopped at the lane edge. As the witness walked back past that spot, brush shuffled as if something turned to watch, but all companions were still inside and had heard nothing.

FootstepsMovement only
late 1970's or early 1980's Confidential, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania Related account #44350

Sasquatch sighting near Confidential, Pennsylvania

As a child the witness and a relative encountered a large hairy figure at close range while hunting and fled as it followed them through brush.

Partial sightingMovement only
BFRO YEAR: 1988-89 Erie, Or Wesleyville, They Are About The Same Distance Away, Erie County, Pennsylvania Class A #3634

Night time sighting near a secluded forest home outside Wesleyville

One evening around dusk the witness sat locked out on the front porch of the parents' wooded house. A very large hair-covered biped approached to about 40-50 yards, paused and stared with glowing red eyes for about half a minute, then ran away rapidly breaking branches. The next morning large footprints were found in wet driveway dirt but were washed away by rain before they could be photographed.

Full-body sightingEyeshineMovement onlyTracks
About 5 days later Connellsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania Related account #3563

Vocalization near Connellsville, Pennsylvania

About five days after the sighting, the witness walking the same path heard a loud grunting and bushes shaking loudly as something got closer.

VocalizationMovement only
About a week before the incident Columbia County, Pennsylvania Related account #3558

Property disturbance near Columbia County

The witnesses found shed windows smashed and noticed a strange odor about a week before the main event.

Property disturbanceOdor
Date unknown Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania Related account #78276

Movement only near Bellefonte, Pennsylvania

Same witness saw a ball of blue light moving through the woods in the same area at an unspecified time.

Movement only
The day before the opening of deer season Frugality, Cambria County, Pennsylvania Related account #26957

Odor near Frugality, Pennsylvania

The witness and a companion visited the hunting area the day before the season to set up stands and noticed a heavy musty odor.

Odor
Date unknown Gettysburg, Pennsylvania #fbfbfcb5-6120-4720-a10c-65417fafc058

Full-body sighting near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

While being interviewed at the bridge, witnesses who said they had been paced in the adjacent woods reported seeing a seven-foot-tall solid black figure cross the path. The witnesses said they regularly visited the area but would not return to that spot.

Full-body sightingMovement only
in February Pennsylvania #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/05/16/sc-ep434-strange-lights-in-the-woods

Eyeshine in Pennsylvania

The witness and a companion parked at a closed road on private property in February to look for strange lights previously reported there. After about twenty to thirty minutes they saw bright white-blue lights on a hillside that shifted to green and turned red when hit with a green laser, appearing single to the naked eye but double through binoculars and moving as if rising, shifting sideways, and blinking out and reappearing. A companion also reported a large moving shadow on another hill. The pair left while the lights were still present after feeling suddenly frightened.

EyeshineMovement onlySilhouette
Date unknown Pennsylvania #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/05/16/sc-ep434-strange-lights-in-the-woods

Partial sighting in Pennsylvania

The witness and a companion were at the site at night when they both saw a large white flash of movement cross the trail about eight to nine feet off the ground. The witness had previously described the sighting as a flash, which listeners mistook for a flash of light.

Partial sightingMovement only
Date unknown Pennsylvania #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/08/28/sc-ep248-be-careful-what-you-wish-for

Movement only in Pennsylvania

The guest says he and a friend were walking in a valley in Pennsylvania when they heard rustling and movement. The friend reportedly saw something move quickly up a hillside while the guest saw nothing himself. They later found unclear footprints in snow and took photos to compare sizes.

Movement onlyTracks
Date unknown Pennsylvania #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/03/17/sc-ep23-running-from-bigfoot

Vocalization in Pennsylvania

After starting to research, the witness went into the woods at night with a friend. They heard a very deep, strong vocalization and the friend wanted to leave. The witness moved toward a hillside hollow, heard breathing and branches being knocked over about 30 to 40 feet away without seeing the source, then returned to find his friend frightened.

VocalizationTree breakMovement only