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1973 Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/OtkK_mQpx0ToG2D2L9leDWdzT39GHf0QyIzlSivMLes

Sasquatch sighting near Uniontown, Pennsylvania (1973)

About fifteen people watched a huge spherical object descend over a pasture. Two tall hairy bipeds with glowing green eyes appeared by a fence while a witness fired tracers and live rounds with no effect, then the object vanished and responders found a large glowing area on the ground.

Full-body sightingVocalizationEyeshine
Fall 1972 Clarion, Clarion County, Pennsylvania Class A #3554

Squirrel hunter turns to see 6 to 7 foot tall beast walking upright for 200 yards

The witness was squirrel hunting while seated on a large rock near Clarion when a noise behind prompted observation. A large hairy animal about 6 to 7 feet tall moving upright was seen and watched walking about 200 yards until out of sight. The witness remained briefly out of fear, then ran home, insisting the animal was not a bear.

Full-body sightingUnidentified sound
Fall 1971 Allison Park, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Class A #14707

Man recalls childhood sighting near Allison Park

Two companions sitting on a pipeline corridor heard alternating bird-like calls and wood-knock sounds for about 20 minutes that grew louder and seemed to come from very close by. When they stood to look, they saw a tall grey-haired animal about 20-30 yards away staring at them. Both the witnesses and the animal immediately fled, with the animal crashing in a straight line uphill through the woods.

Full-body sightingWhoopWood knock
1970–1979 Pennsylvania #0ad7e1d7-18bc-473d-a117-acc5b0bf0906

Sasquatch sighting in Pennsylvania (1970)

In the 1970s in Pennsylvania a landed or hovering orb was approached by a man and two neighbor kids who then saw two Bigfoot-like beings along a fence. Shots with tracer rounds had no effect. Police called investigator [name withheld], and the adult witness reportedly became possessed, howling in another voice, an episode said to be cassette-recorded.

Full-body sightingHowl
September 1967 Ligonier Pa, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Class A #23956

Man recounts boyhood sighting at Fairfield Summer Camp near Ligonier

As an eight-year-old at a two-week summer camp, the witness was lying awake in an open cabin at night after the head count. He heard footsteps circle the cabin and then saw a very tall, dark-haired, gorilla-like figure fill the open doorway and stare in for several minutes. The figure then left toward the mess area, after which the witness heard garbage cans being overturned.

Full-body sightingEyeshineFootstepsProperty disturbance
1907 Verona, Pennsylvania #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/05/07/sc-ep322-a-history-of-wild-men

Sasquatch sighting near Verona, Pennsylvania (1907)

A late pedestrian encountered a white-haired apparition that shrieked, dropped to all fours, clawed the sidewalk, and launched at him. He fled crying to a sheltering doorway while the pursuer passed on and vanished between houses. Neighbors reported being kept awake by weird cries.

Full-body sightingVocalizationHistorical account
1891 Pennsylvania #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/05/07/sc-ep322-a-history-of-wild-men

Sasquatch sighting in Pennsylvania (1891)

Members of a berry-picking party heard a peculiar noise above a ravine and saw a nearly nude long-haired being with uneven limbs hanging on a vine and swinging as if humming. Upon seeing them it leaped from tree to tree and vanished while chattering.

Full-body sightingVocalizationHistorical account
1881 Morgantown, Berks County, Pennsylvania #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/05/07/sc-ep322-a-history-of-wild-men

Vocalization near Morgantown, Pennsylvania (1881)

A party out driving with horses through a hill pass had a lead horse become unmanageable and show terror as a wild cry came from the thicket, refusing to pass. Local farmers also reported livestock depredations and peculiar footprints in snow that searchers could not resolve. The newspaper presented the story without conclusion.

VocalizationTracksHistorical account
BFRO YEAR: 1978-80 Prosperity, Washington County, Pennsylvania Class B #50123

Audio recording of possible screams, growls, and fight with a dog from the Late 70's near Prosperity

On a fall evening just before dusk, the witness, then a child, and the father were at their farm when the father heard a loud disturbance in a wooded valley below a field. The father took a tape recorder and walked toward the sounds of a loud growling/roaring creature apparently fighting a neighbor's dog while the child waited uphill by a feed trough. The creature was never seen because it was too dark in the woods, and the father returned uphill. The neighbor's dog was never seen again.

GrowlScream
Saturday the 9th of October 2021 Potter County, Potter County, Pennsylvania Related account #71728

Howl near Potter County, Pennsylvania

On Saturday the witness heard many coyotes howling near the cabin and heard branches breaking from woods to the north and northwest.

HowlUnidentified sound
Friday evening on the 8th Potter County, Potter County, Pennsylvania Related account #71728

Sasquatch sighting near Potter County, Pennsylvania

On Friday night the witness scanned the yard with a spotlight and saw two sets of red eyes moving toward the field, then heard branches breaking from the wood line.

EyeshineUnidentified sound
one night Sandy Lake, Mercer County, Pennsylvania Related account #48013

Vocalization near Sandy Lake, Pennsylvania

The witness recalls feeling watched while hunting the same woods for years and hearing unexplained vocalizations with a relative one night.

VocalizationPossible misidentification
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
Approximately one month before the incident Jessup Twnshp., Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania Related account #25085

Growl near Jessup Twnshp., Pennsylvania

About a month earlier the witness heard a low guttural growl outside the home while near the bathroom, which frightened her and drew her dog to sniff at a door.

Growl
two or three years previously Jessup Twnshp., Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania Related account #25085

Scream near Jessup Twnshp., Pennsylvania

A few years earlier the witness heard loud screeching screams that moved down the mountain over several afternoon and evening hours.

Scream
a short time later that same first year Springville, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania Related account #8305

Scream near Springville, Pennsylvania

The son and his wife heard eerie screeching in the woods while their two normally vocal dogs hid silently.

ScreamAnimal behaviour
Date unknown Lycoming County, Pennsylvania Related account #12034

Whistle near Lycoming County

The witness returned to the same spot with his boss and others, heard whistles and a howl, and found, measured and photographed large footprints in the stone.

WhistleHowlTracks
October of 2006 Kane, McKean County, Pennsylvania Related account #49903

Unidentified sound near Kane, Pennsylvania

Around 2 a.m. on first visit in October 2006, the witness and a relative heard deck furniture being moved and later rustling at the fire pit, finding both disturbed in the morning.

Unidentified soundProperty disturbance
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