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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.
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.
Woman describes sighting in teen years in Tohicken Valley Park
In 1968 the witness, then 16, rode a bicycle to explore an unfinished campground area and stopped by a new bathhouse. On returning to the bike, the witness saw an upright creature standing across a split-rail fence about 8 feet away, gripping the top rail and rocking side to side. The face was clearly seen in sunlight while the body remained in tree shade, and the witness left promptly without reporting it at the time.
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.
Teens chased by upright running animal near Bradford
The witness and a companion were walking home after playing softball at night when the witness noticed a very tall figure standing behind them. The figure ran toward them and both fled to the witness's house. They returned with a relative carrying flashlights but found nothing.
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.
Old newspaper article (Clearfield Progress - Pennsylvania) sightings by farmers in Clearfield County
Woman & her horse have a daytime encounter, near Keystone State Park
The witness was riding a pony bareback on a back road when the animal stopped at the top of a hill. About 400 feet ahead, a large reddish-brown hairy biped with very long arms was walking toward them on the road. The pony reared, turned, and bolted back downhill to a nearby yard. Later the witness returned with a relative, who found broken branches where the creature appeared to have left the road for the woods.
Memory told of a close daylight encounter behind a home outside Sandy Lake
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.
Sightings by a hunter west of Greenville, in the woods near Hell's Hollow Rd. and Rt. 358
In fall 1986 the witness was sitting in a parked truck at night in Hell's Hollow talking with a companion. A large dark-brown biped estimated at 7 to 8 feet tall walked past within a few feet of the front of the truck and disappeared into thick brush. The witness drove away quickly and believed the companion had not seen the figure.
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.
Campers have close encounter with large, hairy creature
Three people were sitting around a campfire late at night when they heard footsteps in the woods and a loud crash against a nearby mobile home. The reporter ran to wake a sleeping companion while the other two put out the fire. Those two companions reported seeing a large hairy man-like figure about 20 feet away, about 7-8 feet tall with red eyes, which then ran off hunched over.
Two teenagers have a surprise encounter in mid - 80's
Two companions hiking on the floor of a hollow came upon a brown hair-covered shape about 10 feet away near a deadfall. The shape stood to about seven and a half feet tall and ran away bipedally through brush toward a road while the witnesses fled uphill out of the woods. A return visit days later found a large matted clear spot but no footprints or hoofprints.
Nighttime sighting by motorists on Route 116 between Gettysburg and Fairfield
The witness and a companion were driving home late at night when an animal stepped over a roadside fence and crossed the road in front of them. The animal stopped in an open field and looked back while the witness stopped the car and both occupants watched it from about 150 feet away for an extended time. They noted its tall height, hair covering, and red eyes before the witness drove away.