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Sasquatch sighting near Bushkill Falls, Pennsylvania (1974)
The witness was riding as a passenger with his mother after visiting vacant family land in the fall. On a curving mountain road he noticed a small white figure sitting in saplings near the road edge. As the car passed it turned its body and head to watch the wheels go by, leaving a lasting impression he later interpreted as a young white Sasquatch.
Man recalls his encounter after riding his dirt bike as a young man near Bradford
The witness stopped while riding to pick berries near a pipeline clearing and noticed what appeared to be a bear digging behind a fallen log. After watching for several minutes, the animal stood upright, stared at the witness, then walked smoothly across rough ground into the woods. The witness ran to the bike, briefly returned to the area, then left without looking for tracks.
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.
Man describes childhood incident on Steam Valley Mountain. He was quietly observed at close range from opposite side of small stream
The witness, then a young child, was building a small dam in a stream after a relative left to find larger rocks downstream. A large hairy creature appeared standing across the stream a few feet away and stared at the witness without moving. When the witness looked away to call for help, the creature disappeared, and both children fled without checking for prints.
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.
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.
Tracks near Potter County, Pennsylvania
The witness noticed a long footprint-like impression against the cabin by a window but judged it too poor to attribute.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.