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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.
Sasquatch sighting near Silver Lake Township, Pennsylvania
A teenage boy working in backwoods heard what he thought was his younger brother whistling and approaching. He saw a small human-like being covered with black hair, tried to shoot it but trembled, and the being stepped behind a tree then ran off whistling. The boy returned home frightened and upset when recalling it.
Sasquatch sighting near Bridgewater, Pennsylvania
A berry picker encountered a small child-sized hair-covered being walking upright toward them while whistling like a person. After initial fright the witness pursued it, but it ran away very fast continuing to whistle. The teller notes locals afterward called it a name associated with its speed.
Sasquatch sighting near Mount Sterling, Illinois
A press account told of a wild man living in a cave or deserted mine who raided farms for calves and sheep despite a cash reward. A hunter entered the cave alone with a knife and fought hand-to-hand for an hour, reporting a towering, long-haired, savage-faced creature with thin bony hands. The hunter escaped crawled out at midnight exhausted after being knocked unconscious.
Paranormal encounter
Two companions traveling with money stopped for the night at a roadside tavern and shared a locked upper room. During the night one was seized around the throat by a heavy, hairy, naked figure that he wrestled off, but a light showed no intruder and no way in or out. Weeks later they heard another traveler had been found dead in the same room with marks on the throat.