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Movement only near Fort Hill, Pennsylvania (2024)
While cleaning drainage pipes in the morning the witness heard a loud wood crack like a large timber snapping. Looking toward the sound, the witness caught movement of something large and black moving away through thick brush. The witness could discern only size and color and considered it could have been a bear.
Footsteps near Fort Hill, Pennsylvania (2024)
The witness heard clearly bipedal footsteps in the woods off an old logging road while walking from the garage to the house. When the witness moved toward the sound it kept the same distance, moving when he moved and stopping when he stopped. The witness followed a short way but turned back where the road degrades.
Bigfoot knocks heard near Fish Hatchery 3.5 NE of Penn State Univ
The witness was hiking in the morning along a creek trail when a loud knock like wood on wood was heard from the uphill woods. After stopping, seeing nothing, and then taking two steps, a second single knock was heard. After watching uphill for about two minutes, the witness heard something running through brush uphill and away, but never saw the source.
Movement only in Pennsylvania (2019)
After moving to western Pennsylvania, the witness took his dog for a hike on Quarry Trail in Linn Run State Park. Something paced him in thick hillside brush, stopping when he stopped, followed by two tree knocks and a loud deep scream from further up. On the return the dog acted alarmed, watching the brush behind him until they reached a rock outcropping and left. A researcher later visited the same area and photographed a bare human-like footprint and overturned rocks.
Possible stalking at the town of Sigel in Eldred Township
The witness was sitting in his truck overnight at a wooded construction site monitoring a generator. He heard bipedal footsteps pacing in the leaves and a loud bang on a tank that he believed was a thrown rock. A tall figure stepped to the edge of the woods beside the truck, turned to face him, then walked back into the woods. He turned headlights toward the woods but saw nothing further.
Unidentified sound in Pennsylvania (2017)
While visiting Toad Road with companions, a companion heard huffing across the creek. The investigator was shown the direction and saw a single bright tree whipping back and forth while no other trees moved. No source at the base could be seen.
Bow hunter recovering deer has possible experience near Grove City
The witness and two companions entered the woods after dark to recover a deer shot earlier from a tree stand. While preparing to photograph the deer, the group heard an extremely loud scream from very close range, followed by the sound of something large crashing away through the woods toward a swamp. They saw nothing when they shone lights into the woods and quickly left with the deer without field-dressing it.
Sasquatch sighting in Pennsylvania (2012)
The witness camped overnight in a remote meadow in northern Pennsylvania with two companions for field research. After a brief glimpse of something moving through camp, the group heard heavy circling footsteps at night, found campfire logs moved and the fire relit, and saw a shape run up the hillside. Frightened, they called other investigators for support, stayed awake until morning, then left quickly and the witness avoided the woods for months.
Young Woman Observes Large Biped in a Field east of Pittsburgh
The witness was sitting outside at night talking on the phone when she heard movement in nearby woods and then noticed a strange odor. She looked up and saw a very large, hair-covered figure standing in a field about 30 feet away. Frightened, she ran inside and locked the doors, and a family member found nothing that night with a flashlight. The next morning she and a relative found flattened grass, clearings, and tracks leading into the woods but were too frightened to follow them.
Truck driver has late afternoon encounter while dumping stone
The witness was turning a dump truck and spreading stone on a remote camp road when he noticed an animal on a stone pile that stood on two legs and then vanished. After adjusting his chains and driving forward, he saw two upright, hairy animals pacing the truck in his mirror, with the larger one estimated at eight to nine feet tall. He was frightened and left the area quickly. He also noted a feeling of being watched and a nasty smell earlier while outside the truck.
Campers hear loud vocalizations and find footprints near Loucks Mills
Three people camping at night heard loud crashing, howling, hooting and screaming sounds circling their camp and then moving up a neighboring hill until gone. The owls they had been calling to fell silent for the rest of the night. The next morning they found large human-like footprints in mud around the camp and broken tree limbs.
Sasquatch sighting in Pennsylvania (1991)
In August 1991 the witness went trout fishing alone at a creek he had fished since childhood. He became nervous feeling watched and noticing murky water, then left the water and moved down the trail. Something followed and chased him as he ran while watching it, until passing cars allowed him to escape to safety.
Moped rider hears loud vocalizations and crashing in woods near Edinboro
The witness took a child for a moped ride into woods behind a family picnic gathering. An extremely loud scream was heard three times at short intervals, sounding closer each time and approaching very quickly. Loud crashing suggested something large moving through trees and swamp toward them. The witness fled with the child to the polebarn and reported the incident to relatives, who laughed and would not return to investigate.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.