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BFRO YEAR: 1971-2-3? Derry Pa., Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Class A #1089

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.

Full-body sighting
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
Date unknown Potter County, Potter County, Pennsylvania Related account #71728

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.

Tracks
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: 1978 or 79 Sandy Lake, Mercer County, Pennsylvania Class A #48013

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.

Full-body sightingTracks
the night before York; More Specifically Manchester Twp., York County, Pennsylvania Related account #8000

Animal behaviour near York; More Specifically Manchester Twp., Pennsylvania

A companion reportedly spent the previous night alone at the campsite and felt uneasy as if being watched.

Animal behaviour
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
BFRO YEAR: 1973-'76 York County, Pennsylvania Class B #3572

Large man-like creature seen by witness.

A large hair-covered man-like creature about seven feet tall with a long stride is described. The report notes stories circulated during school years with many sightings around the beginning and end of deer season. No specific date, time, or personal observation details are given for the main description.

Full-body sighting
On one occasion Springville, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania Related account #8305

Property disturbance near Springville, Pennsylvania

A garbage bag containing noisy broken plastic was taken from beside a window and later found dropped near the forest with no bite or claw marks.

Property disturbance
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
One night after dark Springville, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania Related account #8305

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.

OdorMovement only
on different nights Blain, Perry County, Pennsylvania Related account #9694

Sasquatch sighting near Blain, Pennsylvania

Six other people in the area reported seeing the same object on the same road on different nights.

Partial sighting
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