UFO warning. UFO warning.
UFO Warning. Hello and welcome to the program
UFO Warning. In this episode we're talking
about a Pennsylvania Bigfoot roundup.
That's correct, a Pennsylvania Bigfoot roundup.
Now I found these cases over at bfro.net.
That's Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization.
It's a pretty awesome sight actually.
This first sighting they tell us happened on March 4th.
It was a Sunday in back in 2012. Now it happened in Pennsylvania
of course in Allegheny County. Location location details it
says please do not post this information.
This is a secure residence for the elderly.
Interesting. Nearest town Bethel Park, PA and
then it says nearest Rd. withheld due to privacy
concerns. Well, I can totally understand
that. If this was witnessed near a
bunch of old folks, maybe they don't want that just all over
the Internet. They begin by telling us that on
March 4th, 2012, at approximately 830 AMI had a
visual sighting. It was cold, snowy, a bit
overcast and a bit windy with the temperature approximately
28° to 30° outside. I was sitting in my mother's
apartment on the 4th floor watching TV when I happened to
look out the window and counted 15 full grown turkeys moving
down the hill adjacent to her apartment building.
They were not running, but we're not taking their time either.
I would like to say it is not unusual to see two or three
turkeys at a time coming down the hill, but fifteen were out
of the ordinary. A short time later, 3 deer came
walking down the hill in the same maneuver as the turkeys,
not actually running, but not walking either.
I did not think anything unusual was happening, but I was
surprised at the number of turkeys at the time.
I asked my mother, who had lived there for several years, if she
had seen that many at one time and she said no.
My mother who was 80 years old, my wife who was 38 years old, my
son was 11 years old, and I53 watched the turkeys walk across
the parking lot and out of sight down by the church.
I did not summon my family to see the deer as 3 deer were no
big deal. Less than 5 minutes after the
turkeys and deer left the area, I was still sitting in my
mother's room watching TV when I caught a glimpse of something
out of the corner of my eye. I looked and saw a very large,
very hairy animal that is unknown to me near the top of
the hill. The animal was on all fours and
near the top of the hill. It took about 3 strides before
it reached the top of the hill, stood up, made a right turn and
ran on 2 feet into the forest part of the field.
It did not stand fully erect, more like 2/3 erect.
The total time I had eyes on that creature was approximately
7 seconds. Since that day I have tried to
figure out what it could have been and I have no answer.
Honestly, the best I can say is that it looked like a gorilla.
Please understand that when I was younger I was a hunter.
I did a lot of deer hunting and bear hunting in the Allegheny
Mountains and have seen many animals.
But I have never seen anything like this.
I was a police officer for over 20 years and have been trained
in observing my surroundings and articulating reports.
South Park is not far from my mother's apartment building as
full of wildlife and trees. In my mind, I feel as though the
creature was responsible for chasing the turkeys and deer out
of the woods. It may have been very hungry and
chase them too far not realizing it had made its way into a
populated area. When I saw it, it was trying to
get back to the forest. Wow that's that's just crazy.
So the guy's just sitting there and his old folks home at his
mom's apartment. Sounds like maybe it's like a an
independent living center or something.
Looks out and sees he's Turkey and deer making their way down
the hill and the next thing you know he spots his Bigfoot.
This is headed back into the forest it says.
Also notice Turkey and deer leaving the area.
No, I did not call the family to see the animal.
I was too stunned to call them other stories.
No time and conditions Sunday, March 4th, 2012 at approximately
8:30 AM It was cold, snowy, bit overcast and bit windy and
approximately 28 to 30° outside environment.
Residential forest on the backside of the residence.
Now the follow up, says investigator Robert G Gorny.
I met with a witness on May 6th, 2012 at the place of the
sighting. He was eager to go over the
details and added several more. The subject was a bit taller
than six feet and approximately 250 to 350 lbs with a massive
upper body build. It was covered in dark brown
hair, approximately 4 to 6 inches long, but not around the
upper face. He could see that the skin was
dark tan or it was more visible. He surmised the subject was
following the turkeys and deer that preceded it by several
minutes, then was surprised by the open area it found itself
in, causing it to scramble for cover.
He also had the idea that the subject was younger and perhaps
new to the area. The distance from the window to
the subject was approximately 150 feet, with the window being
only slightly above the level of the object.
The area of the siding is in the middle of the southern suburbs
of Pittsburgh, near a county park with suitable forage and
coverage for a long, perhaps transient animal.
That is really something. Just couldn't imagine being
there in a fourth floor, 4th floor apartment like that,
looking out and seeing this thing.
Let's go ahead and take it a look at another one here.
This sighting is dated November 2004, Sylvania, Allegheny
County. Again, location details a
steadily disappearing forested area near Pittsburgh
International Airport. Rd.
Names withheld at the request of the witness.
Nearest town Moon Township Nearest Rd.
Flaherty Run Rd. Now the witness tells us it was
observed about 4:30 AM and I had just settled into my tree stand
for a day of hunting. It was extremely quiet, which
was the first thing I noticed. It was around 5:00 AM when I
heard what sounded like a log being hit with another log.
I brushed it off as something going on at the new construction
site on top of the hill. Around 5:20 AMI heard something
walking back to my left toward the top of the hill I was on.
I was about 1/4 of the way up the hill and this noise was near
the top. I knew The Walking was bipedal
and at this point I got very angry about somebody trespassing
and ruining my day of deer hunting.
As the noise got closer the sun was just up for me to see the
silhouette of a huge man walking across the top of the Ridge.
I looked at him through my binoculars and it wasn't any man
I know. This Bigfoot had to be 7 feet 5
inches tall and at least 650 lbs.
He was dark brown or black in color but I couldn't tell
exactly due to the lighting I wasn't able to make out facial
features. His hair was maybe 2 inches long
and his hands were definitely below knee level.
I put my binoculars down and it was then that he must have
noticed something. Within 3 strides he disappeared
into the Grapevine thicket. The entire sighting lasted maybe
15 seconds. Well that's incredible.
Now if we go back and look at what the investigator said,
other witnesses, unfortunately no other stories in about 2005
without spotting. Heard a loud scream that lasted
5 seconds but that was all time and condition.
Sunrise started with a knocking at 4:30 AM.
Hardwoods with a Creek bottom below to my right.
Follow up investigation reported by BFRO investigator Robert
Gorney. I spoke with the witness by
phone and he had some details to add to the report.
The witness saw the figure at a distance of approximately 275 to
300 yards. There have been other times
while hunting in the same area where the witness felt like he
was being watched. A neighbor of the witness has
described hearing hyena laughter on occasion behind her house.
The father of the witness was chopping wood one afternoon when
a number of rocks were thrown in his direction.
He thought it was his son, but his son was not in the area
where the rocks were coming from.
The location is less than two miles from the property of the
Pittsburgh International Airport.
I plan on visiting the area with the witness to look for any
signs of ongoing activity. That's pretty neat.
We'll go ahead and take a look at another one here.
This next sighting is from August 19th, 2014.
Tells us summer, of course. Pennsylvania.
I need McKean County location details.
Pacific directions omitted. Nearest town Bradford, PA, east
of Bradford. Now the witness here tells us
that my wife and I took in early evening stroll on private land
by our residents. We arrived at a campsite around
7:15 AM. As we were sitting on a picnic
table, we looked out over a small pond and noticed a leaf on
a tree fluttering very fast, as if someone was intentionally
moving it. There was absolutely no wind at
all. To the right of this leaf was a
very large black mass moving back and forth methodically.
It was between a couple of medium sized trees blocking out
the background. Behind it the sun was hitting
the exact spot and you could clearly see a large black mass
at least 7 feet tall, 4 feet wide just swaying back and
forth. We both witnessed this from
about 30 yards away and my wife said the face look like a
gorillas. All I could focus on was the
immense size of the body. This is not the first time we
had encountered something. I filed a report back in 2013
which yielded a call from BFRO then it says in two, 2013 I
noticed footprints and sent pictures to BFRO and received a
call from them. My wife saw a large black
silhouette across the entire Rd. in 2013 as well.
We also found three breaks and stick structures.
Other witnesses, just my wife and I, other stories, and the
representative from BFR, whose name I can't recall, said that
the area was a seasonal hotspot for reports in Pennsylvania.
And then it's this time and condition. 7:15 PM.
Clear, sunny and mild in the 70s environment.
Heavily forested. Some areas were logged years
ago. Hardwood, deciduous trees and
conifers. Pretty wild.
Now, if we go down here and look and see what the investigator
had to say, they tell, they tell us.
The witness and his wife live on a remote property in a rural
area of McKean County near Bedford, Bradford.
Over the past several years they have experienced a number of
interesting occurrences including two brief visual
encounters near their home and speaking to both witnesses.
The husband and wife have both observed a large dark figure
with a gorilla like face observing them while swaying
methodically from the shadows at a distance of 30 yards this past
August. This recent sighting prompted
the husband and wife to contact the BFRO and LED to the details
within this report. The couple stated that they had
started to notice and discuss late night vocalizations past
midnight in the woods near their home.
In August of 2013, the wife was driving home on a wet and rainy
night when she saw a large black figure in the headlights leap
across the driveway in two steps.
She noticed that she clearly saw that it was bipedal and was
traveling on two legs. With a distinguished leaping
motion, it leaped across the ditch to the side of the drive,
landed on both feet in the center of the driveway.
It then bounded a second time and disappeared Into Darkness of
the woods. It happened so quickly that she
could only describe a dark large black figure jumping across the
driveway. She described the counter to her
husband as they began to research the possibility of
Bigfoot in Pennsylvania online. The husband stated that he had
been interested in the subject since she was a child.
As a result of their research, they began to give their
experiences to date more credence, especially the recent
large figure crossing the driveway at night.
As the late night vocals continued, they began to hear
knocking sounds coming from the woods and behind their house.
The couple then began to more earnestly explore the woods in
the daytime looking for evidence and signs.
In November of 2013, they again heard vocalizations at night
near their home. After hearing screams around
4:00 AM. The husband ventured out into
the woods the following day on November 6th and found several
tracks. He measured the tracks and they
measured 14 1/2 to 15 inches with the width of five inches.
And then it has. Here's one of the photos. 1
evening this past midnight in August of this past year, the
husband heard activity in the yard while lying in bed.
I had rain. It had rained heavily and he was
awakened by the sound of heavy footballs that could be heard
from the bedroom. The witness described that he
could audibly hear the squishing of the water from the footsteps.
The dog was on the bed and had its hair bristling and standing
up. The next morning, the witness
found deep impressions in the yard 15 feet from the bedroom.
Here are a couple of photos. It's got some pictures here.
I guess there is a healthy bear population in the area.
It's hard to say for sure what made these.
The witnesses described finding green tree breaks, twist and a
stick structure they found strange in the area after this
event. Within the past month, objects
have started to be thrown at the house.
One recent night in August, around 3:00 AM, the husband was
woken by the sound of something hitting the side of the house.
The next morning, he found a stone approximately the size of
#2 gravel lying next to the house.
The couple described that after this week, the family dog has
begun to act strangely. The mixed breed pup has begun to
stare out the window in the evening for periods of time.
They would look into the woods to study the area, but we're not
able to see anything. On August 19th, 2014, the couple
decided to take a walk into the woods to look for anything
peculiar. There is a campsite in the
nearby woods on private property.
The site has a pond, a picnic table, and a fire ring.
Around 7:15 PM, the couple were sitting across from each other
at the picnic table. The female witness noticed the
fluttering of leaves from the nearby tree line as the moving
foliage caught her attention. She then noticed the form of a
very large dark creature peeking through the trees at them at a
distance of 30 yards. She could see the creature from
the waist up, and it was swaying back and forth in the shadows.
She described the creature's face as like a gorilla.
The lady witness then told her husband to slowly look into the
woods over his shoulder. He briefly saw the dark figure
swaying methodically, and then it seemed to step back into the
shadows to disappear without a sound.
I interviewed both witnesses. They described the creature as
dark in color with a height at a minimum of seven feet.
Only the missus saw the face of the creature.
The man stated that he was initially focused on the body
and its side and its size. They described very broad
shoulders 4 feet across. They saw hair hanging in its
silhouette and could see that it was moving in a swaying motion.
The man and his wife were surprised at how it seemed to
melt away or vanish so quickly without any sound.
I inquired about the eyes, of which they were not able to
provide any details. It does not appear that the
creature decided to show or reveal itself and was watching
them at the picnic table from the woods.
The witnesses feel that their activities encounters seem to be
seasonal, occurring at the same time of year.
Their property is located down a long drive and is surrounded by
woods. There is a pool and a shed near
the house. The witnesses were very
pleasant, forthright and honest and speaking with them
concerning their experiences. They do not feel threatened by
their visitors. They also feel that there is
more than one due to the vocalizations, tree lock
communication, and varying sizes of tract evidence.
The dog continues to act strangely and the couple
continue to keep attuned to activity in the area.
I spoke to him this past week and he stated that they continue
to hear vocalizations in the evening.
Due to the activity seeming to come in the fall.
We discussed his feeling that the creatures were in the area
for the late summer, early summer corn and apple crop.
The incidents seem to halt when Pennsylvania deer season starts
in late November. I encourage them to contact me
with any reoccurring activity. That's pretty cool.
OK, we'll do a couple more here before we wrap this up.
This study goes back to September 1973, it says.
McKean County location details says I will try to.
Google Earth's. Coordinates if need be.
It seems pretty boring to really be of help.
Maybe send me a topographical map?
Nearest town Bradford, nearest Rd.
West Washington Now the experiencer tells us my
encounter happened at the end of the summer in 1973 or 74.
It was late August or early September as it was the time the
blackberries were ripening. I was 15 or 16 and had a dirt
bike that I rode on the mini lease roads in the hills around
Bradford. The bike had an expansion
chamber which is an extremely loud exhaust system.
I generally rode it every day on the hill behind our house in
Bradford, so I knew all the roads and trails.
My grandfather had built many of the roads with the bulldozer
years back while working for the Kendall Oil Company.
We had also hiked this area extensively when my friends and
I were kids, sometimes camping for the night.
On one occasion, we were about nine or ten, we were chased home
by a frightening screeching sound in the late morning from
the top of this hill, just two of us.
We didn't know what the noise was, only that we had to run
from it. I only mentioned this because it
was very close to the same area where I had my encounter.
In my mind it was the same animal.
On the day of the encounter, I had ridden up to the road at the
ridgeline of the hill and about a mile and a half toward the
hospital area. I didn't turn away and instead
went straight toward the pipeline, which is a cleared
area that run that runs straight up and down the mountain.
I stopped there for a second and then turned back around about
1/4 mile to a group of BlackBerry bushes.
I shut off the bike and started picking the berries until the
bees got to me and I took my handful of berries and walked
away. I walked back to the pipeline,
stopping right before the clearing hoping to catch some
sort of Animal Crossing it. I had been a hunter since I was
very young, which was customary in this area, and was very good
at walking quietly in the woods. As I looked down the hill from
the top the clearing, I could see what looked like a bear
digging into the log that had been placed across the pipeline
to keep people from using the cleared area as a road.
I reasoned that it had the noise.
I reasoned that it heard the noise of my bike going away, so
I figured I was out of the area. The stink of the two cycle
engine also probably mask my scent.
I was young enough to think I could get a closer look, so I
got myself to a point about 50 yards away and uphill from the
animal and about 25 yards from the Ridgeline Rd.
I stood there and ate the berries watching what I thought
was the butt of the bear visible above the log.
Remember the log was about 50 yards down a steep hill and the
log was about 3 feet tall. Crossing the pipeline.
The bear would have been very large for me to see as much as I
did, which was a good foot or more above the log and it was on
the other side of it. It seemed to be digging for bugs
or something in the log. After a few minutes of me
standing still watching it, it suddenly realized I was there.
It stopped and tried to remain calm still for a minute, and all
the time I thought I was watching a bear.
Then it stood up. This was no bear.
It was the most surreal moment of my life, either then or now,
and I'm 52 years old. It was tall, at least seven feet
as his knees were just barely covered by the log.
It had hair like that of a black bear's fur that time of year,
basically the same color and length which which obscured many
of the features of his face. We both stood there frozen for a
minute, staring at each other. My thought was to get out of
there, but the only movement I could muster was to drop the few
berries I had left. I started dropping berries and
it just turned and walked to the far side of the pipeline and
into the woods down a trail just to the side of the log.
I say walk because it was so smooth and graceful across that
terrain that I was completely overwhelmed.
As I said, I thought I was a pretty good at getting around in
this terrain and I am. The movement it used was so
economical and efficient that I still see it in my mind and
marvel. There was very little or no
bobbing up and down. Its arms swung but not widely
like you would expect the of an ape.
The arm swing wasn't like a tightrope Walker either, as I
might have needed to do to walk across the area.
It walked. It was just smooth and amazing.
I stood for a few seconds after it disappeared, then decided to
get myself out of there. I ran back to my bike and headed
the other way as fast as I could.
Then I started thinking I should go see where it went.
I turned around and headed back and down that pipeline to the
tree. I got to the bike.
I got the bike to the trail it used, which is a trail that
immediately takes you from light to deep shade and stays
perpetually muddy. I've tried that trail a few
other times with the same friend who was chased with me years
earlier, and I've only been able to go a few yards before I had
to get off the bike and push. I started to get bogged down so
I got the bike out as quickly as I could.
I don't know what I was thinking.
I guess though, the noise would keep it away.
I guess I thought the noise would keep it away, but when I
hit the mud I remembered that I couldn't take the trail.
It was always creepy dark back there.
I wouldn't have gone back there if it weren't to prove to myself
that I didn't have to run away. I never look for tracks.
This is something else That's very strange.
I was a hunter and I look for tracks everywhere.
The muddy trails probably covered with them.
This has always bothered me. I can only think that my mind
was so sure that no one would ever believe me.
That proof was the furthest thing for my mind.
The whole experience is so alien that I never told anyone about
it for 25 years. Back then, all the Bigfoot
stories were in Washington, Oregon, and California.
No one would have believed me. Maybe I also didn't want to.
Maybe I also didn't want anyone to find it.
I thought extremely special to have had this experience and I
didn't want to betray that or the Bigfoot.
Anyone from Bradford will now have to be able to figure out
where this happened from my story and that bothers me.
I don't think they should be chased.
They seem to be very human. Animal may be too vulnerable to
our world and weapons. I'm posting this after having
read the other Bradford sighting and seeing the Elk County
photos. I did quite a bit of hunting in
Elk County and it's very easy for me to believe that those
photos show a real Bigfoot animal.
As for the 1963 Bradford sighting, the Barber St.
location is very close to my sighting and I will leave it at
that. This is also noticed in report.
No other witnesses. What is what is already on the
website mentioned in my report. Times and conditions.
Afternoon around 4:00 PM Sunny and hot it says in environment
and if we could look at the investigator they said it's
Kathy Betts. I spoke to Mr. P over the phone
as well as corresponded with him by e-mail, and he was agreeable
about providing me with other details about the sighting.
The Elk County photo he was referring to are known as the
Jacob's photo. After riding his dirt bike, he
decided to shut the bike off to gather berries.
Leaving his bike parked on the path, and after gathering a
handful of berries, Mr. P decided to walk quietly toward a
pipeline clearing in the hopes of seeing deer or other
wildlife. A bit downhill from him, he
noticed a large tree lying on the ground across the pipeline
and saw what he thought was the back end of a bear sticking it
behind the tree. Having done this in the past,
Mr. P decided to sneak up as close to the bear as he dared
until he got within about 50 yards uphill from it.
The bear still had not noticed his presence, so he decided to
step on a few things to get his attention.
Almost immediately, Mr. P saw a face pop up over the log and it
made a grunting noise. I saw then that it was not a
bear, but a hair covered face that looked almost human, Stated
Mr. Pi was frozen. I couldn't believe what I was
seeing. Then it stood up.
I knew then it was definitely a Bigfoot, and he stared at me for
what seemed like another minute, looking me right in the eyes.
Mr. P believes at this point the creature was trying to
intimidate him. He said that he was terrified at
that point, not by the actions of the creature, but what it was
capable of. After a minute or so of standing
still and having the creature still glaring at him, Mr. P,
purposely, but still feeling terrified, decided to drop a few
berries with the thought that this might break its
concentration. And this worked.
The creature then turned and walked to the far side of the
pipeline and then into the woods.
The train it walked over was very rough, stated Mr. P, but it
walked over 45 to 50 feet of this ground in roughly six or
seven strides, and it swung its arms the whole time.
Mr. P immediately ran back to his bike and speed off as fast
as he could, but after several minutes, for reasons he could
not fathom, Me turned around and went back to the place he saw
the creature walk into. He says that it never occurred
to him to look for footprints but just to look for the
creature again. But the area it had walked into
was rough and a bit spooky, so Mr. MP turned back and went
home. The description of the creature
he saw was this. It stood 7 feet tall but it
could have been taller. His hair was dark brown colored
with reddish highlights with his hair was long as she had his
shoulders and head with an almost shag haircut style
configuration on its head. Although he tried getting a good
look at its face, he could not recall any details.
He does adamantly recall that it looked more human than ape.
Its arms were long and hung down to its knees.
He does not recall any details of the creature from its waist
down, since the majority of the sighting occurred behind the
huge fallen tree and because he was looking at the creature on
the on the slope of a hill. He described the head as being
rounded like a human's head. He said that it did not appear
conical. He said that the shoulders were
massive with a very muscular neck.
He could not make out any ears. He recalls that it was very
masculine in his proportions. Beside the broad shoulders and
chest, it had a relatively slim waist.
There were no obvious genitals. The area on Mr. P's side of the
Bigfoot was in a large swath of half cleared land close to the
Bradford City limits that was being used for oil pipelines,
leash roads, and other municipality purposes.
The area surrounding this land, besides the small city of
Bradford, is compromised of farms, rural tenants, and sold
and used hilly Woodlands. There is a healthy population of
deer in this area as well as numerous freshwater creeks and
ponds. There's also an abundance of
wild BlackBerry and strawberry plants as well as plenty of
apple trees in this vicinity. Even though the encounter was
terrifying to Mr. P, he told me that he still feels protective
toward it. As if as well as all other
Bigfoot, it just looks so human and I was awed by his presence.
I don't want to ever. I don't want it to ever be
harmed. He said the sighting was in the
same area as another sighting that occurred in 1963.
Wow. What a detailed sighting.
What an obviously good sighting. Take a look at one more here and
finish this up. The study goes back to September
1973. It says McKean County.
Location details says I will try to Google Earth's coordinates if
need be. It seems pretty broiler to
really be of help. Maybe send me a topographical
map. Nearest town Bradford, nearest
road West Washington. Now the experiencer tells us my
encounter happened at the end of the summer in 1973 or 74.
It was late August or early September as it was the time the
blackberries were ripening. I was 15 or 16 and had a dirt
bike that I rode on the mini lease roads in the hills around
Bradford. The bike had an expansion
chamber which is an extremely loud exhaust system.
I generally rode it every day on the hill behind our house in
Bradford so I knew all the roads and trails.
My grandfather had built many of the roads with the bulldozer
years back while working for the Kendall Oil Company.
We had also hiked this area extensively when my friends and
I were kids, sometimes camping for the night.
On one occasion, we were about nine or ten, we were chased home
by a frightening screeching sound in the late morning from
the top of this hill, just two of us.
We didn't know what the noise was, only that we had to run
from it. I only mentioned this because it
was very close to the same area where I had my encounter.
In my mind, it was the same animal.
On the day of the encounter, I had ridden up to the road at the
ridgeline of the hill and about a mile and a half toward the
hospital area. I didn't turn away and instead
went straight toward the pipeline, which is a cleared
area that run that runs straight up and down the mountain.
I stopped there for a second and then turned back around about
1/4 mile to a group of BlackBerry bushes.
I shut off the bike and started picking the berries until the
bees got to me and I took my handful of berries and walked
away. I walked back to the pipeline,
stopping right before the clearing, hoping to catch some
sort of Animal Crossing it. I had been a hunter since I was
very young, which was customary in this area, and was very good
at walking quietly in the woods. As I looked down the hill from
the top of the clearing I could see what looked like a bear
digging into the log that had been placed across the pipeline
to keep people from using the cleared area as a road.
I reasoned that it heard the noise of my bike going away so I
figured I was out of the area. The stink of the two cycle
engine also probably mask my scent.
I was young enough to think I could get a closer look, so I
got myself to a point about 50 yards away and uphill from the
animal and about 25 yards from the Ridgeline Rd.
I stood there and ate the berries watching what I thought
was the butt of the bear visible above the log.
Remember the log was about 50 yards down a steep hill and the
log was about 3 feet tall. Crossing the pipeline.
The bear would have been very large for me to see as much as I
did, which was a good foot or more above the log and it was on
the other side of it. It seemed to be digging for bugs
or something in the log. After a few minutes of me
standing still watching it, it suddenly realized I was there.
It stopped and tried to remain calm still for a minute, and all
the time I thought I was watching a bear.
Then it stood up. This was no bear.
It was the most surreal moment of my life, either then or now,
and I'm 52 years old. It was tall, at least seven feet
as his knees were just barely covered by the log.
It had hair like that of a black bear's fur that time of year,
basically the same color and length chips which obscured many
of the features of his face. We both stood there frozen for a
minute, staring at each other. My thought was to get out of
there, but the only movement I could muster was to drop the few
berries I had left. I started dropping berries and
it just turned and walked to the far side of the pipeline and
into the woods down a trail just to the side of the log.
I say walk because it was so smooth and graceful across that
terrain that I was completely overwhelmed.
As I said, I thought I was a pretty good at getting around in
this terrain and I am. The movement it used was so
economical and efficient that I still see it in my mind and
marvel. There was very little or no
bobbing up and down. Its arms swung, but not widely
like you would expect the of an ape.
The arm swing wasn't like a tightrope Walker either, as I
might have needed to do to walk across the area it walked.
It was just smooth and amazing. I stood for a few seconds after
it disappeared, then decided to get myself out of there.
I ran back to my bike and headed the other way as fast as I
could. Then I started thinking I should
go see where it went. I turned around and headed back
and down that pipeline to the tree I got.
I got the bike to the trail it used, which is a trail that
immediately takes you from light to deep shade and stays
perpetually muddy. I've tried that trail a few
other times with the same friend who was chased with me years
earlier, and I've only been able to go a few yards before I had
to get off the bike and push. I started to get bogged down so
I got the bike out as quickly as I could.
I don't know what I was thinking.
I guess I thought the noise would keep it away, but when I
hit the mud I remembered that I couldn't take the trail.
It was always creepy dark back there.
I wouldn't have gone back there if it weren't to prove to myself
that I didn't have to run away. I never looked for tracks.
This is something else that's very strange.
I was a hunter and I looked for tracks everywhere.
The muddy trail was probably covered with them.
This has always bothered me. I can only think that my mind
was so sure that no one would ever believe me.
That proof was the farthest thing from my mind.
The whole experience is so alien that I never told anyone about
it for 25 years. Back then, all the Bigfoot
stories were in Washington, Oregon and California.
No one would have believed me. Maybe I also didn't want to.
Maybe I also didn't want anyone to find it.
I thought extremely special to have had this experience, and I
didn't want to betray that or the Bigfoot.
Anyone from Bradford will now have to be able to figure out
where this happened from my story, and that bothers me.
I don't think they should be chased.
They seem to be very human animal may be too vulnerable to
our world and weapons. I'm posting this after having
read the other Bradford sighting and seeing the Elk County
photos. I did quite a bit of hunting in
Elk County and it's very easy for me to believe that those
photos show a real Bigfoot animal.
As for the 1963 Bradford sighting, the Barber St.
location is very close to my sighting and I will leave it at
that. This last sighting is dated May
26th, 2013. Says County Clearfield County of
course Pennsylvania location details wooded area former side
of an old strip mine now filled in an overgrown nearest town
house. Still Pennsylvania nearest Rd.
Pennsylvania State Road 153 Observer says while putting out
salt salt blocks at hunting spots, I saw two creatures.
One was in a wide open area and I didn't see the second one
until the first one started moving away from me and headed
for the tree line. I was no more than 25 yards
away. The first one I saw very
clearly. It was approximately 8 feet tall
and walking upright. It had a sloping forehead and
its hands were about level with his knees.
My best estimate would be 600 lbs.
The collar was all black with no hair on its face or hands.
The only sound it made was the grass being trampled as it
walked. It never looked my way or made
any vocalization. Its arms swung slightly while
walking with the knuckles facing forward and not to the side like
a human. My best estimate of the forearm
length would be 16 inches. When it turned left and into the
tree line, I could see its back clearly.
That's when I saw the other one. I saw only its back.
The shoulders on both were broad and straight, approximately 3
feet across. I smelled or heard nothing
during or after the sighting. After they disappeared I threw
the salt block over the 12 foot embankment and left.
I have not been back since. The only thing I took away from
the encounter is that all they wanted to do was get away from
me and under also notice it says I have run this through my mind
for three months. I cannot come to any plausible
explanation for what I saw. I cannot think of any animal I
could have possibly misidentified other witnesses.
My wife and child were with me but they saw nothing as they
were behind me and not yet come into the clearing where the
creature was. Other stories Apparently local
police in Dubois, which is near where this sighting occurred,
have put up Animal Crossing signs due to increased animal
sighting reports during the time of this sighting and then time
and conditions. Approximately 1:30 PM.
Sunny, clear, slightly breezy Sunday, the day before Memorial
Day. An environment that says barren,
filled in strip mine, swampy area, pine Groves and oak
Groves. Well, it sounds like just the
kind of place these things like to hang out at.
The investigator says it's Jared Johnson.
I spoke to the primary witness at length on the phone about
this encounter with two large Sasquatch in the hostile area.
The location contains an old strip mine that has since been
filled in and the area has become grown in with trees and
vegetation. The person who observed the two
creatures is a hunter whose family owns a hunting camp in
the area. The hunter was walking to an
area where he and his family had permission to hunt deer.
He intended to place a couple of salt mineral blocks in the woods
Scott the area for deer sign and take a hike with his wife and
young child. The man was walking down a tram
Rd. he and his family refer to as the Tunnel.
The trail is very thick with growth, including vegetation
overhead, which creates a tunnel effect and leads to this deer
stand. The path overlooks a gully to
one side. One end of the tunnel.
The area opens up with considerably more visibility.
As a hunter exited this part of the path, he saw the first
creature at a very close distance of 25 yards.
The witness stated that at the time the first creature
appeared, his wife was walking a short distance behind him and
holding the hand of their young child.
His wife did not observe any of the events nor did she visibly
see either subject. His wife observed him drop the
salt block while he react while he reached for a 40 caliber sign
on he carries for protection. Although the witness felt
surprised and alarmed, he stated that he never drew the pistol
because he did not feel threatened.
The bipedal creature did not acknowledge his presence and
never looked at him the entire time the animal was moving away
from him and his family. The hunter communicated to me
that he felt strongly that he had visibly acquired a detailed
look at the creature, its body, its profile.
He could hear his foot falls and each step it took into the
forest. The witness stated the following
observations. It was approximately 8 foot
tall, estimated weight of 600 lbs or more, covered in black
hair. Except for the hands and face.
Hair appeared to be well groomed.
It did not have a dirty appearance or matted hair.
It had very pronounced jawline, sloping forehead, slight conical
shape to the head. Face had black leathery skin.
Eyes were dark and set deep into its head.
The nose was flat and primate like.
It had a distinct brow line. Its lips and mouth appeared to
be a slit. Stumpy neck, muscular chest but
thin and lanky in appearance. Reminded him of an NBA player.
It stood tall and erect. It was not hunched in
appearance. Hands were black, leathery like
the face of like the face. Discernible hands and fingers,
knuckles, face forward. As it walked, it moved with ease
and covered ground quickly. I asked him about the gender and
he stated that he did not think about the sex of the creature as
the events unfolded, but he did not notice any female physical
characteristics. He also did not observe the
feet. The hunter stated that he first
saw the creature from the side to the right of the Tram Rd.
It then appeared. It then entered the trail he was
on, turned and walked directly away from him for several
strides as he observed the animal from the rear.
Lastly, the creature left the path and cut into a thick stand
of hemlocks. As it left the trail, he noticed
the second, larger creature in his periphery 30 yards into the
woods as a sloping hill in the direction the first creature was
walking. The creature was facing away
from him and he could only see a portion of it through the
hemlocks. 100 described the second creature to me.
He said he saw the back of its head.
It was wider across the back and shoulders.
It was taller with an estimated height of 8 1/2 or 9 feet.
The creature was brown in coloration.
It had hints of Gray mixed with brown.
Man, this is really, well stuff. And then it goes on.
Talks a little bit more about some of this guy's previous
experiences. Really neat stuff.
I just imagine seeing these two extremely large Bigfoot walking
right into the right into the forest like that.
Very good reports out of Pennsylvania.
Very well detailed. Until next time, this is UFO
warning over and out.