Bigfoot sighting near Sandy Lake, Pennsylvania
15 Oct 1978 · Sandy Lake, Pennsylvania, United States
A 12-year-old witness and their mother saw a large brown bipedal figure enter woods toward a creek behind a home in Sandy Lake, Pennsylvania, at 7:45 am in October 1978 or 1979.
The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.
Facts
- Reported as
- Memory told of a close daylight encounter behind a home outside Sandy Lake
- Date
- 15 Oct 1978
- Place
- Sandy Lake, Pennsylvania, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 41.359, -80.072
- Time
- about 07:00, daylight
- Witness was
- at home
- Witnesses
- 2
- Creatures
- 1
- Distance
- 46 m (150 ft)
- Height
- 2.0 m (6 ft)
- Described as
- biped
- Behaviour
- running, standing, watching
- Traces
- broken branches
- In the account
- bare face, branches breaking, childhood memory, corridor, face seen, footprints found, leaped, long strides, looked at witness, near home, near water, repeat location, reported years later, walked upright, whole body turn
- Account
- firsthand
- Sources
- 2 independent (5 listings)
Sources
- BFRORead the report
- BFRO (full-text copy)Read the report
- BFRO (KML copy)Read the report
- ManganiRead the report
- BFRO (Renner copy)Read the report
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