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Bigfoot sighting near White Hills , Shelton, Connecticut
Aug 1953 · White Hills Region, Shelton, CT, Connecticut, United States
Three children aged 5-6 saw a tall, hair-covered bipedal creature walk along railroad tracks by the Housatonic River in Shelton, Connecticut, one morning in August 1953.
Facts
- Reported as
- Children observe bipedal animal walking along railroad tracks near the Housatonic River
- Date
- Aug 1953
- Place
- White Hills Region, Shelton, CT, Connecticut, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 41.369, -73.151
- Located within
- 349 m
- Time
- about 09:00, daylight
- Witness was
- other
- Witnesses
- 3
- Creatures
- 1
- Height
- 2.1 m (7 ft)
- Described as
- slim, dark brown hair, short length, biped
- Behaviour
- walking, watching
- In the account
- ape like face, childhood memory, corridor, face seen, food source nearby, long arms, long strides, looked at witness, near water, reported years later, ridge or mountain, told no one, walked upright, witness fled
- Tracks
- stride 152 cm (60.0 in)
- 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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