Report Received From: The GCBRO Online Report Submission Form.
 

DATE:    October 20, 1979
 

TIME:     7:00 pm
 

LOCATION:   Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
 

TERRAIN:    Wooded
 

OBSERVED:    When I was a kid we lived by Derry ridge in the 70's. we had big plum trees in the back yard and our whole back yard was surrounded by deep woods that went on for miles and had old coal mines in them. At night 3 or more creatures would slowly work there way to the trees around dusk. they would take Hours to get there moving slowly staying close to the wood line and stopping and balling up or hunching over every 10 feet or so. By the time it was fairly dark they would get to the trees and stand up to eat the plums. They had to be at least 7 ft tall sometimes it was one but more often it was 2 or more up to 5. We also had rabbits in cages out back and we found them half eaten or "skinned"; and the cage was ripped apart. This happened several times. We would also hear loud and sometimes shrill "screams"; almost like a woman and or a mountain lion mixed, It made the hair stand up on your neck.  Our dogs would also freak out and sometimes if the windows were open and there was a
good draft you could smell a "sulfur" smell. this was a long time ago since then alot of the woods have been cleared for homes.  My older brother, sister and mother used to observe this from my mothers bedroom window nightly.
 

Activities of Witness:   Looking out window from bedroom
 

Description of Creature:  dark hair, tall, muscular elongated arms and legs. very smooth stride and gate.. walked upright except when hiding & crouching over.
 

Other Notes:    We would hear our dogs act up or "moans and screams" from the back yard. or we would just be looking out the window because we had a very early bed time 7 pm and we were bored. also nobody in the neighborhood would let there kids or animals out past 7 ... they had seen or heard them too.
 

Additional Notes and or Follow up Comments:  Upon contact the witness had no additional information to add to this report.

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