Year: 1976
Month: June
Time of Day: dusk
County: New York Warren
Terrain Description: Heavily wooded area
Lighting Conditions: Dusk
Nearest Town or Landmark: Pottersville
Description of Encounter Area: Landing Hill Rd.starts at Rt.9 and is pretty steep,with heavy woods
both sides of road. Powerlines cross approx. where i encountered Creature
Are There Food and/or Water Sources in the Area? (if so, describe): Landing hill Rd. is very
dence with Mts. Deer are very plentiful and there is a pond approx. 1 mi. from area which I saw this thing. Which is on Rt. 9.
Occupation/Background: Self-Employed Roofer/Sider
Number of Witnesses: Myself
Length of Observation: Aproximately 5 sec.
Animal Description: Black?? Very Huge!!
Aprox. Height: Approx 8′- 9′
Aprox. Weight: 400+ my guess
Head/Facial Description: Big head!
Can Witness Provide a Sketch of Animal Seen?: Yes
Any Odor? If so, Description: No smell!!!
Vocalizations Heard?: YES
Wood Knocks Heard?: No
Recordings Made?: No
My 2 brothers and myself were fishing in town (Pottersville). Sun was starting to set. My mother showed up to return us back home. She asked me if I wanted to put my bike in the trunk of the car, I replied “No” I’ll ride it home. My 2 brothers went with her. As I got to Landing Hill Rd. (which i lived) It’s a long steep paved rd. with no street lights!!And I lived at the top. The sun had set and it was dusk!! And by the time i got to where i encountered this figure,which is approx.1/2 mi. from town. I got this weird feeling something was watching me!!! So being I did’nt want to push my 10 speed bike, i shifted it to first gear!!! very slow but better than walking!! I could see uphead of me about 40′ or so. All of a sudden out of NOWHERE!!!! This Huge Black figure Jumped out in front of me into the center lane!!!! I was appoximately 20′ from IT!!!!! It GRUNTED Something Like “GET OUT OF HERE”??? Very deep grunt!!! SCARED the living S@#T!!!! RIGHT OUT OF ME!!!!! Spun my bike around so fast and hitting every gear i could, I hear this thing which sounded like small rocks hitting the road beside me!!!! Trying not to wreck focused my sight on the solid yellow line!!!! Finally at the bottom of Landing Hill i waited under the streetlight for about 2 hrs. until my dad came looking for me!!! asked me what was wrong!! told him what happened he laughed. Asked me on the way back where i saw this thing!!!! Showed him where!!! So he decides to stop and gets out!!!! He told me nothing could jump to the center lane, the way i explained to him, because there was a bank which was about 15′ to the centerlane with heavy woods. The banks were of dirt and sand. To make matters worse he say’s There’s no Tracks!!!! So needless to say He never believed me!!!!! I KNOW WHAT I SAW!!!!! I never rode my bike or walked up or down this rode at night ever again!!!!! I’ve Told people of my experience and most say If it was bigfoot???? They can’t speak!!!!! WANNA BET!!!!!!!