Mercer County, Pennsylvania

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Mercer County Pennsylvania (Class A) BFRO

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I have had two occasions to observe an unkown creature in the wood's of western pennsylvania. The first was in the fall of 1986 as a teenager I was parking in a desolate location called Hell's Hollow about 1/2mile away from a boy scout camp. I was only pulled off the road enough not to block traffic because I did not want to get stuck in the muddy lane. While we were sitting there talking a figure of large proportion walked past the front of the truck. I would guess about 7 to 8 ft tall and about 300 to 400lbs. All I saw was a large dark-brown biped about three feet in front of the truck. It ignored us totally and was gone into the thick brush. It was dark and no further observation was made. I hit the key and split, the girl I was with evidently did not see this because she was clueless as to why I made such a hasty retreat. The second sighting occurred in the fall of 1988 in the early fall while hunting in the same area. Actually we parked in the same place. We crossed the small cree...

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Mercer County Pennsylvania (Class B) BFRO

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Mercer County Pennsylvania (Class A) BFRO

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Mercer County Pennsylvania (Class A) BFRO

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Mercer County Pennsylvania (Class A) BFRO

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a daylight sighting by a family on a camping trip

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