Bigfoot Sightings Linked to UFO Activity in Pennsylvania

Posted Saturday, August 01, 2026

By Squatchable.com staff

If you've ever wondered whether there's a real connection between Sasquatch sightings and UFO activity, a recent video from the Deep Woods Paranormal channel dives deep into five case files that might make you think twice. The host, Matt Harvey, walks through reports from the 1970s and beyond where hairy figures and strange aerial objects seem to show up in the same places at the same times. The standout case comes from Uniontown, Pennsylvania, on October 25th, 1973. According to investigator Stan Gordon's account, around 15 people watched a large red object slowly descending toward a field. The object was described as having a bright white dome and flat bottom, hovering about 250 feet away. But that wasn't the only thing in the field. Two bipedal figures covered in long brownish-gray hair were walking near a barbed wire fence with six-foot posts. The first figure was reportedly more than 8 feet tall, the second over 7 feet. Witnesses said their eyes glowed green, about the size of half dollars, and they had no visible neck. One of the boys ran. Another told the farmer's son to shoot. Tracer rounds were fired over the creatures' heads, and that's when things got really weird. The larger figure made a whining sound and reached toward one of the glowing rounds, almost trying to grab it. At that exact moment, the red object simply vanished. The sound stopped. The light disappeared. And the two figures turned and walked back into the woods instead of continuing toward the witnesses. The second case file covers Derry Township, Pennsylvania, which was described as a hotspot during the 1973 wave of reports. Witnesses reported Sasquatch figures returning repeatedly to farms at night, along with strange lights, unusual sounds, and animals reacting before people even knew what was happening. Dogs barking at nothing, livestock refusing to go near certain parts of the property, and sounds compared to both animal screams and a baby crying. One account describes a large hairy figure standing outside a mobile home after someone heard scratching near the entrance and a sound like a baby crying. Later, investigators learned the electrical supply line had been ripped out. What makes these cases particularly compelling to researchers is the pattern. Hairy figures, unusual lights, strange sounds, electronic problems, and creatures that seem to disappear right when objects arrive or disappear. The host makes a good point that this doesn't prove aliens are abducting Sasquatch, but the timing and clustering of these reports is hard to dismiss entirely. The video also touches on reports of boomerang-shaped objects hovering over wooded areas and Bigfoot-like figures appearing right up against homes, close enough for people inside to see them looking through windows. There's even mention of a case where two hairy figures were reported near a rural farm, and then a disc-shaped craft appeared and the figures were suddenly gone. For anyone interested in the intersection of Sasquatch research and UFO phenomena, this video is worth checking out. The Pennsylvania cases from the 1970s remain some of the most detailed accounts of simultaneous Sasquatch and UFO encounters on record, and the Deep Woods Paranormal channel does a solid job laying out the evidence without overstating what it proves. The connection between these phenomena has been discussed in the research community for decades, with some investigators noting that high strangeness areas often seem to attract multiple types of unexplained activity. Whether that means there's a deeper link between Sasquatch and UFOs or just that weird things tend to cluster together is something researchers are still trying to figure out.