Bigfoot and UFO Sightings Linked in 1973 Pennsylvania Cases
Posted Sunday, August 02, 2026
By Squatchable.com staff
So I just came across this fascinating video over on the Deep Woods Paranormal YouTube channel, and honestly, I had to share it with you all because it touches on something that has always intrigued me about these phenomena. The host, Matt Harvey, walks through five separate case files where Bigfoot sightings and unusual aerial activity seem to overlap in ways that are hard to ignore. If you're someone who believes these two mysteries might be connected, this one is going to give you a lot to think about.
The first case is the one that really got me, and it's from October 25th, 1973, near Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Around 9 PM, roughly 15 people noticed a large red object slowly descending toward a field. It was described as a half sphere with a bright white dome and a flat bottom, hovering or sitting about 250 feet away. But that's not what makes this case special. What makes it special is what was standing near the fence line.
Two figures, one over 8 feet tall and another over 7 feet tall, were walking toward the witnesses. They were covered in dark, brownish-gray hair that hung almost to the ground, with no visible neck and eyes that reportedly glowed green like half-dollar coins. Now, I know some of you have heard details like this before, but what happened next is where things get really interesting.
One of the boys ran. Another told the farmer's son to shoot. He fired two tracer rounds over the creatures' heads to scare them off, but instead of running, the larger figure made a whining sound and reached toward one of the glowing rounds. Almost like it was trying to grab it. And the moment that happened, the red object simply vanished. No movement into the distance, just gone. The sound stopped, the light disappeared, and a luminous area was left on the ground where the object had been. The two figures then turned and walked back into the woods.
What really gets me about this case is the timing. The object disappears at the exact moment one of the creatures reaches for the tracer round. Stan Gordon, the investigator who documented this, noted how specific that sequence was. And for those of you who don't know, the early 1970s were a massive period for UFO activity in Pennsylvania. There were hundreds of sightings reported across the state during that wave, which makes the Bigfoot connection even more compelling.
The video then moves into case file two from Derry Township, Pennsylvania, where reports of Bigfoot around two farms coincided with strange lights, unusual sounds, and animals reacting before people even knew something was happening. Dogs hiding under porches, livestock getting nervous, and that same baby-crying sound showing up again. One account even describes a large hairy figure standing outside a mobile home after the witness heard scratching at the door, and later investigators found the electrical supply line had been ripped out.
Harvey makes a really good point in the video about how these reports cluster together. If you look at the data, Bigfoot sightings, dogman encounters, haunted locations, and UFO reports often overlap in the same geographic areas. That's not something you can easily explain away. And when you add details like creatures reaching toward glowing objects, or figures disappearing right when lights appear, you start to wonder if there's something deeper going on.
I don't want to give away too much because the video covers three more cases that are equally compelling, including one where a Bigfoot-like figure comes right up against a home and people see it through their windows, and another where two hairy figures vanish the moment a dish-shaped craft appears. Harvey is careful to say this isn't proof of anything, but he presents it as a pattern worth examining, and honestly, that's the right approach.
If you're into the intersection of Sasquatch research and UFO phenomena, definitely check out the full video. It's one of those deep dives that leaves you with more questions than answers, and for those of us who have been following this stuff for years, that's exactly what we want.