Nighttime encounter at a garbage dumpster in Hamburg, near the Delware Water Gap witnessed in Sussex County, New Jersey

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I'm reporting this approximately 10 years after the fact. My wife had asked me to re-tell my story to her this morning and that is what prompted us to stumble across this web site. Late Fall 1997 (or possibly 1996). I was coming out of my apartment's laundry facility, which is a seperate building not connected to the actual apartment buildings. I must have heard something because I looked to my right and there it was, about 20 feet away. The creture was about 5.5 to 6 feet tall. I'd guess it was aroung 200 lbs. There was no odor and it made no sound. I saw it as it was rooting through a garbage dumpster. In a matter of seconds my brain went through a kind of checklist to try to rationalize what I was seeing. But it was not a bear, it was too slim in relation to its height. It also moved in a way that was very human. It was nighttime but there was a parking lot light on overhead. I could see hair that was brown and about 4-7 inches in length. Unfortunately, primative survival instic...