A Spring turkey hunter in Northampton County, Pennsylvania hears heavy bipedal footfalls and thuds while in State Game Lands #168 near the Appalachian Trail.
I received the following account:
“I live in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. I was walking on the opening day of spring turkey season in 2015, 3:30 AM, and bumped some deer bedding down off the main trail across from a field. I saw 4 to 5 white tails jumping away and snorting/wheezing about 25 yards in front of me, off to my left. I was a little startled. I wasn’t expecting to bump deer bedding down so close to the trail, and only a few hundred feet from the Appalachian Trail.
Well, as I was standing, watching the deer go off, I heard distinct heavy foot bi-pedal footfalls in the field off to my right going away from me towards the wood line. I can’t remember how many, maybe 5 or 6, but they were heavy and I could hear the thudding as they went. It was like a truck was going through the trees and it sounded like it turned diagonally, to its left while going up the mountain.
I have encountered big bears up close before, in the Catskills, not in Pennsylvania yet, although I’ve seen plenty of bear signs, and they never made heavy bipedal footfalls nor do they make so much loud noise crashing through the woods. Bears can get big and make some noise but not like this. Anyway, the crashing through the woods went on for under a minute but I was frozen with fear for about 5 to 10 minutes. I only had my .12 gauge with 3 turkey loads and no other firearm. I had rushed out of the house because I wanted to get to my spot early. Well, finally I was able to walk to my spot and nothing else happened.
I don’t know what it was but it had to be really big. No smells, no vocalizations, and no visuals. Just a little freaky. Maybe it could have been a very large bear that was creeping up on those deer. I don't know but I did hear of a hunter seeing a Bigfoot during the 2017 deer season near the same public game lands (SGL #168) I had my experience.” AK
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