"I first learned of this, almost thirty years after the incident happend in 2010 while examining one of my heroes of the Bigfoot mystery, author John Green's database. There was a reference to the Troy Record reporting on a rash of Sasquatch sightings in Waterford. HUH?
So my first step was to visit the Troy Public Library, where they have a robust microfilm library of newspapapers dating back to the early 1800's. Sure enough there was an article written by Staff Reporter Jonathan Hodges, detailing several sighting reports dating back to early August 1981.
Well this kicked my interest up so I filed a Freedom of Information Act on the Waterford Police Department and sure enough, I got a phone call, saying my documents were ready. I hastily rushed down to the station where I was politely given my documents for a nominal fee.
Back in August 1981, there was a series of Bigfoot sightings that occurred in the town of Waterford that made the local papers.
The first report was on August 4th, 1981 in which at 12:38 A.M. the Waterford police had received a report of a woman seeing the creature in the village and had growled at her.
The officers did not seem awfully convinced and added a bit of sarcasm and humor by fininshing their report with, "At 00:48 hours the Officers stated that the subject is GOA (gone on arrival) and that he must have gone back to his cave."
However before the story hit the press several children had a sightings in the Prospect Hill section of Waterford. On August 5th, the matter was handled a bit more seriously when calls were received at 2:03 P.M. to report a sighting earlier in the week at the power station on Middletown Rd. and again later at 3:30 P.M. about a sighting behind St. Mary's Cemetery.
Whether it was a bear, moose or Bigfoot, none of the above was tracked down in Waterford, so such remains a mystery. What exactly did occur that summer in 1981 is anyone's guess at the moment." Via the Examiner and Cryptonundo
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