Other Canine · Pottstown, Pennsylvania · 1973

PA-1973ID case-3645f9e532Fallback locationAdded to map Nov 10, 2026

Creature: Other Canine
When: Mar 19, 1973to the day
Where: Pottstown, Pennsylvaniafallback location
Reports: 1 document1 independent

The account

Police report that although speculation continued about a beast killing pets in the Ringing Hill and East Coventry areas, no further sightings were reported on Monday, though one motorist had previously described a tall, hairy creature.

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Details

Creature: Other Canine
Where: Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States
mapped to town level · from the newspaper's printing town, not where it was seen
Fallback location (drawn hollow on the map): this is the newspaper's printing town, not where it was seen.
When: Mar 19, 1973
Account: Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
Backed by: 1 independent source
Added to map: Nov 10, 2026
Case id: case-3645f9e532

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Source trail (1)

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Pottstown Mercury, 1973-03-20
newspaper_ia · 1973-03-20
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