In Search of Sasquatch: Overnight with Brian Gosselin
Sasquatch Chronicles
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Brian Gosselin
Historical witness profile documenting a reported encounter in New York during 1976, with source provenance and connected research records.
New York1976Provisional research profile
Location archiveNew York
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At a glance
Encounter period1976
RegionNew York
Direct visualYes
Repeat / ongoingNo
Co-witness / corroborationYes – other witnesses and police response
Primary sourceHistorical interviews / Sasquatch Chronicles
Exact locators1
Media / transcript records2
Summary
large upright creature at close range; spotlight / pistol
Background & context
Police officer / outdoorsman; outdoor experience: High. The profile preserves what the entered sources document and does not infer missing biographical or encounter details.
Only public, encounter-relevant context is shown. Private contact details and precise residential information are not published.
Events
Encounter record
1976 · New York
Whitehall 1976
large upright creature at close range; spotlight / pistol
Canonical case record
Open case →Reported observations
LOC-0011
Source-linked observations — LOC-0011
- close-range visual
- hands/fingers visible
- head set on shoulders / little visible neck
- dark reddish-black hair
- muscular build
- long stride
Media & source material
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2 source records0 playable here0 transcripts located
Audio interviewJanuary 28, 2018
Sasquatch Chronicles EP401 — Brian Gosselin
Sasquatch Chronicles / Podscripts transcript
Retrospective firsthand interview with the former police officer associated with the 1976 Whitehall / Abair Road case.
Transcriptthird-party transcript
Research details
DisplayInline playback is not verified; original-source link is preserved.
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Locator00:10:40–00:14:14
Statement historyNot yet compared
Audio interviewJune 7, 2024
Bigfoot Encounter at Abair Road with Brian Gosselin
Odd & Untold
Long-form firsthand retelling of 1976 Whitehall encounter plus later investigative commentary.
TranscriptNo transcript currently registered.
Research details
DisplayOriginal-source link shown; inline playback is not verified.
Rightsthird-party stream; link, no rehosting
LocatorExact claim-level locator pending
Statement historystable/repeated core encounter + later investigative commentary
Indexed source passages
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LOC-0011
Sasquatch Chronicles EP401 — Retired police officer's encounter
spotlight visual at roughly 30–35 feet; hands/fingers visible; head set on shoulders; dark reddish-black hair; muscular back/buttocks; later six-foot-plus stride estimate
Provenance
Source history
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1976
Reported encounter period
New York. large upright creature at close range; spotlight / pistol
Open source/record →1976
Recovered source
Firsthand/source record
2018-01-28
Recovered source
Firsthand/source record
2018-01-28
Sasquatch Chronicles EP401 — Brian Gosselin
Retrospective firsthand interview with the former police officer associated with the 1976 Whitehall / Abair Road case.
Open source/record ↗2024-06-07
Bigfoot Encounter at Abair Road with Brian Gosselin
New media/source layer. Statement-history result: stable/repeated core encounter + later investigative commentary.
Open source/record ↗Consistency & changes over time
Stable / recurrent
- Multiple source layers are present; source-by-source comparison should remain chronological.
- 2024-06-07: stable/repeated core encounter + later investigative commentary — Bigfoot Encounter at Abair Road with Brian Gosselin
Added later
None coded in the current record.
Changed / contradicted
None coded in the current record.
Unresolved
None coded in the current record.
Controls
Corroboration & evidence
Yes – other witnesses and police response. This is not coded as independent testimony unless the co-witness's own source is recovered.
Footprints reported; police response. Evidence authenticity and testimony are evaluated separately.
Research assessment
Documentary strengths
- Already qualified for the Observatory's public baseline witness corpus.
- Recoverable source URL is preserved.
- 1 exact source locator record(s) currently recovered.
- Multiple source layers are available for chronology comparison.
- The source matrix codes a reported direct visual.
Limitations / controls
- Reported co-witness information is not automatically independent corroboration.
What would improve the record
- Recover the co-witness's own statement where possible.
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Connections
Whitehall 1976Open connected record →Sasquatch Chronicles EP401 — Brian GosselinOpen connected record →Sasquatch Chronicles EP401 — Brian GosselinOpen connected record →LOC-0011 — exact source locatorOpen connected record →
Related reporting & research
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Public record reference
Record identifier
- Witness ID
- WIT-PUB-0011
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