Historical Witness

Brian Gosselin

New York1976
Location archiveNew York
Profile overview

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
Encounter & observations

The encounter

Context

Police officer / outdoorsman; outdoor experience: High.

1976 · New York

Whitehall 1976

large upright creature at close range; spotlight / pistol

Open case →

What the witness reported

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

Original source ↗ Open locator →

Media

Watch, listen & read

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
Open original source ↗
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.

Transcript
Open original source ↗
Sources & changes

Key source passages

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

Exact locator → Original source ↗

Source chronology

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

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
Research assessment

Research assessment

Corroboration & evidence

Reported co-witness / corroboration

Yes – other witnesses and police response. This is not coded as independent testimony unless the co-witness's own source is recovered.

Evidence mentioned in source matrix

Footprints reported; police response. Evidence authenticity and testimony are evaluated separately.

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.