Bigfoot Sighting on Long Island Report SDI

Glen Cove, NY, February 3, 2015 (Newswire.com) - A rare Bigfoot sighting is creating a stir of excitement on the North Shore of Long Island.

Residents living nearby the Garvies Point Preserve in Glen Cove, which overlooks Hempstead Harbor and Long Island Sound, have recently reported sightings of a tall, hairy creature roaming through the woods there.  There have been reports of strange animal noises emanating from the preserve, as well as physical evidence in the form of footprints and over-sized droppings.

"To be that close to something prehistoric - a missing link, as it were - It's something I'll never forget."

Jim Coniglione

Just last month Jim Coniglione, of Scoopy-Doo Investigations (SDI), which specializes in paranormal activity and the supernatural, had a close encounter with the creature while conducting field research at the preserve. His video of the encounter with what he termed “ a true bigfoot” has been posted on social media.

“It was about seven and a half to eight feet tall,”  Coniglione recalls.  “But it was expert at camouflaging itself among the trees, even during the winter when the leaves were down.  Sometimes all we could see was a pair of red eyes, staring at us from the bushes.” 

Coniglione was accompanied in his research by an SDI associate, Michael Corwin, (also known as “The Corwinator”), who verified his partner’s claim.  “At times we were maybe only 50 yards away” said Corwin.  “To be that close to something prehistoric - a missing link, as it were - It’s something I’ll never forget.”

Coniglione and Corwin tracked the creature through the preserve at night  for over an hour, at times communicating with it through a “yeti trumpet” devised by Mr. Corwin, until the animal displayed signs of aggressiveness, and they prudently retreated to the parking lot.  Still, they were eager to return in the daytime to resume their efforts.  “It’s there, and I believe it wants to make contact with us.”

Mr. Coniglione was originally called in to check out a report of a bigfoot-like animal rummaging through a resident’s garbage in her backyard near the preserve.  When he arrived, the animal had already vanished, but left behind a substantial fecal deposit, which Mr. Coniglione observed “didn’t come from a canine.” 

As Mr. Coniglione is also the owner of Scoopy-Doo Pet Waste Removal, the largest poop-scooping business on Long Island, his familiarity with the subject led him to speculate that the stool sample came from a large two-legged mammal.  Further lab tests determined that the sample was neither human nor related to any known indigenous species.  “More and more, we were drawn to only one possible conclusion,” he said.

Sasquatch sightings have generally been confined to the Pacific Northwest and Canada, although there have been recent reports of Bigfoot activity as far south as Florida, suggesting that the creature is migrating to more temperate climes.

Still, the sighting of a Bigfoot on Long Island has to be considered an anomaly.   While there are many wooded areas on the island, particularly on the North Shore and in eastern Suffolk, these are relatively small in size and lie close to residential areas.  The possibility that a large animal could exist in a preserve the size of Garvies Point (only 62 acres) without detection seems highly remote.

“Unless he’s a swimmer,” points out Mr. Coniglione.  “You have the harbor right here, which means he could swim back and forth from Sands Point in Port Washington, or even out to Rye or Connecticut.”

There could be geological reasons to support a Bigfoot colony on the Island.  “People forget, at the end of the last Ice Age the glacier stopped right in the middle of Long Island.  That’s why the North Shore and the South Shore have wildly different terrain.   It’s not inconceivable that this is actually the natural habitat for a sasquatch.”

Coniglione also points out certain features unique to the Garvies Point area.  “There were a lot of factories built along Glen Cove Creek, and the contaminated waste may have leached into the surrounding shoreline.  If this creature or its ancestors were drinking out of the pondwater, there’s a definite chance of mutation.” 

Before colonial times the Glen Cove area was home to the Shinnecock Indians. The possibility that Garvies Point sits on Native-American burial grounds lends the Bigfoot theory a supernatural angle.   Coniglione feels that the confluence of all these factors is difficult to ignore.  “When you add it all up,” he says,  “it’s hard to be skeptical.”     

Michael Corwin is even more convinced.  “Oh, it’s out there.  I saw what I saw.”

Scoopy-Doo Paranormal Investigations operates out of offices in Locust Valley.  If you wish to report a paranormal experience or receive more information about their unique services, SDI can be reached at 516-353-1073.

CONTACT:

Jim Coniglione
177 Forest Ave
Locust Valley, NY
516-644-8732