Schools close in Pocono district after Eric Frein sightings

BLOOMING GROVE , Pa., Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Schools in Pocono Mountain in Pennsylvania were closed Tuesday, after two reported sightings nearby of accused police killer Eric Frein in three days.

Monsignor McHugh School, a Catholic school, also closed its doors.

The latest sighting was Monday evening, when a law enforcement officer saw a man who appeared to be Frein not far from Pocono Mountain East High School. An intensive search of the area turned up no further sign of the man.

On Friday, a woman walking her dog saw a man covered in mud and carrying a rifle.

State Police also reported Monday that drops of blood found on porches in the area was not Frein's.

The hunt for Frein is now more than a month old. He allegedly ambushed two state troopers outside the Blooming Grove barracks on Sept. 13, killing Cpl. Bryon Dickson and wounding Trooper Alex Douglass.

The manhunt has disrupted life in the area in many ways. A number of schools were closed at the beginning but resumed classes after a few days, hunting has been banned in some places, and businesses catering to tourists report that the fall leaf-peeping season has been a disaster.

Frein, 31, is charged with first-degree murder and other felonies. The survivalist and military enthusiast has made no apparent attempts at further violence.

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Schools close in Pocono district after Eric Frein sightings