Man sees silhouette of an 8'-9' tall creature looking back at him from a cornfield near Canton
Account
Late at night the witness went outside to feed barking dogs and heard something moving through the adjacent cornfield. A tall silhouette about 75 feet away rose above the corn and stared at the witness for about 30 seconds before the witness ran inside and locked the doors. The next day the witness found scuff marks, a path through the corn, and stalks with missing corn but no clear prints.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
In the source's own words, field by field. Hover a field's marker to see where it was read.
- Height src
- 8 to 9 feet tall
- Build src
- squared shoulders about 36 inches wide
- Hair colour src
- uniform dark, brown color
- Hair length src
- uniform length
- Face src
- could not make out any facial features
- Posture src
- stood erect
- Other features src
- big, slightly pointed head sitting directly on top, no neck, no ears seen
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Date |
August 1976
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
1100 pm
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| Place |
Canton, Stark County, Ohio
Stated
BFRO report #24435
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
40.79, -81.32 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 24435 (5 decimals, no boundary)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
1
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
feeding dogs outside at night
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| Witness's word for it |
something
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| Source classification |
Class B
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Evidence & investigation
What the source says was found or done. Claimed evidence is listed as claimed; the Anomadex has not examined it.
- Investigated by
- Cathy Betz (BFRO)
Scuff/scuffle marks on hard dry ground where creature stood, with no identifiable prints.
Path through corn where creature entered and left.
Several stalks where corn had been pulled off.
A researcher reportedly visited town after the strip-mine sighting and described the area as good territory.
An investigator spoke with the witness by phone about the encounter.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #24435 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference
The report refers to
- “several other encounters reported from this same area”Not in the Anomadex yet