Class B First-hand BFRO #20259

Sisters witness a large, dark biped running through the back of their property near Chardon

BFRO YEAR: About 1977 around 9 o'clock, nearly dark Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio 3 witnesses

Account

Two sisters sitting in the backyard at dusk saw a very tall figure run past them at close range and continue toward a fence line, while their father heard dogs barking and came to the back but did not see the figure. The dogs chased the figure toward a barbed-wire fence then stopped and returned without any sound of impact. Years later the family reinterpreted the cape-like appearance behind the runner as possibly long hair and filed the incident as a possible Sasquatch sighting.

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What was reported

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Sightings

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Described appearance

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Height src: very tall
Build src: large
Gait src: running very fast with unusually long strides
Apparent sex src: male
Other features src: cape-like thing flowing out behind him as he ran

Facts & provenance

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Time of day	around 9 o'clock, nearly dark Stated BFRO report #20259 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place	Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio Stated BFRO report #20259 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	41.5793, -81.2091 (± 15 km) Geocoded BFRO report #20259 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Chardon city (GEOID 3913554), matched from nearest town 'Chardon'
Account type	First-hand Stated BFRO report #20259 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	3 Derived BFRO report #20259 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section · read with 85% confidence
Figures reported	1 Stated BFRO report #20259 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was	sitting on a stone wall in the backyard Stated BFRO report #20259 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	a large man Stated BFRO report #20259 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class B Stated BFRO report #20259 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by: Marc DeWerth (BFRO)

Follow-up

An investigator spoke with the father and daughters and concluded the sisters had glimpsed a Sasquatch.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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BFRO report #20259 Primary

Published 2007-07-14 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash ac2c8b1f47af

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