Class A First-hand BFRO #8236

Two girls witness a large, hair covered baboon like creature squatting in the middle of the road

15 January 1984 around 5:30 PM Claylick, Licking County, Ohio 2 witnesses

Account

The witness was driving with a companion to a school game when they found a very large, hairy animal squatting in the middle of a narrow road. The driver steered toward it to avoid the creek and expected an impact from about ten feet away, but the animal dodged without contact and was gone when checked in the mirror. The pair later agreed it did not match a dog, bear, or other familiar animal.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting Road crossing

Described appearance

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Build src: very large
Hair colour src: light brown, almost caramel like
Face src: ape-like appearance
Posture src: crouched down
Other features src: very hairy, baboon like in appearance but much larger in size

Facts & provenance

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Date	15 January 1984 Stated BFRO report #8236 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day	around 5:30 PM Stated BFRO report #8236 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place	Claylick, Licking County, Ohio Stated BFRO report #8236 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	40.06, -82.29 (± 1000 m) Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence BFRO map layer point for report 8236 (5 decimals, no boundary)
Account type	First-hand Stated BFRO report #8236 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	2 Derived BFRO report #8236 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported	1 Derived BFRO report #8236 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was	driving to a high school game Stated BFRO report #8236 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	something very hairy and very large Stated BFRO report #8236 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class A Stated BFRO report #8236 · BFRO classification label

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BFRO report #8236 Primary

Published 2004-03-11 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash 138c8582bf04

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BFRO map layer Reference

Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7

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The report refers to

“another report of a similar looking creature in the same area”
Not in the Anomadex yet
“lot of possible Bigfoot incidents that had happened in that area between 1982 and 1984”
Not in the Anomadex yet