Nightime sighting at a Lake Milton marina
Account
A teenager and an older neighbor spent the night on a boat at a marina to catch suspected vandals. During the night the teenager saw a huge hair-covered figure crouched at an overturned trashcan scooping garbage, then stand upright and stare briefly. The figure stepped over the trashcan, sprang up an embankment, and disappeared into brush, leaving disturbed dew, strewn garbage, and broken brush.
What was reported
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Described appearance
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- Height src
- at least eight feet tall
- Build src
- shoulders twice width of normal man, matching chest, thick waist
- Hair length src
- two-to-three inch body hair; head hair past shoulders
- Face src
- face shadowed by long head hair, contours obscured
- Gait src
- bipedal; one step over trashcan, second stride to embankment, sprang to top without effort
- Posture src
- crouched at trashcan then stood upright on two feet
- Clothing src
- appeared to have no clothing; flat uniform black outline with no shirt or belt bulge
- Other features src
- covered all over in hair; huge size; halo from backlight
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
Summer 1972
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
night, after midnight
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| Place |
Diamond, Mahoning County, Ohio
Stated
BFRO report #4959
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details
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| Map point |
41.12, -80.98 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 4959 (4 decimals, no boundary)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
2
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
sleeping on boat to catch vandals
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| Witness's word for it |
shadowy figure
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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overturned 55-gallon drum trashcan with mounting links torn from sides and garbage strewn
Measurements: drum about three feet diameter; two-foot tall steel post with quarter-inch thick links
broken twigs and torn leaves where figure entered brush on embankment
disturbed dew on grass between trashcan and embankment, no footprints on hard clay
prior damage to shoreline boats: frayed tears in covers, smashed windshields, torn rails and engines ripped from transoms
Measurements: some engines up to two hundred pounds
Source timeline
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BFRO report #4959 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference
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