Family has encounters with a large, hair covered creature just on the edge of Wayne National Forest
Account
Late one spring night in 1979, the witness and a sibling were in bed in a downstairs bedroom when they saw a tall hairy figure looking in the window and then at the back door apparently trying to get inside. Their mother also saw the figure at the back door and called out for help before contacting the sheriff. Deputies searched the surrounding woods but reportedly found only a burned area of ground from apparent vomit and a small knocked-down tree.
What was reported
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Described appearance
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- Height src
- probably seven feet tall or better
- Hair colour src
- black with lots of gray
- Face src
- manlike, like a man but much bigger, hair not covering cheeks, eyes and nose
- Eyes src
- gleamed reddish
- Apparent sex src
- male
- Age / size src
- very old
- Other features src
- rugged look with lots of wrinkles
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
May 1979
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| Time of day |
late at night around 9:00 PM
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| Place |
Haydenville, Hocking County, Ohio
Stated
BFRO report #8394
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
39.48, -82.33 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 8394 (5 decimals, no boundary)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
3
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
in bed in a downstairs bedroom
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| Witness's word for it |
the creature
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| Source classification |
Class A
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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.
area of apparently vomited material that burned the grass/ground
little tree knocked down
Deputies searched the woods after the second night and found an area of apparently vomited material that had burned the ground, then declined to go beyond the farmhouse light.
Deputies searched the woods after the second night and found an area of apparently vomited material that had burned the ground, then declined to go beyond the farmhouse light.
An investigator noted a plan to visit the location in the summer.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #8394 Primary
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