Another nighttime incident near Hoadley, off Hoadley Road (Wayne Nat. For.)
Account
The witness and a companion camped in Wayne National Forest over a holiday weekend. After mimicking animal sounds in the evening, the witness stayed awake through the night hearing crashes, footsteps, grunts and mimicking speech, and saw eye shine high off the ground. In the morning the pair found a snapped tree, strong odor, widely spaced ground marks and a five-toed partial print, which the witness attributed to a large visitor.
What was reported
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Sightings
Physical traces
Other senses
Described appearance
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- Eyes src
- blue eyes the size of golf balls, set wider than human, eight feet off the ground with wide pupils and visible whites
- Feet src
- five toes in a line, about an inch wide each, partial front print
- Gait src
- 7-foot gait with ground markings 7 feet apart
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
May 1998
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
night, about 9:10 p.m. to sunrise
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| Place |
Hoadley, Gallia County, Ohio
Stated
BFRO report #3686
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
38.80, -82.55 (± 1364 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 3686 with published boundary
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
2
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| Witness was |
camping overnight in a forest overhang
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| Witness's word for it |
bigfoot
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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.
- Investigated by
- Jim Osborne (BFRO)
multiple photos taken toward footstep sounds at night and of footprint and damaged tree in morning
ground markings 7 feet apart leading toward top of overhang
Measurements: 7 feet apart
partial footprint of toe fronts showing five aligned toes
Measurements: toes probably an inch wide each
12-foot tree snapped at 8 feet with 4-inch trunk pulled down to near ground
Measurements: 12 feet tall, snap at 8 foot high, 4 inches in diameter
An investigator noted the pair had spent Saturday near camp calling each other by name, offering a possible explanation for the mimicry.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #3686 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference
The report refers to
- “another report of an actual sighting that occurred in september of 98”Not in the Anomadex yet
- “previously posted Class B report concerning odd animal kills (beaver carcasses stacked on each other) and footprints in the Woodbury Game Reserve”Not in the Anomadex yet