First-hand Bigfoot Society EP 776

Sasquatch sighting near Minerva, Ohio (1972)

August 1972 afternoon after lunch Minerva, Carroll County, Ohio 5 witnesses

Account

The witness and four friends rode bicycles to an abandoned house in the woods. He saw a large hairy shape pass a back window, then the group ran outside and saw a tall hairy creature peering around the corner of the house. After a friend hit it with a rock it screamed and fell through the weak porch floor while they fled to their bikes and later reported it to police who laughed.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Partial sighting

Sounds

Scream

Other senses

Odor Movement only

Described appearance

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Height src: between eight and nine feet tall
Build src: 500 to 600 pounds, very big
Hair colour src: dark chocolate brown
Hair length src: long, dense, thinned on chest
Face src: very wrinkled, very craggy, very weathered, human-like
Arms src: right arm up grabbing porch roof, long arms
Hands src: hand on corner of house, lighter uncovered palms
Posture src: stooping to look under porch ceiling
Apparent sex src: male
Other features src: yellow human-like teeth, no bangs

Facts & provenance

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Date	August 1972 Stated Bigfoot Society EP 776 · transcript:00:01:54-00:03:54
Time of day	afternoon after lunch Stated Bigfoot Society EP 776 · transcript:00:03:54-00:05:56 · read with 85% confidence
Place	Minerva, Carroll County, Ohio Stated Bigfoot Society EP 776 · transcript:00:01:54-00:03:54 · read with 85% confidence
Map point	40.53, -81.08 (± 30 km) Stated Bigfoot Society map layer · Bigfoot Society published map layer · read with 70% confidence Show's sighting map pin 'Carroll County, Ohio', matched to this account (score 1.0)
Account type	First-hand Stated Bigfoot Society EP 776 · transcript:00:05:56-00:08:01
Witnesses	5 Stated Bigfoot Society EP 776 · transcript:00:01:54-00:03:54
Figures reported	1 Derived Bigfoot Society EP 776 · transcript:00:05:56-00:08:01
Witness was	riding bicycles to explore an abandoned house Stated Bigfoot Society EP 776 · transcript:00:01:54-00:03:54
Witness's word for it	big hairy thing Stated Bigfoot Society EP 776 · transcript:00:05:56-00:08:01
Creature	Sasquatch / Bigfoot Derived Bigfoot Society EP 776 · transcript:00:01:54-00:17:54

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Bigfoot Society EP 776 Podcast Interview

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The report refers to

“episode six thirty six thumbnail”
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“Minerva Monster documentary by STM”
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