First-hand
Oregon Bigfoot #458
Party-goers see a large black creature in the woods
29 September 2002
night
Newcomerstown, Tuscarwars County, Ohio
2 witnesses
Account
The witness and a companion had moved away from a party in a wooded clearing to talk and listen to music near portable lights. They heard something approaching down the hill behind them, and the witness shone a light on a large black hairy figure estimated at about eight feet tall. The figure retreated uphill into the woods, and the two witnesses fled past the party and drove away in the witness's truck.
Summary drafted by AI from the source report and checked by code before I publish it. The witness's own words remain with the publisher — read the original report .
What was reported
Every kind of observation in the account. Select one to find other encounters with it.
Sightings
Sounds
Described appearance
In the source's own words, field by field. Hover a field's marker to see where it was read.
- Height src
- about 8 feet tall
- Hair colour src
- black
- Other features src
- hairy
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Date |
29 September 2002
|
|---|---|
| Time of day |
night
|
| Place |
Newcomerstown, Tuscarwars County, Ohio
Stated
Oregon Bigfoot report #458
· Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled fields: County, Nearest Town, Nearest Road
|
| Map point |
40.2753, -81.5960 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Newcomerstown village (GEOID 3954432), matched from nearest town 'Newcomerstown'
|
| Account type |
First-hand
|
| Witnesses |
2
|
| Figures reported |
1
|
| Witness was |
attending a party in a wooded clearing
|
| Witness's word for it |
a big black, hairy thing
|
Source timeline
Every record this entry is built from, earliest known first. Records are versioned and never edited in place.
-
Oregon Bigfoot report #458 Primary