Man recalls being picked up as a child in Mohican Memorial Forest
Account
When the witness was 5 years old and camping with his parents in central Ohio, he became lost in the woods. He claims a large hairy female creature picked him up, carried him quickly through the forest, and left him in camp with a heavy branch on his legs where his parents later found him. He says his parents dismissed his account as imagination and he did not share it widely for decades.
What was reported
Every kind of observation in the account. Select one to find other encounters with it.
Described appearance
In the source's own words, field by field. Hover a field's marker to see where it was read.
- Height src
- bigger than five feet eight inches
- Build src
- solid with "good shoulders"
- Hair colour src
- brownish red, fox-like color
- Eyes src
- big deep-set brown eyes
- Arms src
- saw its arm; held in right arm
- Gait src
- fast walk
- Apparent sex src
- female
- Age / size src
- large
- Other features src
- covered in coarse hair; stained teeth; no enlarged breasts
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Date |
August 1943
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| Time of day |
maybe a few hours before dark
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| Place |
Probably Central, Ashland County, Ohio
Stated
BFRO report #5333
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
40.61, -82.26 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 5333 (5 decimals, no boundary)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
1
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
camping with parents
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| Witness's word for it |
large female ape-like 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.
Colored drawing made at age 5 in 1943 depicting the claimed creature.
Possible tracks noticed by the witness's father.
An investigator conducted follow-up interviews asking about the creature's appearance and the parents' reaction.
An investigator conducted follow-up interviews asking about the creature's appearance and the parents' reaction.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #5333 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference