Class A First-hand BFRO #3301

Daytime sighting in a wooded area a few miles east of Interstate 271

August 1980 early afternoon Russell Township, Geauga County, Ohio 2 witnesses

Account

Two children testing walkie-talkies in dense woods noticed a dark-faced figure watching them from behind a fallen tree. After several minutes of it shifting position and studying them, they backed away, saw it rise and place its hands on the trunk, then screamed and ran. They heard a loud crack and glimpsed the black, powerfully built biped running away almost silently.

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What was reported

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Sightings

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Sounds

Footsteps

Other senses

Odor

Context & caveats

Animal behaviour

Described appearance

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Height src: above six feet tall
Build src: powerfully built
Hair colour src: completely black
Face src: dark face
Arms src: fairly still when running, slightly longer than human's (uncertain)
Hands src: put its hands on the trunk by the root-disk
Legs src: hard to see, appeared dark in colour
Gait src: running on two legs, almost noiselessly
Posture src: rose up, upright on two legs
Other features src: broad shoulders

Facts & provenance

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Date	August 1980 Stated BFRO report #3301 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day	early afternoon Stated BFRO report #3301 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place	Russell Township, Geauga County, Ohio Stated BFRO report #3301 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	41.47, -81.37 (± 1000 m) Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence BFRO map layer point for report 3301 (4 decimals, no boundary)
Account type	First-hand Stated BFRO report #3301 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	2 Stated BFRO report #3301 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported	1 Derived BFRO report #3301 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 80% confidence
Witness was	testing walkie-talkies while playing in woods Stated BFRO report #3301 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	something Stated BFRO report #3301 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class A Stated BFRO report #3301 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by: Jim Osborne (BFRO)

Follow-up

An investigator later spoke with the witness and recorded additional details about the creature's arm movement while running.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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BFRO report #3301 Primary

Published 2001-11-04 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash fd91692d1671

BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization
BFRO map layer Reference

Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7

BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization

The report refers to

“article in the Geauga Times Leader stating a woman in a nearby town had seen a Sasquatch”
Not in the Anomadex yet
“story of a woman and her son picking blackberries in Munson Twp near Fowler's Mill Road”
Not in the Anomadex yet