Class A First-hand BFRO #8494

A woman recounts her childhood sighting near Atwood Lake

August 1976 before noon Spring Valley, Carroll County, Ohio 1 witness

Account

While camping with family, the witness walked up a wooded hill by cabins to collect insects late in the morning. After noticing a musty rotting-grass smell, the witness saw a large upright hair-covered figure off the path that turned and looked in her direction. The witness froze, then ran back down to camp and did not report the event to family at the time.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting

Other senses

Odor

Described appearance

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Height src: at least seven feet tall
Build src: very wide in proportion
Hair colour src: black
Hair length src: longer
Face src: sorta small looking from the hair, very flat looking
Eyes src: dark set eyes
Arms src: hung to at least the knees, very smooth looking
Posture src: stood upright like a man, standing very still
Other features src: head sloped to a point in the back, almost una-brow forehead

Facts & provenance

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Date	August 1976 Stated BFRO report #8494 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day	before noon Stated BFRO report #8494 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place	Spring Valley, Carroll County, Ohio Stated BFRO report #8494 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	40.55, -81.26 (± 1000 m) Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence BFRO map layer point for report 8494 (5 decimals, no boundary)
Account type	First-hand Stated BFRO report #8494 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	1 Derived BFRO report #8494 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 85% confidence
Figures reported	1 Stated BFRO report #8494 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was	collecting butterflies and bugs in the woods Stated BFRO report #8494 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	this huge thing Stated BFRO report #8494 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class A Stated BFRO report #8494 · BFRO classification label

Source timeline

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BFRO report #8494 Primary

Published 2004-04-16 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 1 image at source Hash ff7b0e81faba

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BFRO map layer Reference

Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7

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The report refers to

“other sightings reported to the Stark County Sheriff's dept”
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