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Press report Bigfoot Society EP 524

Cryptid sighting near Waynesville, Ohio (1882)

1882–1890 Waynesville, Ohio

Account

In the 1880s or 1890 an article in the Western Star reported boys sighting a lizard monster near Waynesville. Local men chased it into a hollow sycamore tree, it popped out the top, scampered away and went down a hole never to be seen again.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting

Facts & provenance

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Date
1882–1890
Stated Bigfoot Society EP 524 · transcript:00:59:56-01:01:58 · read with 60% confidence
Place
Waynesville, Ohio
Stated Bigfoot Society EP 524 · transcript:00:59:56-01:01:58 · read with 65% confidence
Map point
39.5319, -84.0909 (± 15 km)
Geocoded Bigfoot Society EP 524 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Waynesville village (GEOID 3982418), matched from nearest town 'Waynesville'
Account type
Press report
Derived Bigfoot Society EP 524 · transcript:00:59:56-01:01:58 · read with 85% confidence
Figures reported
1
Derived Bigfoot Society EP 524 · transcript:00:59:56-01:01:58 · read with 80% confidence
Witness was
boys sighted monster, men chased it
Stated Bigfoot Society EP 524 · transcript:00:59:56-01:01:58 · read with 85% confidence
Witness's word for it
lizzard monster
Stated Bigfoot Society EP 524 · transcript:00:59:56-01:01:58 · read with 85% confidence
Creature
Other cryptid
Derived Bigfoot Society EP 524 · transcript:00:59:56-01:01:58 · read with 60% confidence

Source timeline

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  1. Bigfoot Society EP 524 Podcast Interview
    Published 2024-09-11 Retrieved 2026-09-29 Version 1 Listen from 0:59:56 (account ends about 1:01:58) Hash 76236df28d4f
    Bigfoot Society (podcast, feed transcripts)

The report refers to

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