Claimed encounters in Belmont County, Ohio

13 entries reported in Belmont County, Ohio, each linked to the report or podcast segment it came from. Narrow them down with the filters, or see them on the map.

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April 2020 Morristown, Belmont County, Ohio Class B #65305

Footsteps near Morristown, Ohio (2020)

Two people were night fishing from their truck beside a creek. They heard heavy-sounding bipedal-like footsteps moving on the far bank, followed by single hoot-like calls from two positions and later a loud crashing sound like a tree falling. They stayed a while longer before leaving.

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21 January 2018 St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio Class B #59078

Possible track lines and vocalizations found in a rural neighborhood outside St. Clairsville

Around 1 a.m. in mid-September 2017 the witness was outside at home with a small dog when a very loud scream likened to a woman in trouble was heard from the wooded hollow below the house. A larger dog in the yard reacted by immediately wanting to go inside. The witness went back inside without further investigation.

Scream
4 October 2015 Barnesville/Bethesda, Belmont County, Ohio Class B #49918

Coon hunters chased off by screaming and rock throwing near Barnesville

Three people visited a desolate creek location at night where rocks had been thrown the previous year. They reported rocks being thrown with increased aggression, leaving and then returning later the same night. On the return they reported hearing a roar or growl described as escalating to a scream or screech, then leaving and not returning.

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2010–2014 Bethesda, Belmont County, Ohio Class A #45215

Series of Bigfoot sightings at a cabin outside of Bethesda

The witness was carrying garbage out to the can when she noticed a large hair-covered creature standing behind her pickup truck watching her. She dropped the bag and ran inside to get her husband, but the creature was gone when he checked with a flashlight. The next day tracks were found leading to and from the food-scrap pile.

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15 October 2002 Malaga, Belmont County, Ohio Class B #17388

Possible vocalizations heard by bow hunters near Malaga

Four hunters arrived in the early morning hours and hiked along a ridge toward their tree stands while hearing hooting and branch-breaking sounds following them on both sides. They then heard a very loud vocalization described as starting as a growl and turning into a scream nearby. The woods remained silent until late morning, after which they left the area.

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November 1994 Whitney, Belmont County, Ohio Class A #48372

Memory told of being startled by a large biped while scouting for deer during the day near Whitney

The witness and a relative were scouting hunting locations in the afternoon when the relative walked ahead toward a truck. The witness noticed movement to the side and observed a tall, broad, dark-haired bipedal figure walk a short distance before disappearing into thicker woods. The witness aimed a pistol but chose not to shoot and did not tell the relative about the sighting for over a week.

Full-body sighting
Usually after cookouts or the kids playing in the back yard Bethesda, Belmont County, Ohio Related account #45215

Unidentified sound near Bethesda, Ohio

The household often noticed loud noises in the woods at night after cookouts or children playing in the backyard.

Unidentified sound
May 25th Bethesda, Belmont County, Ohio Related account #45215

Sasquatch sighting near Bethesda, Ohio

The granddaughter became fearful on the porch and the husband saw something run across the property line, seeing only two red glowing eyes.

Partial sightingEyeshine
May 23, 2014 Bethesda, Belmont County, Ohio Related account #45215

Sasquatch sighting near Bethesda, Ohio

The grandson heard a growl while watching television, then saw a gorilla-like figure looking in through the large picture window, and firewood near the fire pit was later found pushed inward.

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in 2012 Bethesda, Belmont County, Ohio Related account #45215

Sasquatch sighting near Bethesda, Ohio

The witness's daughter heard noises behind the woodpile while painting benches at the fire pit and saw a large hair-covered creature on the hillside that moved behind trees, then fled to the house frightened.

Partial sighting
In 2010 Bethesda, Belmont County, Ohio Related account #45215

Movement only near Bethesda, Ohio

The witness encountered something very large that chased her several feet before she reached the cabin, without being able to make out what it was.

Movement only
At 4:30 am St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio Related account #59078

Animal behaviour near St. Clairsville, Ohio

The night before the snow tracks were found the witness was awakened by a dog growling continuously for 45 minutes starting at 4:30 a.m.

Animal behaviour
last years Barnesville/Bethesda, Belmont County, Ohio Related account #49918

Rock throwing near Barnesville/Bethesda, Ohio

Last year the witness reported rock throwing and walking sounds with something following the group out of the woods to their truck without growls.

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