Claimed encounters in Gallia County, Ohio
8 entries reported in Gallia 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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Motorist sighting at night a few miles north of Rio Grande
The witness stopped on a road at night to count deer in a field beside the road and noticed a tall light to medium brown figure with a large upper body standing near one deer. The figure then ran toward the treeline with an uneven gait after apparently noticing it had been seen. The encounter occurred under vehicle headlights at about 25 to 35 feet distance.
Motorist traveling near the Ohio River has bigfoot sighting outside Chesire
While driving over a hill at night, the witness's headlights illuminated a large dark furry figure by a road sign at the roadside. The figure appeared ready to cross from a swampy marsh toward wooded hills but turned swiftly back into the marsh when lit. The witness reported seeing the light-colored hairless sole of its very large foot before it disappeared.
Late night sighting in Wayne National Forest, off Hoadley Road
The witness was camping with a companion when he repeatedly heard twigs snapping in the woods at night. Around 3:30 a.m. he shone a flashlight into the woods and saw a 7-foot-tall furry figure about 50 feet away with its back turned. After about a minute and a half the figure crouched defensively, and when the witness returned with a gun it was gone and no footprints were found.
Another nighttime incident near Hoadley, off Hoadley Road (Wayne Nat. For.)
The witness and a companion camped in Wayne National Forest over a holiday weekend. After mimicking animal sounds in the evening, the witness stayed awake through the night hearing crashes, footsteps, grunts and mimicking speech, and saw eye shine high off the ground. In the morning the pair found a snapped tree, strong odor, widely spaced ground marks and a five-toed partial print, which the witness attributed to a large visitor.
A couple is escorted out of the forest after finding a possible nesting area near Rio Grande
The witness and his wife returned in late January to a rock grotto where he had earlier found a possible bedding area. They found the bed intact but an old wagon moved from a ledge with drag marks in the rock. As they hiked out through a ravine, unseen actors on both ridges followed them for about an hour with knocks, whistles and other vocalizations, shaking and snapping saplings and throwing rocks until the pair reached the woods edge. Neither reported seeing anything.
Scat near Between Rio Grande And Centerville., Ohio
The witness earlier hiked alone to the same grotto and found an old wagon on a ledge, a fresh pine bed, and large scat before marking the site and leaving.
Footsteps near Hoadley, Ohio
On the following night at camp the witness stayed awake and heard something run past camp at high speed three times.
Sasquatch sighting near Town Of Hoadley, Ohio
The same witness had a previous incident in the same area during a Memorial Day weekend camping trip earlier that year.