Claimed encounters in Mahoning County, Ohio
15 entries reported in Mahoning 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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Couple returning home spots a bigfoot crossing their driveway outside Columbiana
The witness and a companion arrived home by car in the evening and saw a large fur-covered figure cross the driveway on all fours and enter cattails by a pond, where it disappeared from view. The figure was described as very large and fast, low to the ground and bent in the middle, with a barrel-like torso. An investigator visited the next day, found impressions in grass and mud, photographed them and made casts.
Coyote hunter's possible encounter with white furred juvenile
The witness arrived at a relative's property to hunt and first noticed turkeys and a white crouching figure in a field. After entering the woods, the witness repeatedly encountered a small white fuzzy biped that watched, retreated, and reappeared as the witness approached. The witness followed it to about 25-30 yards but became uneasy at its cat-and-mouse behavior and left while it was still visible.
Possible daylight sighting by a passenger traveling along I-80 over the Meander Creek Reservoir
While riding as a passenger across a bridge over the reservoir on the way home, the witness saw a large hairy bipedal figure at the treeline near the bank. The figure was standing upright holding onto a tree and looking out over the water as the car passed. No other occupants in the vehicle saw it, and no other traces were noticed.
Sasquatch sighting near Youngstown, Ohio (2012)
The witness was riding as a passenger across a reservoir bridge when birds drew attention to the opposite tree line. She saw a very large, broad, solid-colored figure holding a tree that turned its whole body. She ruled out a bear due to lack of muzzle and head shape, and later found other reports from the same area.
Woman recounts nighttime sighting of a small bigfoot outside her home near Beloit
The witness was awakened at night by something pulling and scratching at locked shed doors. From a bedroom window she watched a small hair-covered biped with its fingers in the door crack for several minutes. When she opened a back door and turned on a porch light, the creature looked toward her and then ran quickly on two legs into an overgrown field.
Possible sighting at dusk on family property outside Youngstown
The witness states they were checking corn left for deer along a gas well road with a companion. They turned toward their truck and saw a tall, hairy creature standing by a tree about 30 feet off the road, pushing a branch away from its face to watch them. After staring briefly, the witness told the companion to get in the truck.
Young man recalls encounter behind his house and close to the Meander Creek Reservoir
Two companions were hiking in an open, wet fall woods behind a house in the early evening when they noticed scrap wood and heard sticks snapping behind them. Turning, they saw a tall brown furry figure standing on two legs and staring at them. They fled toward the house while the figure appeared to keep pace, and one companion punctured his foot on a thorn through his boot but continued running.
Large creature dragging a dead animal crosses road south of North Jackson
The witness was driving home from work around 11pm with high beams on in light rain or mist. A huge, light-brown hairy creature crossed the road in the headlights while dragging a dead deer or goat by its leg. The witness slowed but did not stop, then continued home and woke his wife in a panic.
Nightime sighting at a Lake Milton marina
A teenager and an older neighbor spent the night on a boat at a marina to catch suspected vandals. During the night the teenager saw a huge hair-covered figure crouched at an overturned trashcan scooping garbage, then stand upright and stare briefly. The figure stepped over the trashcan, sprang up an embankment, and disappeared into brush, leaving disturbed dew, strewn garbage, and broken brush.
Property disturbance near Diamond, Ohio
Earlier repeated damage to shoreline boats, engines, and trashcans at the same marina before the overnight stakeout.
Sasquatch sighting near Columbiana, Ohio
A relative visiting the house saw a face watching her just below the top of a window.
Sasquatch sighting near Columbiana, Ohio
One main witness reports on numerous occasions seeing something looking in the house windows.
Unidentified sound near Beloit, Ohio
The witness described other unspecified sounds around the home indicating continued activity.
Tracks near Mahoning County
A different man in the same general area found small unusual footprints the same year and showed photos to the investigator. He had never heard the white-being report, but proximity suggested possible connection.
Sasquatch sighting near Mahoning County
A wildlife exterminator out calling coyotes first noticed a white shape near turkeys, then encountered a small white primate-like being about 50 feet away in woods. It swayed, appeared curious, retreated and reappeared farther back as if inviting follow, and he declined to pursue or shoot.