Claimed encounters in Ritchie County, West Virginia
4 entries reported in Ritchie County, West Virginia, 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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Logging reveals a brief sighting of a bipedal creature near Pennsboro
In late summer 2002 the witness was walking alone on a logged ridge in the early evening and heard a tree fall nearby. Shortly after, the witness saw a very large brown figure lope between trees on the ridge, perceiving only an arm and leg and no head. Days later the witness returned and judged from the tree positions that the figure would have been seven to eight feet tall if human.
Daylight sighting near rural church on Rt. 31, east of Parkersburg, near Cairo
Four teenagers left a church after an evening rehearsal to go for a walk along a road lined with pines. One who hid behind the trees encountered a tall hairy figure at very close range pulling back a branch, then fled screaming. Another teen then watched the tall muscular figure emerge from the trees, cross the road, and walk up a hillside while turning its upper body to glance back.
Scream near Cairo, West Virginia
A relative visiting the church on a Saturday evening after dark heard a scream and growl near the door and fled to a vehicle.
Unidentified sound near Pennsboro, West Virginia
The witness and a companion sat in a vehicle at the sighting location at night listening to limbs and branches breaking.