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Animal behaviour
On the night of the sighting the neighbor's dogs barked from about 11:30 p.m. for about an hour.
Property disturbance near Agusta, West Virginia
Something removed food scraps from the household burning barrel and animals seeking food reportedly show no intimidation by people.
Folklore
Local old-timers tell stories of seeing unexplained things, including a childhood wild-man-of-the-woods tale.
Man remembers seeing a large hairy creature in a cemetary near Marmet
The witness was walking home through a graveyard at dusk when they noticed a large dark hairy creature among the tombstones. The creature paced, appeared to dig at a grave, made wailing sounds, and made shoulder-shrugging and hopping movements. When it noticed the witness it acted agitated and started toward them, causing the witness to leave.
Animal behaviour
The witness reported additional incidents involving hunting dogs after the original report, with the visitor described as curious but not harming animals.
Animal behaviour near Wellsburg, West Virginia
On later hunting and riding trips in the same area the witness repeatedly felt watched.
Animal behaviour near Newcomerstown, Ohio
A relative walking a dog saw the dog react fearfully and thought something was seen but was unsure.
Vocalization near Minerva, Ohio
A relative closed windows to sleep because of loud roaring from the woods believed to be a large cat.
Odor
The witness reports an intermittent rotten smell in the garage, occasional feelings of being watched outside, and footstep-like sounds in the dark.
Animal behaviour
A friend later encountered an unknown that chased the friend and vehicle companions on the other side of the ridge near a camp area.
Tracks
Area footprints were attributed by the witness to a neighboring farm resident rather than an unknown animal.
Vocalization near Ravenna, Ohio
The witness reports hearing, smelling and sensing a close presence on almost every hike in the same area, with occasional brief views and a sense of being followed.
Sasquatch sighting
Other children were said to have seen a large dark figure picking apples in yards.
Unidentified sound
The reporter and a companion investigated at a state park in April and heard weird calls thought to be probably coyotes.
Sasquatch sighting near Hammondsville, Ohio
An investigator waiting at the hangar watched a tall motionless black object at the end of the field that had vanished about twenty minutes later.
Property disturbance near Cadiz, Ohio
Leading up to the incident chickens and rabbits were missing from secured pens with damaged wire, missing fasteners, fur on ground, a dog hiding and other livestock huddled.
Animal behaviour near Dennison, Ohio
In the 1960s another person was startled by something shaking a large tree limb at the bottom of the hollow and ran.
Animal behaviour near Dennison, Ohio
The night before the knocking, the witness observed a dog reacting aggressively to something across the hollow with raised hair.
Folklore
An older relative traditionally warned about a local monster at night, and the witness recalled a childhood hunting trip.
Animal behaviour near Xenia, Ohio
A young woman walking a dog near the mound was recorded when the dog stopped, alerted, growled and retreated to her.