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Sasquatch sighting in Ohio (1983)
The witness and a friend drove around a dark rural bend and saw a tall mass on the roadside berm. As they passed within feet in a car with a sunroof, the witness looked up to see red eyes looking down into the car. They agreed they had seen it but kept quiet, and a next-morning check found only mashed grass.
Boy has several late night encounters near Sidney
While driving home at night with two relatives, the witness saw a large hairy figure on hands and knees chasing a small animal across the road in the headlights. As the car closed to about 15 to 20 feet, the figure stood upright to about six and a half to seven feet tall and walked quickly off the road in two steps. The group drove home quickly and a relative dismissed it as a large dog, which the witness rejected.
Night encounter near rural home outside Crooked Tree
Two companions were pushing their bicycles up a steep driveway at night after visiting a neighbor. A large silhouette crossed the driveway entrance twice, then stopped at the top, looked at them and gave a short grunt. Frightened, they dropped their bikes and ran back to the house, later retrieving the bikes with the neighbor's help and riding home.
Dairy worker describes 5am sighting between Tappan and Clendening Lake
Early one morning in March 1982 the witness was feeding young cattle in an outdoor pen on a dairy farm. After hearing a grunt, the witness saw a tall dark bipedal figure stand up near a hay feeder and then walk away toward the woods and over a fence. The witness heard crunching footsteps and fence noise for several seconds, then later found no tracks after the frost melted.
Sasquatch sighting near Germantown, Ohio (1982)
The witness was working farm ground alone over two consecutive days in early spring. On the first day the witness saw a dark crouched figure thought to hold something, with two smaller dark figures back in the treeline near the river cut bank. On the next pass the following day the witness saw a very tall gray shaggy figure lumbering across the field toward the river. The witness later connected the location to local stories of the Butter Street Monster and never saw the figures again.
A woman sitting on a bench in a park sees a large hairy creature behind a four foot wall staring at her
The witness drove to a seldom-crowded park with falls midday and sat on a picnic table. After about a minute, the witness turned and saw a furry figure about six feet away, visible from the waist up above a drop-off. Frozen in fear, the witness could not warn a passing group, then ran to the nearby car and has not returned to the park.
Hunters have several encounters near Ash Cave State Park
A hunting party spent a fall day along a gasline, noticing a putrid odor and a large bare footprint in the morning. In the afternoon two members heard heavy movement circling in brush, and one moved closer and watched part of a tall dark figure step from behind a tree. The observer described a seven-foot-tall heavily built figure with long arms, no visible neck, and reddish eyes. The pair left the area and discussed the sighting on the drive home.
Bother and sister are followed by a brown, hairy creature walking on two legs
The witness walked to help a relative who had run out of gas near a creek bed, where both noticed a foul smell and movement in the weeds. As they left on foot, the witness saw a tall, thick-haired biped approaching quickly and both ran toward home while it followed without catching them. When they reached their driveway they turned and saw it running into roadside weeds before going inside.
Daytime sighting in a wooded area a few miles east of Interstate 271
Two children testing walkie-talkies in dense woods noticed a dark-faced figure watching them from behind a fallen tree. After several minutes of it shifting position and studying them, they backed away, saw it rise and place its hands on the trunk, then screamed and ran. They heard a loud crack and glimpsed the black, powerfully built biped running away almost silently.
Father, son and cousin enounter a large hair covered creature while wading through a creek
While wading and fishing with two relatives in summer 1980, the witness reported a strong rotten odor followed by sighting of a tall hairy figure standing in brush on the creek bank. The figure, visible from the waist up, turned its head to look at the group, after which all three left the creek and walked to their car. The father reportedly identified it aloud as Bigfoot.
Three college students witness a large creature standing just off of the railroad tracks.
Three college students walked back to their dorms along railway tracks at night after buying snacks. Ahead of them a dark shape crossed the tracks and briefly blocked a distant streetlight. A short distance later they smelled a strong wet-dog odor and the reporter saw a tall creature at close range with shining eyes. The group fled to their dorm, later drove back for another look without approaching closely, and the reporter retrieved dropped groceries the next day.
Possible approach to a dwelling between Calcutta and East Liverpool
The witness was sitting inside a mobile home with an infant after dark when a dog began barking and would not leave its house. After turning out the lights and waiting, the witness saw a tall figure approach the trailer window breathing heavily and froze until it walked away. The next morning the witness found paths of flattened brush leading toward a creek bottom.
Sasquatch sighting near Scioto County (1980)
The witness recalled being awakened by dogs and watching a creature across a stream and road for a minute or two before it walked back into the woods.
Family has encounters with a large, hair covered creature just on the edge of Wayne National Forest
Late one spring night in 1979, the witness and a sibling were in bed in a downstairs bedroom when they saw a tall hairy figure looking in the window and then at the back door apparently trying to get inside. Their mother also saw the figure at the back door and called out for help before contacting the sheriff. Deputies searched the surrounding woods but reportedly found only a burned area of ground from apparent vomit and a small knocked-down tree.
Footsteps near Minerva, Ohio (1979)
As a 12-year-old walking a lane at night, the witness heard something following on a ridge that stopped when he stopped. He saw something looking back at him and thought he saw red eyes. He ran to his grandmother's house and his father suggested it was probably a Sasquatch.
Nine year old playing hide and seek comes face to face with a small ape-like creature
The witness, then nine years old, went outside at dusk during a hide-and-seek game to look for siblings in a pine grove behind the house. The witness followed glimpsed movement around the trees, then saw a small dark-faced figure with large eyes watching through a pine and moving to keep eye contact. A high-pitched noise sounded from the trees, the figure ran away, and the witness ran back to the house.
Sasquatch sighting near Stark County (1978)
A group gathered on a front porch at night heard noises near an old chicken coop and saw two pairs of yellow eyes that appeared to be two feline-like animals in the headlights. A large hairy biped then stepped in front of the animals and lurched toward a car, prompting the group to flee inside and call deputies. The biped later stood outside a lit kitchen window for several minutes while occupants held firearms but did not shoot, then left before deputies arrived, leaving a strong odor.
While hiking with friends, eleven year old girl almost runs into 6' hairy creature
In summer 1978 the then-10-year-old witness was walking single-file with three companions through dense woods near Clouse Lake following a deer trail. After the woods fell silent and a strong odor was noticed, the witness rounded a large tree and encountered a tall dark-brown hairy creature with an almost human face at very close range. The witness yelled for the companions to flee, and the group ran to the lake parking lot; the companions did not see the creature because the tree blocked their view.
Mini-bike rider has afternoon encounter near Fulton
The witness was riding a mini bike along a path by railroad tracks and stopped to turn around when he noticed movement on an embankment about 20 feet away. A tall, reddish-brown fur-covered figure stood there holding a tree and a branch while staring at him. After a brief staredown in which the figure wrinkled its nose and narrowed its eyes, the witness panicked, raced the bike back toward his friends, then ran home.
Brothers have sighting in their backyard during the "Blizzard of 1978."
Around 1978 two young brothers walking home through deep snow entered their yard and found a tall hairy figure standing about 30 feet away looking away. When it heard them it turned and stared for several seconds, then ran around the house through deep snow in seconds with long strides. The boys ran inside and their parents did not believe them.