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May 1983 Mechanicsburg, Champaign County, Ohio Class A #5311

Large hairy creature and footprints seen along fence line on property with past activity

The witness visited a friend's farm after loaning a truck and found a very large footprint in mud, attempting a plaster cast. Later he saw a dark figure bobbing while holding a tree limb across a field, then saw a hairy long hand touching the plaster. The friend confirmed seeing the distant figure and the friend's wife reported hearing breathing near a shed, followed by rustling and barefoot sounds.

TracksPartial sightingSilhouetteFootstepsMovement only +1
July 1982 Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio Class B #10421

A couple has a frightening encounter in Shawnee State Forest

The witness and a companion drove to a picnic area in a forested area at dusk to relax after bowling. While outside the car the witness heard loud heavy strides coming up the hillside, followed by a low growl-like sound, prompting both to get in the car to leave. As they drove away something thumped against the car. Later under bright lights they found large handprints in the dust on the roof, side panel and door.

FootstepsGrowlVehicle contactHandprint
31 January 1981 Peebles, Adams County, Ohio Class B #3352

Large footprint found in sandbar

Two people walking with a dog heard something moving through the woods away from them and followed the sound to a creek. On a sandbar in the middle of the creek they found a single large, fresh human-like barefoot print and saw no other prints on the higher far bank. They inferred a very long stride and returned up the road without seeing the source.

FootstepsTracks
October 1980 Goes, Hocking County, Ohio Class A #3920

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.

Partial sightingMovement onlyOdorTracks
June 1980 Calcutta, Columbiana County, Ohio Class B #12220

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.

Partial sightingUnidentified soundTree break
October 1979 Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio Class B #69398

Two men find unusual brush structure while deer hunting 10 miles east of Cambridge

The witness and a relative were scouting a remote abandoned strip-mine farm for deer hunting when they followed splitting paths to the top of a spoil bank and found a woven, igloo-shaped shelter made of thorny vines with an entrance and cleared interior. They could not explain who would have built it in dense thorny vegetation with biting insects. Decades later the witness associated the structure with similar ones shown on a Bigfoot television program.

Structure or nest
May 1979 Haydenville, Hocking County, Ohio Class A #8394

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.

Partial sightingEyeshineDoor or window contactTree break
January 1978 Fulton, Morrow County, Ohio Class A #3293

Three fox hunters witness a "Freak of nature bear" step over a fence and walk into a thicket.

The witness, then a child, spent the day fox hunting with his father and brother and noticed large tracks in the snow. After returning home to unload rifles in the yard, the group saw a very tall brownish-furred creature in the pasture behind the house that first moved on all fours and then stood, touched a fence, stepped over a five-foot fence, and vanished into thicket. A musky odor was noted that day.

Full-body sightingTracksOdor
Summer 1977 Sparta, Morrow County, Ohio Class A #1625

Children have daytime close encounter near Sparta; UPDATED with Witness Sketch

Three children walking on a wooded footpath noticed a tall female-like figure with a smaller juvenile standing by a tree off to the side. The larger figure stared at them, gave off a dead-animal smell, stepped toward them, growled and bared its teeth after being pointed out. The group fled toward a residence while hearing branches breaking, prolonged howling and screaming, and trees being beaten.

Full-body sightingOdorHowlGrowlScream +3
late spring 1977 Ohio #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/E1YWTmSabRMruPAP0s3qmJsHMZfhUHFgKDtzn_eviGc

Sasquatch sighting in Ohio (1977)

On a weekend morning the witness and two companions walked down a trail toward the back fields and noticed a strong odor of death and wet dog. The witness saw a small hairy juvenile peeking from behind what proved to be the leg of a very large female standing motionless in a clearing. After he pointed at her she roared, the group fled while hearing screams, howls and chatter around them, and the next morning a large log they played on was found broken.

Full-body sightingPartial sightingOdorGrowlScream +4
Summer 1976 Aurora, Portage County, Ohio Class B #4966

Large footprints, area of matted grass and sounds of bipedal footsteps noted along shores of Aurora Lake

The witness and a companion hiked through a creek bed to a long-visited spot in the woods. They found a large area where tall weeds and trees had been matted down into a bed-like clearing with outer vegetation bent outward. While examining it they heard heavy bipedal footsteps and breaking twigs approaching through dense foliage but could not see the source. They retreated to the road while the unseen source followed at a distance, staying about 100 feet away.

Structure or nestFootsteps
17 January 1972 Between Rio Grande And Centerville., Gallia County, Ohio Class B #63178

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.

FootstepsWood knockVocalizationWhistleTree break +3
June 1971 Calcutta, Columbiana County, Ohio Class A #4307

Late night sighting by children at a home in Calcutta

Late at night the witness and a friend went downstairs for a snack and switched on a light by a large window that lit the backyard. They saw a large bipedal creature walking away from the house, which briefly turned its upper body toward the light before leaving the illuminated area. Both ran back to the bedroom and stayed there until morning, and the witness found large depressions in the grass the next day.

Full-body sightingTracks
1971 Ohio #ffac90f6-aeb6-4f58-923f-21180d3f60c6

Sasquatch sighting in Ohio (1971)

Two men running dogs without guns approached strange barking at a fence. A creature stood up, blocked their lights with a hand, then followed them through cornfields to a field edge before turning back. Next day footprints and a handprint were found in creek mud and trailing dogs refused to follow.

Full-body sightingFootstepsTracksHandprint
November 1970 Edinburgh, Portage County, Ohio Class B #4968

Tracks found along soybean field near Edinburgh

The witness and a relative followed large human-like tracks in mud from the edge of a soybean field through a forest into a clearing. The clearing contained many dog prints in a circle and blood on the ground. The tracks then continued into a bog.

Tracks
Summer 1967 Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio Class B #7830

Two teenagers witness something running from a pack of dogs on two legs, screaming very loud. The next day large five toed tracks are found

Late at night in 1967 the witness and a friend were watching TV when barking dogs drew them to look outside. They saw a large human-like figure running while being chased by dogs and emitting a loud screaming sound. The next day the witness found very large bare-foot tracks in mud near home and learned relatives on the next street had also heard the screaming.

Partial sightingScreamTracks
January 1958 Harriettsville, Noble County, Ohio Class B #8086

A series of large, human-like footprints are found on a farm near Wayne National Forest

The witnesses found a line of very large barefoot human-like tracks in snow on their farm leading into a wooded hollow and thickets, which they did not follow. The tracks were described as about 13 inches long with five toes, no claws, and a 4.5 to 5 foot stride, unlike bear tracks. A game warden viewed the tracks the next day and could not identify their source.

Tracks
the next day which was today 11/1/09 Marietta, Washington County, Ohio Related account #26830

Tracks near Marietta, Ohio

The witnesses returned to the same ridge the next day to cast the print and noted normal forest sounds and horses on the trail.

Tracks
Date unknown Newcomerstown, Tuscarawas County, Ohio Related account #3080

Hair near Newcomerstown, Ohio

A relative walking found a thick clump of black hair on the ground.

Hair
a few years earlier Dundas, Vinton County, Ohio Related account #8017

Tracks near Dundas, Ohio

A relative reported finding a single large humanlike footprint while hunting in the same general area a few years before the main sighting.

Tracks