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31 October 2020 Logan, Perry County, Ohio Class A #67239

Cabin renters have sighting outside Logan in Wayne National Forest

Ten people renting a cabin heard branch-breaking noises, bangs, sounds like throwing, and strange howls after midnight, along with a foul outdoor odor. Four of the group then saw a large black bipedal figure in a field in front of the cabin that turned and went back into the woods. The group then heard more walking, howls and breaking branches around the cabin and later found a footprint.

Full-body sightingHowlFootstepsTracksOdor +3
September 2020 Shawnee, Perry County, Ohio Class A #67875

Sighting by dog walker and more recent incident on Stone Church Trail (Wayne NF) NW of Shawnee

A couple of days after hearing unexplained howls on an evening hike, the witness stopped on the same trail to let her dog drink. She heard rustling on the ridge above and saw a very large dark-furred bipedal figure walking among trees about 50 yards away. It disappeared over the ridge crest before her husband could look, after being visible for several seconds.

Partial sighting
28 October 2004 Blain, Perry County, Pennsylvania Class A #9694

Teens smell odor, have brief sighting

Three companions were driving at night to spotlight deer and stopped to watch a close owl with the windows down. They noticed a strong foul odor and watched the owl fly away. As they prepared to move, an entity crossed the road from the hill edge to the embankment top, with only its large hairy legs visible in dim headlights. They left quickly and had not returned.

Partial sightingRoad crossingOdor
11 May 2003 Moxahala, Perry County, Ohio Class A #6313

A family witness's a hairy humanlike face in the cars headlights while pulled off the side of the road

The witness pulled off the road at night for a bathroom break while driving home with family. After hearing noise in the woods, he saw a face only a few feet away in the car lights and then fled in the car. His daughter, watching from the front seat, also reportedly saw the face.

Partial sightingUnidentified sound
June 2001 Ickesburg, Perry County, Pennsylvania Class A #2618

Teen reading on porch late at night sees large, humanlike figure

The witness was reading on a cabin porch late at night when hearing footsteps and a twig snap in brush nearby. The witness turned on a light and saw a crouching figure that then stood upright and ran away quickly with long strides. The witness went inside to tell relatives and reported sleeping little that night.

Full-body sightingFootstepsOdor
June 1981 Leopolde, Perry County, Indiana Class A #25189

Husband and wife recall daytime sighting while their boys swam in Tipsaw Lake near Leopold

The witness and his wife were picnicking at a closed lake beach around noon while their two young children swam nearby. The witness noticed a tall dark figure on a hillside near the dam that came down to the water's edge and paced while facing the children. After joint observation, the figure moved up the dam and the family left the area.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviour
June 1978 Somerset, Perry County, Ohio Class A #2450

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.

Full-body sightingOdor
July 1977 Chavies, Perry County, Kentucky Class A #2430

Incident near a horse corral in the mountains of eastern Kentucky, 10 miles north of Hazard.

The witness was staying with relatives in a secluded hollow and watching television late at night when a pony in a nearby corral became agitated. The witness and a cousin went outside and saw a very tall, broad creature moving away from the corral, stepping over a fence and fleeing across a road and creek up a hillside, seeing only its back. The next morning they found only a dirt slide where it had climbed, and learned a relative's chained dog nearby had disappeared that night.

Partial sighting