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Mother describes possible sightings by her children outside their rural home in Auburn Township
A teenage visitor was outside at night preparing a fire when he noticed a large black figure moving between trees at the yard edge and watching him. He called the homeowner over thinking it was a prank, but the figure vanished when they glanced away. The family later took nighttime photos of the tree line.
Possible approach at night near Chesterland
After storms, the witness drove alone at night to a park to watch for activity. Looking down a private lane near a parking lot, she saw a set of large blue-white eyes high off the ground with smaller similar lights below. The eyes stayed still then swayed while the smaller lights moved and appeared and disappeared, prompting her to leave. She returned shortly with relatives but found no trace.
Motorist has a nighttime sighting just outside of Chardon
The witness was driving home from work late at night when headlights caught glowing eyes beside the road. Looking in the rearview mirror, she saw a very large, thick-limbed silhouette standing in the road behind her under bright moonlight. She stopped to watch as the upright, slightly bent figure crossed the road and disappeared into trees on the other side.
Bainbridge (Chagrin Falls) Ohio resident reports multiple sightings
Late one dark evening the witness went behind the house to release tied dogs. A very tall, wide, white-gray fur-covered figure stood motionless a few feet away upright like a man. The witness avoided looking directly, released the dogs, and walked away; one dog halted and cowered while the figure stared without moving or making sound, eventually letting them leave.
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.
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.
Handprint near Newbury, Ohio
Around 3 a.m. the dogs barked downstairs and the family found mud prints atop the sliding glass window.
Footsteps near Newbury, Ohio
Later the same night the brothers heard crunching footsteps circling the porch and stopping behind a bedroom window.
Sisters witness a large, dark biped running through the back of their property near Chardon
Two sisters sitting in the backyard at dusk saw a very tall figure run past them at close range and continue toward a fence line, while their father heard dogs barking and came to the back but did not see the figure. The dogs chased the figure toward a barbed-wire fence then stopped and returned without any sound of impact. Years later the family reinterpreted the cape-like appearance behind the runner as possibly long hair and filed the incident as a possible Sasquatch sighting.
Woman has two evening encounters twenty years apart
The witness was up late doing laundry at home when she glanced at an open window and saw the head, shoulders and upper back of a tall hairy figure walking past. The window was about six feet off the ground, leading to an initial height estimate of about seven feet, later revised to about eight feet after the window was measured. The figure reportedly bumped against the house as it passed.
Whoop near Chesterland, Ohio
The witness and a companion heard a whoop, heavy breathing, and bipedal footsteps near the car at night.
Recollection of a daylight sighting while riding mini-bikes near Chardon
Two companions were riding mini bikes on a wooded trail and stopped to walk off the trail. A small hair-covered figure jumped from a tree about 20-30 feet ahead, landed on two feet facing them, and stared at them for several seconds. The pair ran back to their bikes and left quickly without looking back.