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17 August 2004 Pleasant City, Guernsey County, Ohio Class A #9281

Man has an early morning sighting near Pleasant City

Early one summer morning the witness looked out a home window before work and noticed a very large black figure moving through crab-apple trees and brush behind the house. A second, smaller black figure then moved through the same area, shaking vegetation as it ran. The larger figure stopped in thick brush and stared toward the witness at the window for less than a minute before looking toward the dog kennel and walking uphill out of sight. Fruit the witness had discarded in the yard the night before was gone the next day.

Full-body sighting
17 April 2004 Salt Fork State Park (nearest City Is North Salem), Guernsey County, Ohio Class B #8843

Vocalizations heard and tracks found at Salt Fork State Park

The witness was camping with a relative near a lake and got up early to make breakfast. From the campsite area the witness heard two loud howl-like vocalizations coming from across the lake about a mile away. The witness ran toward the lakeshore while listening but saw nothing. The relative was not told until hours later.

HowlScream
16 May 2002 Stewart, Athens County, Ohio Class A #4409

A series of encounters on Haga Ridge near the Wayne National Forest

The witness reports inspecting the yard on May 26, 2002 after being told about footprints about two weeks earlier, finding multiple sets of large footprints following a muddy ravine through the front yard. A bird feeder was found bent over while a nearby feeder was untouched, suspected to have been pulled down by the track makers. The witness states the family has not personally seen the creatures.

TracksProperty disturbance
7 May 2000 Warsaw, Coshocton County, Ohio Class B #4555

Large footprints found by individual while he was repairing a fence.

The morning after dogs repeatedly barked toward the woods overnight, a resident found fence wires pulled down and a large print in sandy soil near the fence. He searched downhill and found a second similar print on a creek sandbar. The family reported the finds, and investigators visited that afternoon and measured both prints.

TracksProperty disturbance
1 November 1999 Lima, Allen County, Ohio Class B #3350

large footprints found.

The writer reports finding about 20 large and smaller footprints in an open field near larger woods with a creek bed. The larger and smaller prints reportedly met and then continued together toward a gravel road leading toward another section of woods. Estimated dimensions and stride were noted and photographs were taken and submitted to the BFRO.

Tracks
May 1998 Hoadley, Gallia County, Ohio Class A #3686

Another nighttime incident near Hoadley, off Hoadley Road (Wayne Nat. For.)

The witness and a companion camped in Wayne National Forest over a holiday weekend. After mimicking animal sounds in the evening, the witness stayed awake through the night hearing crashes, footsteps, grunts and mimicking speech, and saw eye shine high off the ground. In the morning the pair found a snapped tree, strong odor, widely spaced ground marks and a five-toed partial print, which the witness attributed to a large visitor.

EyeshineFootstepsVocalizationGrowlUnidentified sound +3
November 1997 Youngstown, Trumbull County, Ohio Class B #5262

Woman see's a large bear like thing standing next to dumpster. The next day she finds large human like five toed tracks where it was standing heading into the woods

Late in the evening the witness drove around the apartment complex and saw a dark figure standing at the edge of the woods by the trash bins. The figure looked at the witness and then moved slowly back into the woods. The next morning footprints were found near the dumpster in snow, leading the witness to conclude the figure was not a bear.

Full-body sightingTracks
19 May 1988 Warsaw, Coshocton County, Ohio Class B #4310

Footprints discovered along a creek on a sand bar

A large footprint was reported on a small sandbar where something crossed a creek in a wooded area. A second partial print was also noted before the trackway returned to solid ground. The better print was cast and later viewed and photographed elsewhere, with four toes visible on the cast.

Tracks
October 1983 Mechanicsburg, Champaign County, Ohio Class B #12669

Possible tracks found by hunters outisde Mechanicsburg

Three people were out at night exercising a coon dog when they found two very large footprints in a cornfield between woods. They examined the prints by light, became frightened, and left for the truck. The reporter later returned to photograph the prints and compared one to a size-13 boot.

Tracks
July 1980 Clarksburg, Ross County, Ohio Class A #7133

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.

Partial sightingOdor
BFRO YEAR: 11/15/2012 Camden, Preble County, Ohio Class B #40315

Possible encounter and print find while deer hunting near Camden

The witness was hunting deer from a ground chair and fell asleep. After waking to a noise and standing up, the witness heard screaming, growling/grunting and trees snapping as something moved away quickly. The witness followed snapped trees to the edge of the hardwoods but found no trail in leaf litter, then returned toward the vehicle.

ScreamGrowlTree break
BFRO YEAR: 1980 or 81 Wintersville, Jefferson County, Ohio Class A #1507

Witness hears loud noise outside bedroom window, observes bipedal animal running away

As a teenager at home at night, the witness heard a cry and loud noise outside her bedroom window and fetched her father. Her father went outside with a flashlight and reported seeing a huge hairy bipedal figure running away. The next morning the family found a steel downspout twisted around and folded in half.

VocalizationUnidentified soundFull-body sightingProperty disturbance
BFRO YEAR: 1995, 2003 Smithfield, Jefferson County, Ohio Class A #49653

Two incidents, years apart, one auditory, one visual, near Smithfield

Late at night the witness was driving a small pickup with a companion to get car parts before a store closed. Coming around a curve on a dirt road near an old strip-mine area, the headlights illuminated a large red-haired standing figure on the roadside. The driver braked and started to reverse, but after the companion urged him to keep going, he drove on without further observation.

Partial sighting
Same year Mahoning County, Ohio #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/s21ek1F7DAcQLzyL6aiYyiliZpcaZXqQhOSCNuCR9Tc

Tracks near Mahoning County

A different man in the same general area found small unusual footprints the same year and showed photos to the investigator. He had never heard the white-being report, but proximity suggested possible connection.

Tracks
night, 4:30 in morning, date not stated Ohio #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/03/09/sc-ep85-sasquatch-passing-through

Vocalization in Ohio

Woken by crashing and the dog barking, the witness heard a juvenile on the porch beating the deck and plucking the air conditioner while an adult gave gibberish instructions and the juvenile answered with tongue clicks. Then something wailed on the dog box. In the morning he found a twisted tree, shredded sapling and tracks and made a cast. With a flashlight he saw something large and black moving up the hill.

VocalizationProperty disturbanceDoor or window contactTwistTree break +2
first week of October-ish Ohio #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/uR-MhvUABS5aHAGv-S0tfJU3gIxnn5Ll78LIjEW2SLs

Sasquatch sighting in Ohio

The witness was in a tree stand when he heard higher-pitched chatter and movement approaching, followed by a grunt, silence, and sounds of two things running downhill. Using his crossbow scope he saw a dark-skinned hand on an oak and then a face peering at him, later stepping into a shooting lane. After he lowered his bow the female left downhill where a loud pop and crashing was heard, and a healthy snapped tree was photographed the next morning.

Full-body sightingChatterGrowlWhistleFootsteps +1
Date unknown Ohio #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/08/11/sc-ep44-sasquatch-on-the-property

Tracks in Ohio

While camping at the primitive site the guest documented a possible footprint pointing toward camp. After dark the group heard a loud monotone whistle from brush nearby. On the first two mornings before dawn slow footsteps circled very close to the tent for about 20 minutes.

TracksWhistleFootsteps
Date unknown Ohio #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/10/29/sc-ep375-investigating-bigfoot

Vocalization in Ohio

At 4:30 a.m. at a Salt Fork campout, a woman woke to coyotes yipping, went to the outhouse with her father, recorded video for eye shine, then snapped a cell photo in total darkness. The photo showed bright beams through leaves illuminating the ground, though she saw and heard no helicopter or light at the time.

Vocalization
Date unknown Ohio #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/03/25/sc-ep24-bigfoot-roundtable-with-coonbo

Dogman sighting in Ohio

Several researchers walking a creek bottom felt strong apprehension and one panned photos ahead. Nothing was seen at the time, but later frame-by-frame review revealed a dog-faced figure in shadows to the side. The image reportedly showed eye pupils, fangs, nostrils and snout wrinkles.

Partial sighting