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After a week or so Circleville, Pendleton County, West Virginia Related account #13122

Vocalization near Circleville, West Virginia

The witness and companion heard distant yelling, screaming and squealing around the fire on several nights.

VocalizationScream
October and part of November during bow season Summersville, Nicholas County, West Virginia Related account #50469

Vocalization near Summersville, West Virginia

The witness heard fast-repeated jungle-like vocal sounds on three hunting days in October and part of November.

Vocalization
BFRO YEAR: est.1990 Marmet, Kanawha County, West Virginia Class A #23191

Man remembers seeing a large hairy creature in a cemetary near Marmet

The witness was walking home through a graveyard at dusk when they noticed a large dark hairy creature among the tombstones. The creature paced, appeared to dig at a grave, made wailing sounds, and made shoulder-shrugging and hopping movements. When it noticed the witness it acted agitated and started toward them, causing the witness to leave.

Full-body sightingVocalizationAnimal behaviour
BFRO YEAR: 1983 or 84 Frozen Camp, Jackson County, West Virginia Class B #14037

Possible stalking and vocalizations near Frozen Camp

The witness camped alone overnight on a ridge and was awakened around 10 p.m. by a loud, unfamiliar animal call heard from three directions around the tent. The accompanying dog reacted fearfully while the witness could see nothing with a flashlight. The witness left all gear and hiked out that night, returning the next day to find everything untouched and no tracks.

Vocalization
A couple years later (1991) when I was a freshman in high school Wellsburg, Brooke County, West Virginia Related account #42321

Growl near Wellsburg, West Virginia

A couple years later the witness and a companion walking in the same mine area heard brush move, a grunt and a growl and left quickly.

GrowlVocalization
one summer night Minerva, Stark County, Ohio Related account #8406

Vocalization near Minerva, Ohio

A relative closed windows to sleep because of loud roaring from the woods believed to be a large cat.

VocalizationPossible misidentification
Date unknown Gratis, Preble County, Ohio Related account #45280

Vocalization near Gratis, Ohio

Unrelated audience members at a seminar claimed strange vocalizations and a few sightings from the same Twin Creek area.

VocalizationPartial sighting
go back many years Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio Related account #7224

Sasquatch sighting near Ravenna, Ohio

Family members report a multi-year history of sightings, vocalizations, footprints, odors, tree and limb breaks and suspected nest structures on old family land.

Partial sightingVocalizationTracksOdorTree break +1
many times Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio Related account #7224

Vocalization near Ravenna, Ohio

The witness's children have repeatedly heard cries in the woods and been close enough to smell the creatures.

VocalizationOdor
almost every time I hike there Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio Related account #7224

Vocalization near Ravenna, Ohio

The witness reports hearing, smelling and sensing a close presence on almost every hike in the same area, with occasional brief views and a sense of being followed.

VocalizationOdorPartial sightingAnimal behaviour
since last September Cardington, Morrow County, Ohio Related account #10863

Vocalization near Cardington, Ohio

The companion who lives at the property reports periodically hearing a loud strange call since last September.

Vocalization
sometimes at night Germantown, Montgomery County, Ohio Related account #26369

Vocalization near Germantown, Ohio

Strange vocalizations are sometimes heard at night in the immediate area.

Vocalization
early July 2009 Christiansburg, Miami County, Ohio Related account #33979

Vocalization near Christiansburg, Ohio

The witness and his daughter heard a loud lion-like roar while picking up sticks near the woodline and ran inside.

Vocalization
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
July 24th at approximately 12:38 A.M. Bloomingdale, Jefferson County, Ohio Related account #69490

Vocalization near Bloomingdale, Ohio

The witness heard a yelping noise from one end of the property with a similar quick response from the other end, and reports an occasional eerie feeling of being watched at night.

Vocalization
this past summer Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio Related account #8006

Vocalization near Steubenville, Ohio

On a summer occasion while working in the garage, the witness heard strange chirping that suggested Sasquatch to him.

Vocalization
July 11, 2016 Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio Related account #51962

Vocalization near Lancaster, Ohio

The witness captured another vocalization recording from inside the home on a later evening after meeting with investigators.

Vocalization
June 1, 2016 Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio Related account #51962

Vocalization near Lancaster, Ohio

The witness reported capturing loud vocalizations on a phone from inside the home, with a family member also present and dogs falling silent.

Vocalization
About 2 years later Xenia, Greene County, Ohio Related account #31100

Vocalization near Xenia, Ohio

A friend in a nighttime capture-the-flag game on the mound heard groaning like a sick cow that moved around the mound base before the group fled down.

Vocalization
BFRO YEAR: 2021/06/08 Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio Class B #69304

Salt Fork boaters hear a loud, deep howl ("Ohio Howl") from adjacent shore

Four people boating into a cove at Salt Fork heard a loud, bassy sound from a wooded shoreline that was audible over the boat motor and resembled a mechanical siren winding up. The operator shut off the engine to listen. The reporter later said the sound was very close to a posted Ohio Howl audio clip, except closer, and noted a companion reported knocking sounds he did not recall.

VocalizationWood knock