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Summer 1983 Brimfield, Portage County, Ohio Class B #4969

Silhouette seen protruding above brushline near Mogadore Reservoir.

The witness was walking home on a road late at night when they noticed a man-like silhouette standing on a hill with its upper half visible above scrub brush. Both the witness and the figure fled in opposite directions. The night was bright and moonlit, and tree frogs were unusually quiet.

SilhouettePartial sighting
June 1982 Crookedtree, Noble County, Ohio Class B #12597

Night encounter near rural home outside Crooked Tree

Two companions were pushing their bicycles up a steep driveway at night after visiting a neighbor. A large silhouette crossed the driveway entrance twice, then stopped at the top, looked at them and gave a short grunt. Frightened, they dropped their bikes and ran back to the house, later retrieving the bikes with the neighbor's help and riding home.

SilhouetteVocalization
July 1980 Nelsonville, Athens County, Ohio Class A #7803

Three college students witness a large creature standing just off of the railroad tracks.

Three college students walked back to their dorms along railway tracks at night after buying snacks. Ahead of them a dark shape crossed the tracks and briefly blocked a distant streetlight. A short distance later they smelled a strong wet-dog odor and the reporter saw a tall creature at close range with shining eyes. The group fled to their dorm, later drove back for another look without approaching closely, and the reporter retrieved dropped groceries the next day.

SilhouetteEyeshineOdorPartial sighting
August 1976 Canton, Stark County, Ohio Class B #24435

Man sees silhouette of an 8'-9' tall creature looking back at him from a cornfield near Canton

Late at night the witness went outside to feed barking dogs and heard something moving through the adjacent cornfield. A tall silhouette about 75 feet away rose above the corn and stared at the witness for about 30 seconds before the witness ran inside and locked the doors. The next day the witness found scuff marks, a path through the corn, and stalks with missing corn but no clear prints.

Silhouette
Summer 1972 Diamond, Mahoning County, Ohio Class A #4959

Nightime sighting at a Lake Milton marina

A teenager and an older neighbor spent the night on a boat at a marina to catch suspected vandals. During the night the teenager saw a huge hair-covered figure crouched at an overturned trashcan scooping garbage, then stand upright and stare briefly. The figure stepped over the trashcan, sprang up an embankment, and disappeared into brush, leaving disturbed dew, strewn garbage, and broken brush.

SilhouetteFull-body sightingProperty disturbanceUnidentified sound
Date unknown Canton, Stark County, Ohio Related account #17189

Sasquatch sighting near Canton, Ohio

A companion later described seeing a huge silhouette about fifteen feet away on a rise heading east, unable to estimate height.

Silhouette
around 3:40am New Lebanon, Montgomery County, Ohio Related account #41676

Sasquatch sighting near New Lebanon, Ohio

A relative later saw a similar two-legged figure walking slowly in the same road location.

Silhouette
Date unknown Hammondsville, Jefferson County, Ohio Related account #79982

Sasquatch sighting near Hammondsville, Ohio

An investigator waiting at the hangar watched a tall motionless black object at the end of the field that had vanished about twenty minutes later.

SilhouettePossible hoaxPossible misidentification
one evening Williamsburg, Clermont County, Ohio Related account #70702

Sasquatch sighting near Williamsburg, Ohio

The witness reportedly saw a dark figure moving across the property one evening while house sitting.

Silhouette
Date unknown Ohio #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/TY2oDERxCQLmzCyeNUqKE1Rhg0TzcFut3kAEoMOxmJc

Sasquatch sighting in Ohio

After filming in Ohio, the witness encountered a small dark figure walking toward him in the dark as if playing chicken. He saw only a silhouette with no detail. The figure vanished with remarkable speed.

SilhouetteMovement only
when 12 or 13 years old Ohio #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/OJyBFBo3E5nWOmT6AA3fl3zJ4R85B6A9sKIOwQk5AGQ

Sasquatch sighting in Ohio

The witness, then a child, arrived home at night when car headlights lit a large hairy figure standing at a mowed corridor into the woods. He got out for a better look while puppies cried nearby, his sister joined him, then his father shouted for them to stop and the figure crossed the opening and thrashed away loudly. The next day they found puppies in the woods and knocked-down vegetation with limbs broken high up.

Full-body sightingSilhouetteMovement onlyFootsteps
fresh out of high school, just graduated like a month before Ohio #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/03/25/sc-ep417-a-strange-night

Growl in Ohio

Shortly after high school the witness and his cousin camped beside a river after hauling kayaks and a towed canoe uphill. In the night the witness heard steps and a loud growl beside the tent and saw a large dark shadow in moonlight. Next day belongings were scattered, food was gone, and the heavy canoe was up in a tree.

GrowlSilhouetteFootstepsProperty disturbance
probably in junior high age Ohio #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/07/08/sc-ep39-monster-of-the-woods

Silhouette in Ohio

The witness woke at night filled with fear and saw light blocked at the bedroom window as if a huge mountain-like mass stood outside. He hid under the sheets, then went toward his parents' room before returning to find nothing there. He kept the experience to himself at the time.

Silhouette