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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.
Mini-bike rider has afternoon encounter near Fulton
The witness was riding a mini bike along a path by railroad tracks and stopped to turn around when he noticed movement on an embankment about 20 feet away. A tall, reddish-brown fur-covered figure stood there holding a tree and a branch while staring at him. After a brief staredown in which the figure wrinkled its nose and narrowed its eyes, the witness panicked, raced the bike back toward his friends, then ran home.
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.
Early evening sighting by two children, near Layman
As children playing in the yard near dusk, the witness and a relative noticed a figure moving along the woodline across the road. The figure was described as walking stooped over and pushing vegetation aside with its hands, then stopping to look at them after being shouted at. Both children fled indoors frightened and told a parent, who did not see anything.
A series of sightings, screams, and smells near an abandoned strip mine
Around 3 AM on a clear summer night the witness was at home when a relative came to the back door after being outside. The dog hid and whimpered and a foul odor was present. Both then watched a huge hairy biped about seven to eight feet tall walk slumped over out of the moonlit woods and through a neighboring yard.
Three fox hunters witness a "Freak of nature bear" step over a fence and walk into a thicket.
The witness, then a child, spent the day fox hunting with his father and brother and noticed large tracks in the snow. After returning home to unload rifles in the yard, the group saw a very tall brownish-furred creature in the pasture behind the house that first moved on all fours and then stood, touched a fence, stepped over a five-foot fence, and vanished into thicket. A musky odor was noted that day.
Sighting by motorists along Poe Rd
In the fall of 1978 around midnight, the witness was driving a friend home when both noticed a strange upright creature standing beside the road. The being was described as large and bear-like in stance but with a non-bear-like face, standing about six feet tall, staring at them without moving. The pair reportedly saw it clearly but told almost no one afterward, later confirming with each other that they remembered the same details.
Case report about a sighting by a boy and local rumors about a bigfoot in area.
Two boys were walking their dog in the evening when they noticed a strong rotten-egg smell and saw a large hairy creature. The creature chased them across a field toward home, taking very large steps, and disappeared from view near railroad tracks and a highway. After reaching home they told a parent, who called law enforcement, and responding deputies searched the area.
Two women driving to work are surprised to see a very large hair covered biped running along the side of their car.
The witness and a relative were driving to work in the dark when they noticed something in a creek bed beside the road. The creature reportedly emerged on two legs, moved toward their car and ran alongside it briefly before they sped away frightened. They described it as very large with brown shaggy hair covering its body.
Children have daytime close encounter near Sparta; UPDATED with Witness Sketch
Three children walking on a wooded footpath noticed a tall female-like figure with a smaller juvenile standing by a tree off to the side. The larger figure stared at them, gave off a dead-animal smell, stepped toward them, growled and bared its teeth after being pointed out. The group fled toward a residence while hearing branches breaking, prolonged howling and screaming, and trees being beaten.
Sasquatch sighting in Ohio (1977)
On a weekend morning the witness and two companions walked down a trail toward the back fields and noticed a strong odor of death and wet dog. The witness saw a small hairy juvenile peeking from behind what proved to be the leg of a very large female standing motionless in a clearing. After he pointed at her she roared, the group fled while hearing screams, howls and chatter around them, and the next morning a large log they played on was found broken.
Rabbit hunter witness's a massive creature running through the woods
During rabbit season in 1976 the witness was hunting with four companions in dense snowy woods when he became separated. He heard an extremely loud sound and then had a roughly five-second view of a huge dark brown bipedal figure running at full speed. He later told his companions, who suggested it was a deer, but he insisted it was not.
A childhood encounter just outside of Wadsworth, Ohio
As a child exploring woods beyond a permitted woodline on family property, the witness encountered a brown, hairy creature in a squatting position about 15 yards away. The creature stood to at least seven feet tall, showing a hair-covered back, broad shoulders, and long arms, but the witness fled in fear before it turned around. The surroundings were noted as completely quiet.
A woman recounts her childhood sighting near Atwood Lake
While camping with family, the witness walked up a wooded hill by cabins to collect insects late in the morning. After noticing a musty rotting-grass smell, the witness saw a large upright hair-covered figure off the path that turned and looked in her direction. The witness froze, then ran back down to camp and did not report the event to family at the time.
Teenagers wading down the Olentangy River at night have a sighting south of Delaware
In mid-summer 1975 around midnight, the witness and three companions were wading the Olentangy River when they heard breaking brush and saw a tall hair-covered biped at the tree line. The figure followed them downstream as they moved, and they heard heavy movement in the water and a howl as they fled to a nearby apartment complex. At the woods edge near the apartments it stopped and stared at them before they ran toward town and abandoned their gear for two days.
Sasquatch sighting near Oxford, Ohio (1976)
The witness and his cousin were leaving a state park lake late at night after fishing all day. A very tall dark hairy biped stepped into the road at a hairpin curve right in front of the truck. It crossed in a few steps without looking at them while the cousin shouted to drive away.
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.
Late night sighting by children at a home in Calcutta
Late at night the witness and a friend went downstairs for a snack and switched on a light by a large window that lit the backyard. They saw a large bipedal creature walking away from the house, which briefly turned its upper body toward the light before leaving the illuminated area. Both ran back to the bedroom and stayed there until morning, and the witness found large depressions in the grass the next day.
Sighting and vocalizations at a home in Wayne National Forest
Late at night two companions were watching TV in a mobile home when they heard a noise at the front. The witness looked through the door window and described a large face peering in that then screamed and pushed away. Both went out the back and watched the figure step over a barbed-wire fence and run away hunched over with very long arms. A next-day search found no tracks, but they measured the door window at seven and a half feet above the ground.
Sasquatch sighting in Ohio (1971)
Two men running dogs without guns approached strange barking at a fence. A creature stood up, blocked their lights with a hand, then followed them through cornfields to a field edge before turning back. Next day footprints and a handprint were found in creek mud and trailing dogs refused to follow.