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Summer 1968 Pataskala, Licking County, Ohio Class A #4953

Family has sighting on farm along Headleys Mill Road

The witness woke in the family farmhouse to find the parents alarmed. The witness looked out the window and saw a very tall black hairy figure walking along the road and across a bridge before entering the woods. The witness and a parent ran after it but did not see it again.

Full-body sighting
1965–1969 Akron, Ohio #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/12/01/sc-ep63-bigfoot-on-the-family-farm

Sasquatch sighting near Akron, Ohio (1965)

[name withheld]'s grandfather got up in winter to use the bathroom and looked out west under a tall yard light. He saw a barefoot figure that looked like a man in a fur coat walking through three-foot snow.

Full-body sighting
July 1963 Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio Class A #7026

Three teenage boys witness an ape-like creature lope across a field into the woods

Three teenagers were sitting talking in a rural yard at dusk when a dog ran yelping from behind a barn. They then watched a tall, hairy creature lope across the yard, over a road, and into woods. After gathering knives and flashlights they followed to the woods edge, saw two bright pink eyes reflected in the light, and fled.

Full-body sightingEyeshine
November 1958 Adario, Richland County, Ohio Class A #7425

A Teenager and His Dog Encounter an Ape-like Creature While Retrieving Their Trap Lines

A teenager checking muskrat traps before school with a dog noticed the dog staying close and growling. On a steep bank the witness saw a tall hair-covered figure with a non-human face and a foul smell. The figure quickly walked and ran away across a field, stepping over a six-foot gate without touching it. The witness left without finding tracks because the ground was frozen and snow later covered the area.

Full-body sightingOdorAnimal behaviour
August 1943 Probably Central, Ashland County, Ohio Class A #5333

Man recalls being picked up as a child in Mohican Memorial Forest

When the witness was 5 years old and camping with his parents in central Ohio, he became lost in the woods. He claims a large hairy female creature picked him up, carried him quickly through the forest, and left him in camp with a heavy branch on his legs where his parents later found him. He says his parents dismissed his account as imagination and he did not share it widely for decades.

Full-body sightingOdorAnimal behaviour
BFRO YEAR: 1986 or 1987? Dundas, Vinton County, Ohio Class A #8017

A family is shocked to see a large, hairy creature run across a forest road with a pack of dogs in pursuit

The witness was on a family drive with two relatives in Vinton County in the fall of 1986 or 1987 when a tall hair-covered biped ran across the road ahead of their vehicle while being chased by three to four dogs. The creature continued down a hill into pine forest while giving a very loud low-pitched howl that echoed. The occupants did not stop and drove on.

Road crossingFull-body sightingHowl
BFRO YEAR: 1978 thru 1982 Marietta, Washington County, Ohio Class A #7220

A man relates a series of occurrences on the family farm involving an upright walking hair covered creature

As a young boy at the family property, the witness saw a tall strong creature standing over the burn barrel late at night and noticed a memorable smell. The witness believes the creature continued to live in the hollow and woods around the childhood home.

Full-body sightingOdor
Date unknown Stark County, Ohio Related account #4977

Sasquatch sighting near Stark County

A main witness later watched the creature in daylight sitting in the pit picking through garbage, with facial features obscured by long hair and no visible neck.

Full-body sighting
Several nights later Stark County, Ohio Related account #4977

Sasquatch sighting near Stark County

Three adults went outside to check and saw a dark matted-haired creature estimated at about seven feet tall and three hundred pounds standing motionless.

Full-body sighting
August 22 at 9:00 PM Stark County, Ohio Related account #4977

Sasquatch sighting near Stark County

A relative who was present for the main sighting later drove to the family residence and watched the same biped standing on a hill by the strip mine until it walked from view.

Full-body sighting
a few months after the first one Richfield, Summit County, Ohio Related account #5267

Sasquatch sighting near Richfield, Ohio

The same witness reported seeing a brown-furred biped sitting at the ravine edge holding something, which looked at the witness before the witness fled.

Full-body sighting
BFRO YEAR: 1994-95 ATWATER, Portage County, Ohio Class A #359

Daylight sighting by motorcyclist near Atwater

The witness and a sibling were riding a motorcycle through former strip-mine land in the late afternoon. They approached two distant figures first mistaken for acquaintances, then perceived as large hair-covered human-like beings that stood and left on two legs. After the beings looked toward them and disappeared into the woods, the pair heard loud branch-breaking as something ran off, then they left the area quickly.

Full-body sightingFootsteps
Date unknown Atwater, Portage County, Ohio Related account #31000

Sasquatch sighting near Atwater, Ohio

The brothers saw a few deer approach their position and then move on before the main sounds began.

Full-body sighting
the previous year Harriettsville, Noble County, Ohio Related account #8086

Sasquatch sighting near Harriettsville, Ohio

The witness reports seeing a very large black bear at close range on the same property the previous year and seeing its much smaller tracks on many occasions.

Full-body sightingTracks
A few weeks later Christiansburg, Miami County, Ohio Related account #33979

Sasquatch sighting near Christiansburg, Ohio

The witness heard steps on gravel driveway, found a figure by garbage cans that walked to the backyard and into the woods.

Full-body sightingFootsteps
Around 1:00 AM that evening Christiansburg, Miami County, Ohio Related account #33979

Sasquatch sighting near Christiansburg, Ohio

The witness saw a tall figure standing behind the swing set under deck light before it darted into the woods.

Full-body sighting
One particular night Haydenville, Hocking County, Ohio Related account #8394

Sasquatch sighting near Haydenville, Ohio

On the previous night, a brother saw a large hairy figure leaning against an outbuilding, and after the family dog was knocked yelping past the father, the father and neighbors chased the figure into the woods.

Full-body sighting
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
The night before Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio Related account #62549

Sasquatch sighting near Cadiz, Ohio

The night before the mid-January camera visit the witness saw something crouching 30 yards away that stood up and ran, described as black with two massive legs.

Full-body sighting
BFRO YEAR: 2004? Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio Class A #39158

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.

Full-body sighting