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10 October 2002 Dundee, Tuscarawas County, Ohio Class B #5076

Multiple wood on wood sounds heard in the Beach City Wildlife area

A couple hiking on state game land around a swamp stopped in the woods to listen and heard repeated series of loud, deep knocks from multiple directions and distances. They perceived the sounds as communication and felt uncomfortable enough to leave the area quickly. On the way back to the car they heard additional knocks from across the swamp and continued out without investigating the source.

Wood knock
28 December 2000 Geneva, Ashtabula County, Ohio Class A #1117

Daytime sighting by two witnesses, near Geneva, at the end of Timberwoods Rd

Two companions shoveling snow noticed barefoot-like prints and followed them into the woods. They watched two large greyish furry figures, one pounding and shaking a thin tree and the other digging in snow, while noticing a foul odor. The creatures vocalized and ran off when they noticed the witnesses, who briefly tried to follow before giving up.

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11 November 1998 Nelsonville, Athens County, Ohio Class B #3533

Hunter hears late night wood knocking near Nelsonville, by Wayne Nat'l Forest

The witness was sleeping at a relative's house near Wayne National Forest in late November 1998 and awoke around 2:23 a.m. to hollow thudding like a branch or log struck against a tree trunk. The knocks came from a draw below the house and from farther away in alternating exchanges at regular intervals for about 20 minutes, with locations shifting but never converging. The witness stayed inside, saw nothing, and interpreted the sounds as deliberate communication, discounting animals, falling branches, or humans.

Wood knock
1998 Nelsonville, Athens County, Ohio Related account #26011

Wood knock near Nelsonville, Ohio (1998)

The witness describes an earlier 1998 wood-knocking incident at the same property that led him to carry recording equipment.

Wood knock
Summer 1977 Sparta, Morrow County, Ohio Class A #1625

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.

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17 January 1972 Between Rio Grande And Centerville., Gallia County, Ohio Class B #63178

A couple is escorted out of the forest after finding a possible nesting area near Rio Grande

The witness and his wife returned in late January to a rock grotto where he had earlier found a possible bedding area. They found the bed intact but an old wagon moved from a ledge with drag marks in the rock. As they hiked out through a ravine, unseen actors on both ridges followed them for about an hour with knocks, whistles and other vocalizations, shaking and snapping saplings and throwing rocks until the pair reached the woods edge. Neither reported seeing anything.

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February 13, 2021, at 4:57 pm Shawnee, Perry County, Ohio Related account #67875

Wood knock near Shawnee, Ohio

The witness recorded video of her dog on the same trail in which a distinct wood knock is clearly audible.

Wood knock
Date unknown Christiansburg, Miami County, Ohio Related account #33979

Wood knock near Christiansburg, Ohio

The witness recorded rock pounding sounds and reported communication via wood knocking.

Wood knockUnidentified sound
A few days later Christiansburg, Miami County, Ohio Related account #33979

Wood knock near Christiansburg, Ohio

The witness heard wood knocking coming from the woods.

Wood knock
in the fall of 1998 Wintersville, Jefferson County, Ohio Related account #4951

Wood knock near Wintersville, Ohio

A relative standing in a backyard heard similar knocking noises coming from two different locations in the woods behind the house.

Wood knock
Another time Wintersville, Jefferson County, Ohio Related account #4951

Wood knock near Wintersville, Ohio

The main witness while playing in the woods heard tree-striking sounds from three separate locations and struck a tree in response, after which the sounds stopped.

Wood knock
Date unknown Ewing/logan, Hocking County, Ohio Related account #30622

Wood knock near Ewing/logan, Ohio

The witness reports frequently hearing knocking and banging sounds around the home, aside from the sighting.

Wood knockUnidentified sound
for the last 25 years Dennison, Harrison County, Ohio Related account #9022

Sasquatch sighting near Dennison, Ohio

The witness reports sporadic sightings, tracks, screams, wood knocks, and tree damage on the same property over 25 years.

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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.

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occasionally Ross, Butler County, Ohio Related account #77058

Wood knock near Ross, Ohio

The witness and a relative report occasionally hearing tree knocks from the wooded vacant property near the home.

Wood knock
A short time after the interview Geneva, Ashtabula County, Ohio Related account #30035

Wood knock near Geneva, Ohio

The same witness later heard wood knocking when back in the same area.

Wood knock
Thursday around 5:30, last September week Ohio #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/03/09/sc-ep85-sasquatch-passing-through

Sasquatch sighting in Ohio

While sitting at the fire with his son, they heard a tree knock and watched one creature play peekaboo behind a tree, swaying, then step fully into view in red. The son then saw a second shorter black one about eight feet tall. With two watching, they gathered things and went inside.

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4:30 to 5 o'clock, hunting afternoon, date not stated Ohio #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/03/09/sc-ep85-sasquatch-passing-through

Vocalization in Ohio

While squirrel hunting on the upper ridge, the witness heard his dog barking and whimpering from the swampy ravine bottom, though the dog was chained at home. He listened about 20 minutes, realized it was a perfect mimic, did not go down, and heard a tree knock as he left. The dog was fine at home.

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the following week, Friday night, 8:30 at night Ohio #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/03/09/sc-ep85-sasquatch-passing-through

Wood knock in Ohio

The following Friday during a distant football game whose sound echoed through the ravine, the witness heard intense tree beating and stomping like elephants. A plastic sled was beaten against a tree. He hung his phone out the window so an outside contact could hear.

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probably a week later, Friday night Ohio #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/03/09/sc-ep85-sasquatch-passing-through

Sasquatch sighting in Ohio

The witness's son, in football uniform, went to put his beagle away and heard a crash from the hill. An 8-foot creature stared him down from six feet away, then ran off after a loud tree knock. The son also saw a second shorter creature with red eyes over the ravine, then ran inside.

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