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Fall 1977 Scioto County, Ohio Class B #4975

Sighting at Camp Oyo Boy Scout Camp on Rt. 125

The witness reports taking a break at a picnic area below a cabin after hiking back from another cabin. A creature was seen walking upright, with only the waist-up visible above brush. It is described as having long brown hair and piercing green eyes.

Partial sighting
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.

Full-body sightingOdorHowlGrowlScream +3
1977 Ney, Defiance County, Ohio Class A #4556

Midnight sighting by motorist on Coy Rd

The witness was traveling at highway speed around midnight after getting off work when they noticed a tall hairy figure standing in a ditch beside a cement bridge. The figure's head was well above the bridge deck, leading the witness to estimate a height of eight to nine feet. The witness went back in daylight the next morning and found no tall vegetation that could explain the sighting.

Partial sighting
late spring 1977 Ohio #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/E1YWTmSabRMruPAP0s3qmJsHMZfhUHFgKDtzn_eviGc

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.

Full-body sightingPartial sightingOdorGrowlScream +4
November 1976 Monroe Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio Class A #4837

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.

Full-body sightingUnidentified sound
September 1976 Wadsworth, Medina County, Ohio Class A #8587

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.

Full-body sighting
September 1976 Ohio #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/07/08/sc-ep39-monster-of-the-woods

Vocalization in Ohio (1976)

The witness was practicing the long jump alone in the backyard in the late afternoon when an extremely loud roar came from nearby thick woods. The sound vibrated through his body and frightened him. He ran immediately inside the house crying and shouted that it was Bigfoot.

Vocalization
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
August 1976 Spring Valley, Carroll County, Ohio Class A #8494

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.

Full-body sightingOdor
July 1976 Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio Class A #10861

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.

Full-body sightingHowlFootstepsRock throwing
Summer 1976 Aurora, Portage County, Ohio Class B #4966

Large footprints, area of matted grass and sounds of bipedal footsteps noted along shores of Aurora Lake

The witness and a companion hiked through a creek bed to a long-visited spot in the woods. They found a large area where tall weeds and trees had been matted down into a bed-like clearing with outer vegetation bent outward. While examining it they heard heavy bipedal footsteps and breaking twigs approaching through dense foliage but could not see the source. They retreated to the road while the unseen source followed at a distance, staying about 100 feet away.

Structure or nestFootsteps
1976 Oxford, Ohio #f5dcf095-d4a4-4058-b0ab-3ffd7a69af9e

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.

Road crossingFull-body sighting
October 1974 St. Marys, Auglaize County, Ohio Class A #3385

Raccoon hunter in a corn field is knocked down by a large animal running from coon hunters.

Four people were coon hunting with hounds on a full-moon night in late fall and were walking out toward the truck when the dogs bolted. The witness, left alone in standing corn, heard a loud scream approaching and was knocked down by a bent-over thing carrying a deer on its shoulder, which dropped the deer and fled. The group found the deer alive but severely injured with a twisted hind leg and broken antlers; a responding game warden shot it and released it to them, and dressing showed a dislocated hip, broken backbone and badly bruised meat.

Partial sightingScream
Spring 1974 Port Clinton And Clyde, Ottawa County, Ohio Class B #14223

Possible night time sighting by hunters in a marsh near Port Clinton

In 1974 the witness and a companion camped on a small island in a marsh after setting turtle lines. Around 10:30 p.m. on a moonlit, still night they heard splashing and saw ripples, then observed a tall figure standing waist-deep about 75 yards away for about 45 seconds. The figure turned its head and walked easily through deep water and muck until out of sight, after which both left the area.

Partial sightingFootsteps
1974 Ohio #e402d78b-06d3-49a5-bc8c-be76145c374f

Sasquatch sighting in Ohio (1974)

The witness was sent back through the woods to fetch matches while on a swimming outing with his brother and a friend. Halfway through the woods he noticed a large hairy form standing behind a wide oak tree about 30 feet away. He watched the shoulder, arm and part of a leg sway slightly for up to half a minute before freezing and then running home. He told no one what he saw for years, thinking it was a monster.

Partial sighting
August 1973 East Liverpool, Columbiana County, Ohio Class A #33014

Memory told of a daylight sightling while walking down railroad tracks near East Liverpool

The witness and a companion were walking along railroad tracks beside the Ohio River in the evening when they heard brush being trampled on the hillside. They looked up and saw a very tall hair-covered figure about 25 yards away leaning out from behind a tree with an arm around the trunk. Both immediately ran back the way they had come.

Partial sightingUnidentified sound
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.

FootstepsWood knockVocalizationWhistleTree break +3
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
probably about summer of, I believe, about 72 Akron, Ohio #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/12/01/sc-ep63-bigfoot-on-the-family-farm

Sasquatch sighting near Akron, Ohio (1972)

After rumors of a seven-foot figure stalking at night, four or five neighbor brothers lay on a sloped garage to watch. They heard footsteps and something walked up with its head above the garage and stared at them before they jumped off and ran inside.

Partial sightingFootsteps
June 1971 Calcutta, Columbiana County, Ohio Class A #4307

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.

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