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Bigfoot sighting in Mechanicsburg,Ohio
May 1983 · Mechanicsburg,Ohio, United States
In spring 1983 near Mechanicsburg, Ohio, a witness saw a black manlike figure holding a tree limb and found a large footprint on a muddy path.
The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.
Facts
- Reported as
- Large hairy creature and footprints seen along fence line on property with past activity
- Date
- May 1983
- Place
- Mechanicsburg,Ohio, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 40.048, -83.556
- Light
- daylight
- Witness was
- walking
- Described as
- reddish hair, biped
- Behaviour
- standing
- Sounds
- footsteps
- In the account
- farm or orchard, food source nearby, footprints found, large hands, likened to ape, livestock or pets nearby, near home, nothing found after, only silhouette, raining, searched after, witness fled
- Account
- firsthand
- Sources
- 2 independent (5 listings)
Sources
- BFRORead the report
- BFRO (full-text copy)Read the report
- BFRO (KML copy)Read the report
- ManganiRead the report
- BFRO (Renner copy)Read the report
Nearby sightings
- Possible tracks found by hunters outisde Mechanicsburg
- Two motorists have a lengthy sighting along SR56 near the Madison and Clark County line.
- Bigfoot sighting near Woodstock, Ohio
- A man driving stops to watch a hair covered creature walk across a cornfield
- Bigfoot sighting in Ohio, United States
- Bigfoot sighting near Peebles, Ohio
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