Bigfoot sighting near Nelsonville, Ohio
Jul 1980 · Nelsonville, Ohio, United States
Three college students walking back from town near Nelsonville, Ohio, saw a tall dark creature by the railroad tracks at night, smelled a strong odor, and fled.
Facts
- Reported as
- Three college students witness a large creature standing just off of the railroad tracks.
- Date
- Jul 1980
- Place
- Nelsonville, Ohio, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 39.448, -82.224
- Light
- night
- Witness was
- walking
- Witnesses
- 3
- Creatures
- 1
- Distance
- 3.8 m (12 ft)
- Height
- 2.1 m (7 ft)
- Behaviour
- crossing road, standing
- In the account
- bed or nest found, corridor, eyes seen, eyeshine, felt fear, food present, near water, physical symptoms, returned to spot, searched after, smell, smell musky, stopped vehicle, very tall, 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
- Bow hunter recalls hearing screams near Wayne National Forest
- Hunter hears late night wood knocking near Nelsonville, by Wayne Nat'l Forest
- Family has encounters with a large, hair covered creature just on the edge of Wayne National Forest
- A bigfoot caught staring at a lady with her puppies in Hocking Hills
- Dog walker lady has daylight sighting of a Bigfoot in a nature preserve NW of Coolville
- Sighting by woman visiting an old rural cemetery, near Logan
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