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Bigfoot sighting in Ohio, United States
18 May 1977 · Ohio, United States
Two 13-year-old boys reported a nine-foot ape-like creature chasing them near a covered bridge in Preble County, Ohio, at 8:30 PM on May 18, 1977; investigators found footprints.
The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.
Facts
- Reported as
- Case report about a sighting by a boy and local rumors about a bigfoot in area.
- Date
- 18 May 1977
- Place
- Ohio, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 39.700, -84.626
- Located within
- 241 m
- Time
- about 20:00, night
- Witness was
- walking
- Witnesses
- 2
- Creatures
- 1
- Height
- 2.7 m (9 ft)
- Described as
- brown hair
- Behaviour
- approaching
- Animals
- dogs reacted
- In the account
- dog present, eyes seen, farm or orchard, felt fear, field or clearing, followed or paced, footprints found, investigator visited, long arms, long strides, on or by road, searched after, smell, smell rotten, vanished, very tall, witness fled
- Tracks
- 36 cm (14.0 in) long, 18 cm (7.0 in) wide, 5 toes, stride 198 cm (78.0 in)
- Account
- investigator interviewed
- 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
- Bigfoot sighting in Ohio, United States
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- Whooping sound wakes and unnerves a couple near West Alexandria
- Family going fishing find a large, strange footprint in a sandbar near Gratis
- Vocalizations heard by fisherman on Twin Creek
- IMPORTANT LOCATION: Road crossing sasquatch spotted by two witnesses 15 miles west of Dayton
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