Ohio IBS Sighting Reports

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Re: Ohio IBS Sighting Reports

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IBS Report #: 1964 is missing

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Re: Ohio IBS Sighting Reports

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IBS Report #: 423

Location: RICHLAND county, OH. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +040˚ 45' N
Longitude: 082˚ 30' W
Day:
Month:
Year: 1973
Time: 2AM
Elevation: 1292

Data Source: “Bigfoot All Over The Country;” 1978; Marian T. Place,
Credibility: 2
Locality: Mansfield
Researcher: Place
Witness: Albert Hartman

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: BF at barn shot at;8ft;shaggy haired;red glowing eyes;odor,

Sighting Text:
1973 Albert Hartman of Mansfield; OH; saw 8 ft creature by his barn about 2AM. Shot at with shotgun and it fled. Sheriff had heard of shaggy haired stinking beast with reddish glowing eyes had been seen by coon hunters. “Bigfoot All Over The Country;” 1978; Marian T. Place,
Climate / Ecology:

Precip: Mansfield 2.0 2.0 3.3 3.6 4.3 3.9 4.0 4.1 3.4 2.3 3.5 3.1 39.7
Temp: Mansfield 24.6 27.1 37.6 48.4 58.6 67.6 72.0 70.2 63.9 52.7 41.5 29.8 49.5
Sun:
Snow:
Ecology: Missing

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Re: Ohio IBS Sighting Reports

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IBS Report #: 574

Location: STARK county, OH. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 3

Latitude: 0
Longitude: 0
Day:
Month:
Year: 1992
Time: DUSK
Elevation:

Data Source: TR71 Bigfoot In Ohio
Credibility: 2
Locality: STARK COUNTY
Researcher: Matt Moneymaker
Witness: HUNTER

Sighting Type: 3
Summary: BF APPROACHS WITNESS, PANICKS DEER, WOOD ON WOOD, TRACKS, DEAD DEER WITH BROKEN LEG,BELLY RIPPED FOUND

Sighting Text:
OH STARK 1992 TR#71 * Book review. “Bigfoot In Ohio- Encounters with the Grassman.” Christopher L. Murphy, Joedy Cook, and George Clappison, of the Ohio Bigfoot Research & Study Group. Here’s a fascinating little gem with some real surprises for the researcher. The first portion is rather standard; lay of the land, Bigfoot In The News, 27 pages of photos and drawings, and such lore. What first caught my real attention was a chapter, “Ohio Deer Kills and Bigfoot.” Here I ran into some real meat (pun unintended). Matt Moneymaker was the source of this information. Matt’s 1992 investigation started with a hunter , stalking deer in Stark County, that had a creature approach him within 35 feet, scaring a small herd of deer away. Just after sundown, the creature saw the hunter, screamed several times, and retreated. A few days later, deer appeared again, and the hunter noted knocks of wood on a tree trunk that were answered from nearby. It is speculated that this is part of a “scare and catch” tactic by the Bigfeet, to drive deer into an ambush. Later, with his dog, tracks of Bigfoot were seen and a young deer carcass was found with a broken leg, no bullet wounds, and intact except for the belly ripped open. Later Matt investigated a sighting in Guernsey County. The farmer told of young dead deer where the legs had been broken and twisted around, the bodies left to rot. Matt returned in a few days with his wife, a medical doctor, to examine the carcasses, and she found that the belly had been ripped open and the liver was missing. Matt noted that all the dead deer had legs broken and speculated that a heavy tree branch might have been used while rushing the deer. As to why the livers were gone. It was noted that it has substantial amounts of vitamins that could be depleted in the fall and winter. Vitamin A, is critical for night vision and skin thickening, or callous formation through keratinization. Also, 90% of cholesterol production, building block of hormones, is found in this organ. There were other benefits of liver eating - like medical, mentioned...read the book and see. Another deer kill took Matt to Coshocton County in 1993 where he talked to a resident that had a sighting that had so moved the witness, that he erected a Bigfoot cut-out and put a sign on his barn reading “Sasquatch Valley.” Don Keating took me to this place last year when I visited Ohio. I took a photo, but the one by Peggy Tillman is much better, so I’ll reproduce it here. The witness had found deer tracks and eventually came to a natural overhang or cave where he found a number of severed deer legs neatly arranged side-by-side. Later, he was terrified when a Bigfoot entered the cave, but it did nothing. The machinist stared and backed away on the opposite side of the overhang (you really must read the whole account to appreciate). No other deer parts were found and it’s conceivable that the legs were for future consumption. Later that year, to confirm the deer killings by Bigfoot, a Wisconsin couple near Berlin Lake in Ohio almost ran over a Bigfoot crossing the road with a young deer slung over its shoulder. The lesson here is for researchers to ask locals about dead deer being found. We have had many reported out west, and even found bodies hanging in trees. Matt commented on one case near Coppei, WA, where a lady said the creature chased elk over the brink of Coppei Falls, and retrieved the dead animals. The book goes on to tell of the origins of the Grassman story, and tells of the, now famous, grass huts investigated by Joedy and George near Akron, OH. I looked long at the photo, ran previously in the Track Record in 1995, courtesy of Joedy. George even sent in an article on the Grassman which I printed. Murphy claims to see three creatures in the hut photo, that he has enlarged and enhanced. Personally, I believe them to be shadows, but Chris leaves it up to the reader to decide, as he does throughout the book. Curiously, in a chapter on conspiracy, an army Colonel says the Army investigated similar structures and found a placenta, and labeled the huts as a birthing complex. Read more about it by ordering your own copy today.
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Re: Ohio IBS Sighting Reports

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IBS Report #: 4177 is missing

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Re: Ohio IBS Sighting Reports

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IBS Report #: 425 is missing

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Re: Ohio IBS Sighting Reports

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IBS Report #: 235

Location: SUMMIT county, OH. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 3

Latitude: +041˚ 08' N
Longitude: 081˚ 51' W
Day:
Month: JAN
Year: 1995
Time:
Elevation: 1079

Data Source: TR#46-Mar’95
Credibility: 3
Locality: Near Akron,
Researcher: Joedy Cook
Witness: Joedy Cook

Sighting Type: 3
Summary: Bigfoot mounded nest or bed,

Sighting Text:
OH, * Joedy Cook; Director of the Ohio Bigfoot Research And Study Group; Asst. Dir. George Clapperson; has called and asked to become a branch of the WBS. Joedy has sent along a large wad of clips and photos from Ohio. Do write and pass along any Ohio stuff you have; and I'll search our files. Joedy Cook; 634 Delhi Ave.; Cincinnati; Ohio 45204; phone (513) 251-3964. Joedy has discovered near Akron last January a possible Bigfoot mounded nest that was not in the same area two months earlier; it consists of big sticks for support and smaller sticks with high grass as a cover. The inside was large enough for three men to sit in. Hair was found inside and tracks were also found in the area. I'll run this excellent color photo of the nest first chance I get. Welcome to the WBS Joedy.,
Climate / Ecology:

Precip: AKRON 1.9 2.6 3.3 3.0 4.3 3.5 4.2 2.5 3.2 2.7 2.6 2.9 36.6;
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Ecology: Missing

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Re: Ohio IBS Sighting Reports

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IBS Report #: 2317

Location: SUMMIT county, OH. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 2

Latitude: +041˚ 05' N
Longitude: 081˚ 31' W
Day: M
Month: JAN
Year: 1995
Time: M
Elevation: 955

Data Source: TR 46 MAR 95
Credibility: 3
Locality: NEAR AKRON
Researcher: JOEDY COOK
Witness: JOEDY COOK

Sighting Type: 2
Summary: MOUNDED BF NEST, HAIR, TRACKS FOUND

Sighting Text:
TR 46 MAR 95 * Joedy Cook, Director of the Ohio Bigfoot Research And Study Group, Asst. Dir. George Clapperson, has called and asked to become a branch of the WBS. Joedy has sent along a large wad of clips and photos from Ohio. Do write and pass along any Ohio stuff you have, and I'll search our files. Joedy Cook, 634 Delhi Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45204; phone (513) 251-3964. Joedy has discovered near Akron last January a possible Bigfoot mounded nest that was not in the same area two months earlier; it consists of big sticks for support and smaller sticks with high grass as a cover. The inside was large enough for three men to sit in. Hair was found inside and tracks were also found in the area. I'll run this excellent color photo of the nest first chance I get. Welcome to the WBS Joedy.
Climate / Ecology:

Precip: AKRON 1.9 2.6 3.3 3.0 4.3 3.5 4.2 2.5 3.2 2.7 2.6 2.9 36.6;
Temp: AKRON MISG
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Ecology: Missing

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Re: Ohio IBS Sighting Reports

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IBS Report #: 692 is missing

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Re: Ohio IBS Sighting Reports

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IBS Report #: 3064

Location: Tuscarawas county, OH. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +040˚ 29' N
Longitude: 081˚ 26' W
Day:
Month:
Year: 1967
Time:
Elevation: 906

Data Source: TR 77 MAY 98
Credibility: 3
Locality: New Philadelphia
Researcher: Chuck Storrie
Witness: COUPLE

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: 8.5 FT APE IN MIDDLE OF ROAD

Sighting Text:
TR 77 MAY 98 * Chuck Storrie, guest at the May meeting from Ohio, passed on a few older Ohio reports a couple in 1967 also outside of New Philadelphia, OH, were driving down a dirt road looking for a place to park and neck, and the man saw an ape looking at him., standing in the middle of the road. He thought it was an escaped gorilla, immediately shoved the car in reverse and backed out of the road, “burning tires.” The girl asked why he did that, apparently not seeing the gorilla...and didn’t believe his story. So, he drove back in and it was still standing there. She screamed and it went behind a huge oak tree about 3 1/2 feet wide, but it’s shoulders hung out 6-8 inches on both sides, and the arms went almost to the ground. They estimated the gray creature as about 8 1/2 feet tall.
Climate / Ecology:

Precip: NEW PHILADELPHIA 2.4 2.5 3.5 3.5 3.9 4.1 4.5 3.9 3.1 2.5 3.2 2.9 39.8
Temp: NEW PHILADELPHIA 25.3 27.3 37.9 48.0 58.8 67.8 71.8 70.2 63.5 51.3 41.4 30.9 49.5
Sun:
Snow:
Ecology: OAK

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Re: Ohio IBS Sighting Reports

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IBS Report #: 691

Location: TUSCARAWAS county, OH. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +040˚ 29' N
Longitude: 081˚ 26' W
Day:
Month:
Year: 1970
Time:
Elevation: 910

Data Source: TR77
Credibility: 2
Locality: near New Philadelphia
Researcher: UNK
Witness: COUPLE

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: DARK BF LOOKS IN CAR WINDOW

Sighting Text:
OH TUSCARAWAS 1970 TR#77 40 29N 81 26W ELV 910 A couple were parked and necking on a county lane during a full moon, in 1970, near New Philadelphia, OH. A dark colored Bigfoot approached the driver’s side of the car, bent forward over the front windshield, and looked in with its head upside down. The lady screamed, and it just stood there. They rapidly drove away in a panic. Later at a house she saw a book of Bigfoot and started stuttering, “that’s it!”
Climate / Ecology:

Precip: NEW PHILADELPHIA 2.6 2.4 3.6 3.5 3.7 4.0 4.4 3.8 3.0 2.3 3.3 2.7 39.3
Temp: NEW PHILADELPHIA 25.3 27.3 37.9 48.0 58.8 67.8 71.8 70.2 63.5 51.3 41.4 30.9 49.5
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Ecology: FULL MOON

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Anyway, as I stand before God, I did not make this up!
@ yankeesearch « Tue 12:55 am »
Not saying it was Sq/BF/DM/Yeti... but it was strange. And I am locking my doors tonight for sure! :lol:
@ yankeesearch « Tue 12:54 am »
And just I was turning away, I thought I heard snort -- which could have been deer or maybe cattle... but... I do not know.
@ yankeesearch « Tue 12:53 am »
I did not have the creepy feeling I normally get in these situations... so I really do not know what to make of it.
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One detail I forgot to mention: the whoop had almost a human like talk after it on both occasions.
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I walked back to the other side, and thought I heard a knock...
@ yankeesearch « Tue 12:51 am »
Cattle about 1/8th mile away disappeared... and strangely at that location: it sounded like something banged the metal fence. Not loud... but never ever heard it before tonight.
@ yankeesearch « Tue 12:50 am »
Two whoops... and some deer scattering (they may have been scattering because of me).
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From 6:20 PM to maybe 6:45 PM CST
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I may have just had an encounter!
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Hi gang! I know it has been a long time...
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