Ohio IBS Sighting Reports

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IBS Report #: 2962

Location: COSHOCTON county, OH. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 2

Latitude: +040˚ 10' N
Longitude: 081˚ 51' W
Day: 12
Month: APR
Year: 1997
Time:
Elevation: 771

Data Source: TR 73 JAN 98
Credibility: 3
Locality: BIGFOOT LAKE, VCT COSHOCTON
Researcher: Mark DeWerth, Don Keating
Witness: WOMAN

Sighting Type: 2
Summary: PHOTO OF SERIES OF 18 INTRACKS

Sighting Text:
TR 73 JAN 98 * Mark DeWerth, Jan 27, 1998. This is a picture of an alleged Bigfoot track found on April 12th, 1997, by a woman in rural Coshocton County, Ohio. There was a series of tracks (6 to 7) in a straight line leading up to a gravel road into a pine forest. I arrived at the scene on 4-19 with Don Keating of Newcomerstown, OH, and to our amazement the tracks still showed very well in the 5-6 inch high grass thanks to a beautiful sunny day. The amazing thing about this particular track was how well you could make out the toes and general shape of the foot. At the heel the track depth was over 4 inches. Measurements were as follows; 18 inches long, 7 1/2 inches wide at the ball, 5 1/4 inches wide at the heel, impressed over four inches in depth. The series of tracks were heading up a slight incline. The distance between each track averaged 54 inches. If only they were in soft soil. In my opinion these would be impossible to fake due to them being in short field grass and traveling up an incline. Just as a side note, these tracks were found less than 200 yards away from the famous Don Keating, Aug. 2, 1992, sighting of an alleged white Bigfoot.
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Precip: COSHOCTON 2.9 2.5 3.3 3.7 3.9 4.2 4.4 4.0 3.2 2.6 3.2 3.0 41.0
Temp: COSHOCTON 26.2 29.3 39.9 49.6 59.9 68.4 72.0 70.5 64.0 52.3 42.1 31.6 50.4
Sun: Sun and Moon Data for One Day The following information is provided for (longitude W81.8, latitude N40.3): Saturday 12 April 1997 Universal Time SUN Begin civil twilight 10:26 Sunrise 10:54 Sun transit 17:28 Sunset 00:03 on following day End civil twilight 00:31 on following day MOON Moonrise 14:06 on preceding day Moonset 04:41 Moonrise 14:55 Moon transit 22:14 Moonset 05:33 on following day Phase of the Moon on 12 April: waxing crescent with 29% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated. First quarter Moon on 14 April 1997 at 17:00 Universal Time.
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Ecology: PINE

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IBS Report #: 2996

Location: COSHOCTON county, OH. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 2

Latitude: +040˚ 10' N
Longitude: 081˚ 51' W
Day:
Month: AUG
Year: 1997
Time:
Elevation: 741

Data Source: TR 75 MAR 98
Credibility: 3
Locality: Wills Creek
Researcher: Mark Francis
Witness: Mark Francis

Sighting Type: 2
Summary: 200 TRACKS ONLY 4 OR 6.5 INCHES LONG...LITTLEFOOT

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TR 75 MAR 98 Was able to talk to Mark Francis, and we sat together at dinner along with his companion Terry. He told me an interesting story of the two of them being at Wills Creek near Coshcocton, OH, August of 1997, and finding some 200 barefoot tracks only 4 inches or 6 1/2 inches long that he plaster casted and photographed. Littlefoot? Or the Little People? There were no adult-size tracks, and they had heard bear-like grunt noises the night before after calling coyote with a wounded rabbit call. The tracks were all over the embankment and in mud. They looked like peas in a pod, squared off, a slight arch. They went back to plaster the tracks, and there were no other new tracks, though his previous tire tracks were still visible. Asked Keating about inviting Mark to be his April speaker, and both agreed. Marc DeWerth will take notes and tell us about the meeting at our May WBS meeting.
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IBS Report #: 3415

Location: Coshocton county, OH. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 3

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Day: 27
Month: MAY
Year: 1999
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Data Source: TR 89 JUL 1999
Credibility: 3
Locality: COSHOCTON COUNTY
Researcher: Hawk and Karen S.
Witness: Hawk and Karen S.

Sighting Type: 3
Summary: 3 BF SEEN, TRACKS AT HOUSE WINDOW, SCREAMS, ROCKS HIT TRAILER , DOG SPOOKED, BAIT BOX LEFT, BF FACE VIDEOTAPED

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TR 89 JUL 1999 * Hawk and Karen S. report, July 21, 1999. From: snowdeer@webtv.net (Karen S) Coshocton County, Ohio. Well we have had a lot of activity here for the past several months. We have found foot prints beside our garden, below our bedroom window and in the creek behind our home. We have heard sounds that would make the dead rise--screams, howls, hollers. We have had things hit our trailer at night -- sometimes it sounded like it was rocks hitting it and sometimes it sounded like something was actually knocking on it. Our dog used to bark at everything that came in the yard. Now he hardly ever barks at all. As you probably heard Hawk had a sighting of three creatures on May 27th. I know how hard that was for some people to believe, but it was never-the-less true. We started putting out a bait box with different kinds of food in it to see if we could draw the big guy close enough to get a good solid set of foot prints. Saturday July 17th, Hawk was out checking the bait box. He came back inside to get the video camera to take a shot of some claw marks he found under the bait box. He was recording the claw marks when he heard the sound of breaking branches and a loud high pitched sound.He turned around to look towards the sounds. The video camera was still on. He aimed the camera toward the sounds and started recording. He thought he saw something move so he zoomed in and out and back in again. He came in shortly after that and said he thought he got something on video. We put the tape in the VCR and we saw this thing like a face. We did a still frame on our webtv and uploaded it to our home page so it would blow it up a little bit. The image we sent is the first one we uploaded. In the video you can see the eyes blink at least twice and the head move to the side a little bit. I know what we think it is and we hope we are right. Until someone proves to us that it is not a face of a Bigfoot we will continue to believe that it is. We watched that 22 seconds of video over and over again. The wind was not blowing so it was not the movement of the leaves we saw. You can see where the sunlight is touching the cheek on this face. We went out the next day at the same time with the video camera and aimed it at the place where the face was. There was nothing there. We have had several people come to see the tape and they all agreed that it looked liked a face. One person told us it looked like the face of a primitive man. I guess everyone will have to decide for themselves what they think it is. We believe Bigfoot is behind our home. We have come to consider him/her a friend. God knows if he/she wanted to harm us he/she has had numerous chances. We want to prove that Bigfoot exists without harming them. We are not sure how to do this but when the time comes I am sure we will know what to do. I don’t feel we will learn the truth until the time is right and we are meant to learn it.
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IBS Report #: 3056

Location: COSHOCTON county, OH. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +040˚ 09' N
Longitude: 081˚ 54' W
Day: 20
Month: APR
Year: 98
Time:
Elevation: 715

Data Source: TR 77 MAY 98
Credibility: 3
Locality: Highwall of the Wills Creek Basin
Researcher: MARK FRANCIS
Witness: MARK FRANCIS

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: VIDEO OF BF HIDING IN BRUSH

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TR 77 MAY 98 Mark also showed a short video of a possible Bigfoot hiding in brush on April 20th from the Highwall of the Wills Creek Basin. It had a flat, gorilla-like face, and the bushes moved slightly (that I did see...Ray).
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IBS Report #: 682

Location: COSHOCTON county, OH. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +081˚ 51' N
Longitude: 081˚ 51' W
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Year: MISG
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Data Source: TR77
Credibility: 1
Locality: Wills Creek
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Sighting Type: 1
Summary: DARK BF FEMALE WITH BREASTS SEEN AT LAKE. 8.5 FT DARK MALE BF SEEN

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OH COSHOCTON MISG TR#77 A slide was of a barn with a Sasquatch Country sign in the Wills Creek Basin. Talking to the owner, he commented on being two miles past Bigfoot Lake when he saw a Bigfoot female at a pond. Breasts drooped to the waist and the hips were very wide, though the waist was quite skinny by comparison. Across the pond he saw another very tall male, 8 1/2 feet, and decided to leave. Both were dark colored.
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Precip: WILLS CREEK LAKE 2.9 2.4 3.6 4.0 4.2 3.8 4.4 3.4 2.9 2.5 3.0 2.9 40.0
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Ecology: Missing

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IBS Report #: 422

Location: CUYAOHOGA county, OH. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +041˚ 30' N
Longitude: 081˚ 41' W
Day:
Month:
Year: 1972
Time:
Elevation: 767

Data Source: “Bigfoot All Over The Country;” 1978; Marian T. Place,
Credibility: 2
Locality: Behind Cleveland zoo
Researcher: Place
Witness: two young men

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: Mention of sighting,

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Sighting,Behind Cleveland zoo, Mention of sighting, 1972; two young men saw BF behind Cleveland; OH; zoo. Lookeld like a gorilla but stood straigter.“Bigfoot All Over The Country;” 1978; Marian T. Place,
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Precip: Cleveland 2.0 2.2 2.9 3.1 3.5 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.4 2.5 3.2 3.1 36.6
Temp: Cleveland 24.8 27.3 37.2 47.5 57.9 67.5 71.8 70.3 63.9 52.7 42.4 30.9 49.5
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Ecology: Missing

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IBS Report #: 426

Location: FRANKLIN county, OH. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +040˚ 08' N
Longitude: 082˚ 57' W
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Year: MISG
Time:
Elevation: 807

Data Source: “Bigfoot All Over The Country;” 1978; Marian T. Place
Credibility: 2
Locality: Near Westerville,
Researcher: Place
Witness: Three children

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: Three children saw DARK BF spying on them; tracks 14in,

Sighting Text:
Three children saw BF spying on them; tracks 14in, BF tracks found near Westerville 14 in long and 6 in wide. Three children saw larg; dark; hulking; creature spying on them. Went over a hill“Bigfoot All Over The Country;” 1978; Marian T. Place,
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Precip: Westerville 2.4 2.1 3.0 3.6 4.1 4.1 4.2 3.6 2.9 2.4 3.1 2.6 38.0
Temp: Westerville 26.1 29.5 40.8 51.1 61.2 69.6 73.0 71.4 65.1 53.6 42.8 31.8 51.3
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Ecology: Missing

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IBS Report #: 1909

Location: GUERNSEY county, OH. United States

Sighting Type: 3

Latitude: +040˚ 11' N
Longitude: 081˚ 35' W
Day: M
Month: FALL
Year: 1985
Time: M
Elevation: 791

Data Source: TR31
Credibility: 3
Locality: NEAR GUERNSEY
Researcher: MARK FRANCIS
Witness: MARK FRANCIS

Sighting Type: 3
Summary: ROCK PILES IN GROUPS OF 2 OR 3

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Tr31 As added confirmation of rock piles, a recent phone call with Mark Francis (Director, North American Bigfoot Information Network-NABIN) added more details on rock stacking. The piles are well known from Ohio! In the fall of 1985 in a pine grove near Guernsey, Mark said, rock piles were found in groups of two or three, 8-10 inches high, and with stones 3-4 inches in diameter. The final straw...Mark Francis interviewed a Native-American lady who said her grandfather told her that the Bigfeet creatures stacked the rocks to heat in the sun, and then collect small heat seeking creatures that crawl into the stone-piles at night.
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Ecology: PINE

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IBS Report #: 610

Location: GUERNSEY county, OH. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +040˚ 02' N
Longitude: 081˚ 35' W
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Month: JUL
Year: 1991
Time:
Elevation: 830

Data Source: TR73
Credibility: 3
Locality: BETWEEN PLAINSFIELD AND CAMBRIDGE
Researcher: DON KEATING
Witness: RICH LAMONICA

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: BF SEEN FROM TRUCK

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OH GURNSEY 1991 TR#73 Note, Don is Director of the Eastern Ohio Bigfoot Investigation Center, PO Box 205, Newcomerstown, Ohio 43832-0205. He also publishes the groups newsletter, The Monthly Bigfoot Report, $10.00 annually, editor. This is a special write-up for Ray Crowe of the Western Bigfoot Society’s newsletter, The Track Record. This is for publication whenever space allows. The sooner the better. The Tri-State Bigfoot Study Group met Sat. , Dec. 6th, at 624 Heller Dr. in Newcomerstown, OH. Due to bad weather conditions in the northern third of Ohio, attendance was held to only 17 persons. However, the meeting became a memorable one and soon to be one of a kind, for sure. Organizer Don Keating thought it’d be a different idea to have members of the audience give their most memorable experiences while out in the field. Last, but not least, was Rich LaMonica of Akron, Ohio. LaMonica said his most interesting encounter had to be the sighting of what he thinks was a Bigfoot type creature in July of 1991. This took place in Guernsey Co., OH. It happened while he was driving a produce delivery truck from Plainfield to Cambridge, OH. Rich also related some unusual sounds that he and a friend had heard while camping in eastern Ohio. He also told about a 13 1/2 inch print that he had found and attempted to pour a plaster cast of. However, with his inexperience with plaster at the time the cast did not come out very well.
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Precip: CAMBRIDGE 2.6 2.2 3.4 3.4 3.9 3.4 4.6 3.7 3.0 2.5 3.2 2.9 38.7
Temp: CAMBRIDGE 27.9 31.1 41.7 51.4 61.2 69.3 72.9 71.6 65.3 53.8 43.5 32.9 51.8
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Ecology: Missing

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IBS Report #: 2958

Location: Guernsey county, OH. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +040700
Longitude: 081˚ 39' W
Day:
Month: JULY
Year: 1991
Time:
Elevation: 815

Data Source: TR 73 JAN 98
Credibility: 3
Locality: Plainfield to Cambridge
Researcher: Rich LaMonica
Witness: RICH LAMONICA

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: BF SIGHTED, 13.5 IN TRACKS

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TR 73 JAN 98 Last, but not least, was Rich LaMonica of Akron, Ohio. LaMonica said his most interesting encounter had to be the sighting of what he thinks was a Bigfoot type creature in July of 1991. This took place in Guernsey Co., OH. It happened while he was driving a produce delivery truck from Plainfield to Cambridge, OH. Rich also related some unusual sounds that he and a friend had heard while camping in eastern Ohio. He also told about a 13 1/2 inch print that he had found and attempted to pour a plaster cast of. However, with his inexperience with plaster at the time the cast did not come out very well.
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Precip: CAMBRIDGE 2.6 2.2 3.4 3.4 3.9 3.4 4.6 3.7 3.0 2.5 3.2 2.9 38.7
Temp: CAMBRIDGE 27.9 31.1 41.7 51.4 61.2 69.3 72.9 71.6 65.3 53.8 43.5 32.9 51.8
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Ecology: Missing