(Editors note: Ohio is the home of 2 of our favorite Bigfoot hunters Dallas
& Wayne. These 2 gentleman have seen more Bigfoots than any man alive. Ohio
is a hot spot for sightings) Here's a sample of events in that state)
Dallas Gilbert of Dallas and Wayne say that Pine Creek Ohio has many
sightings. Also Wayne National Forest which is 300 miles long. Shawnee State
Forest is another high sighting area. Dallas and Wayne will be featured in the
movie "Shooting Bigfoot" that shows Rick Dyers encounter with a Bigfoot that was
shot and killed on September 6, 2012 in San Antonio, Texas.
Many other people have had sightings in that state. Look at he photo above. It measures 7 inches wide from toe to toe. And its bigger than a
normal man's foot. What's more: this footprint was left behind by someone, or
something, in northern Ohio.
Wendy was doing yard work in her Ashtabula
County backyard on Aug. 11 when she noticed the very large footprint.
"It was in a low spot in our backyard. The ground was wet," she said.
She called her husband over and then ran for a tape measure and cell phone
camera. The footprint, complete with five recognizable toes, is a full 7 1/2
inches wide. "Its much larger than anything me or my husband has ever seen."
The footprint tapers back several inches before disappearing onto firmer
ground. "It's hard to tell how long it is. Wendy added, "But, it's not a
footprint anyone around here recognizes."
Indeed, Wendy has shown the
print to several local hunters. The location of the find is right off State
Route 167 in Jefferson, right near Mill Creek. There is abundant wildlife
around.
"We have deer and turkey here all the time. Even a rare black
bear sighting," she said. "The hunters agree, it's not a bear. These are
definitely toes. They are not claws."
So, is this the footprint of a
Sasquatch, otherwise know as Bigfoot? For Wendy, this is not her first encounter
with strange happenings in her neighborhood.
"It started about five years ago." she remembered. "My husband took the dog
outside during the night. That's when he heard it."
He described the sound as a loud, booming growl "like no other animal you've
ever heard."
"It made his skin crawl." said Wendy. "Whatever it was, it was large."
About three years ago, Wendy had the same experience. She was walking her dog
out in the backyard watching the stars. It was pitch black. "All of the sudden
my dog stopped. That's when I heard what sounded like a truck shifting gears
driving on the next street. It was a loud growl, not from the street over. It
was coming right from the back of my house just a few feet away! It was nothing
like you've ever heard before!"
Then, last year, Wendy saw something strange. "Just down the road, at dusk,
we were driving across the railroad tracks. I caught a quick glimpse of a large
dark figure. It appeared to be dressed in all black running across the tracks. I
thought to myself, why would a hunter be dressed in all black at sunset?"
She describes what she saw as an extremely large figure, dark in color, which
moved quickly into the woods.
Wendy says these strange happenings, which include loud late-night knocking
from the woods nearby, always occur in late summer and fall. "Whatever it is,"
she said, "seems like its just passing through each year."
The latest unexplained event happened just a few weeks ago, over Labor Day
weekend, 2013.
"My husband was in the bedroom at the back of the house." recalled Wendy. "I
was in the kitchen. It was about 9:30 at night. Something pounded on the outside
wall of the house. We both heard it and came running. Since it was dark we
couldn't see anything outside."
Wendy said she often leaves scraps of food outside off the patio for the
animals to munch on. "Maybe whatever it was letting us know he was hungry."
Many call it the "Ohio Grass-man."
The latest, aside from Wendy, occurred on the Ashtabula/Lake County line on
March 14, 2013. Here's what that witness describes:
I was simply driving east on Route 90, I had
just passed the Lake County/Ashtabula County border and I was looking around as
I usually do and I look over at this wood-line hoping to see some deer or turkey
and to my surprise there was what looked to be a Bigfoot walking through the
woods about 100 yards from the roadway. At first I thought I was imagining
things but other drivers slowed to look as well. It was about 3:10 p.m. and the
weather was partly cloudy, the temp was about 33 degrees and there was a dusting
of snow on the ground. The Bigfoot was tall about 9-11 feet if I had to guess
and it had broad shoulders and it was brownish grey in color. It was walking
east then turned south toward the Grand River. I told others about this and some
think I'm crazy and others believe me. I do hope to see it again, I was amazed
yet unsettled at the same time.
Ohio sightings by
county:
Ashtabula 7
Geauga 8
Cuyahoga 0
Summit 9
Portage 20
Stark
10
Lake 1
Lorain 4
Medina 6
Richland 4
Medina 6
Ashland
4
Columbiana 10
Carroll 3
Tuscarawas 6
Erie 2
Huron 1
Mahoning 6
Wayne 0
(sightings since 1960)
According to the a group, Portage County is the Ohio hotbed for
Sasquatch sightings, having logged 20 since 1962. One farmer near Ravenna claims
a family of Bigfoot live somewhere on his vast property. Here's his description
from a
sighting
in 2003:
I myself have had many different occasions with
the creature I have dubbed "Fang."
I have come to understand through self
experiences that there is more than one creature in our area. I go hiking quite
often in the same area and know exactly where they usually are, as they tend to
follow me most of the times I am there. I fear people coming to our area and
trying to find Fang and his clan. I feel somewhat of an understanding and a
protective closeness, and I feel they should be left alone. Anyone who has had
the wonderful experience of seeing one with their own eyes knows the truth. The
world would only want to capture and destroy them if given the chance I fear. I
would be willing to talk to someone about my experiences, but I do not really
want to tell everyone, due to my beliefs. My children have heard their cries out
in the woods, and we have gotten rather close enough for their smell many times.
Just last week my younger son and I found footprints in the woods by a thicket
too dense for us to walk into.
