Incident #991287
North Benton, Mahoning Cty, Ohio
1965
Account
Unnamed man said his family was awakened by scraping on the outside wall of the house, he looked out a window 8 feet off the ground and saw the creature staring in at him. It fled when a flashlight was shined on it.
When
- Year
- 1965
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Ohio
- County
- Mahoning Cty
- Nearest Town
- North Benton
- Latitude
- 4059
- Longitude
- 8101
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- occupied building
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- several
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Weather and light
- Lighting
- flashlight
Source
- Source
- North Benton Alliance Review, Nov. 10, 1975, quoting unnamed man.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 10 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- fled
- Sound
- other
- Human Contact
- look in window
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Closest horizontal distance
- 5 feet
- Action on sighting
- stayed still