Incident #991288
Chesapeake, Lawrence Cty, Ohio
1966
Account
Seven-foot ape man reported roaming Wayne National Forest around Chesapeake. People said it ran in front of a car, which stopped, then it picked up the back of the car, turned it around, then ran off into the woods.
When
- Year
- 1966
Where
- State / province
- Ohio
- County
- Lawrence Cty
- Nearest Town
- Chesapeake
- Latitude
- 3826
- Longitude
- 8227
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Super Human Action
- Picked up back of car and turned it around on the road.
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
Source
- Source
- Letter from Tom Archer, June, 1976, recalling reports.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- picked something upýhandled something
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Aggressive To
- car
- Arms Used
- for picking up
- Object Handled
- vehicle
- Additional Movement
- ranýentered woods
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- stopped