Incident #991290
Cleveland, Cuyahoga Cty, Ohio
Apr 1968
Account
William Schwark and a friend came face to face with 8 ft. creature covered with hair in the woods behind the Cleveland zoo. Schwark chased it and it knocked him down a slope. Another boy said the thing grabbed him, ripped his jacket and scratched his shoulder.
When
- Observation Date
- APR 22 1968
- Month
- Apr
- Year
- 1968
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Ohio
- County
- Cuyahoga Cty
- Nearest Town
- Cleveland
- Latitude
- 4130
- Longitude
- 8140
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- urban
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trees
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
Source
- Source
- Cleveland Plain Dealer, Apr 24, 1968, quoting William Schwark, 17, 5814 Bradley Ave. and his cousin Dale, 16, 3028 Sackett Ave. S.W.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Later Movement
- handled something
- Aggressive To
- youth
- Arms Used
- hanging onto something
- Object Handled
- person
- Human Contact
- touch
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Closest horizontal distance
- contact
- Action on sighting
- chased