Incident #991298
Mansfield, Richland Cty, Ohio
Aug 1973
Account
Jerry Greene heard something coming through the woods 25 yards from his house and went out with a shotgun. At the back of the barn he saw a large figure which turned to face him, outline like a man but at least 8 feet tall and 3 to 4 feet wide. He panicked and shot from the hip. The creature fled, but fell in a ditch 10 yards out in the field, and he took two aimed shots. Sheriff's officers found nothing, but on the far side of the woods the top three strands of a 4-strand barbed wire fence had been recently broken.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 11 1973
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1973
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Ohio
- County
- Richland Cty
- Nearest Town
- Mansfield
- Latitude
- 4046
- Longitude
- 8232
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- empty building
- Near or/at
- farm field
- Super Human Action
- Apparently ran through barbed wire fence, breaking top three strands.
- Shot Hit
- Yes
- Tracks
- not found
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
Weather and light
- Lighting
- yard light
Source
- Source
- Albert Hartman, Mansfield, Ohio, report quoting Jerry Greene, Bauer Rd., just north of Mansfield
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Shoulders
- wide
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- turnedýfled
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Action on sighting
- shot