Incident #991312
Minerva, Stark Cty, Ohio
Aug 1978
Account
First of at least three sightings over 3-week period. Evelyn Cayton and son Howe and daughter Vicki Keck went to see what had frightened some children, and saw the creature standing on the bank of an old strip mine pit. The Caytons had cleared brush in the area shortly before and had seen large areas of matted vegetation as if a large animal had been lying there. Crickets, tree toads, etc. reported to be quiet when the creature was around. Cayton's Alsation dog found dead with a broken neck prior to these incidents.
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- dusk
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Ohio
- County
- Stark Cty
- Nearest Town
- Minerva
- Latitude
- 4044
- Longitude
- 8106
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- ravine
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 3
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
Setting
- Terrain
- hill
Weather and light
- Lighting
- twilight
Source
- Source
- Akron Beacon Journal, Aug. 24, 1978, quoting Evelyn Cayton, 55, daughters Vicki Keck and Mary Ackerman; son Howe; Becky Manley, 28; Linda Jones, 31, and Scott Patterson, 18. Another story Aug. 27 and Canton, OH, Repository, Aug. 30.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 6 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Appearance
- matted
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Legs
- short
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- stopped still
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at homeýcome to see
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Action on sighting
- fled