Incident #991315
Minerva, Stark Cty, Ohio
Aug 1978
Account
John and Jerry Nutter went to wooded area near where the Cayton family had seen a sasquatch earlier in August and as they approached the abandoned strip mine they heard something moving parallel to them in the dense brush, then a large hairy creature stepped out from behind a tree and emitted a loud scream. Nutter tried for a picture through a telephoto lens, then they ran. Looking back once John Nutter saw the creature running parallel to them on two legs. Going back with Deputy Robert Sylvester later in the afternoon they found several large footprints, neither identified nor described. They did not smell anything.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 26 1978
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- 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
- in
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Near or/at
- ravine
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Akron Beacon Journal, Aug. 30, 1978, quoting John Nutter, 26, Cayahoga Falls, and his brother Jerry, Houston, TX. brother Jerry,
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 5 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Appearance
- unkempt
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- made a noiseýtravelled parallel
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Sound
- scream
- Human Contact
- followed
- Reaction
- ran after
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- come to see
- Action on sighting
- fled