Incident #991320
West Mansfield, Union Cty, Ohio
Jun 1980
Account
Patrick Poling was working on a tractor when the creature walked out of the woods and along the edge of a field. He watched for 6 or 7 minutes, then drove towards it. When he got about 100 feet away it turned and looked at him, crouching and turning the palms of its hands outward in the process, then ran into the woods.
When
- Observation Date
- JUN 17 1980
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1980
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- 6 to 10 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Ohio
- County
- Union Cty
- Nearest Town
- West Mansfield
- Latitude
- 4024
- Longitude
- 8333
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- field
- Near or/at
- trees
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Tracks
- found later
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- No. of Track Witnesses
- 2
Setting
- Terrain
- farms and woods
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Columbus, OH, Dispatch, June 25, 1980 and several other papers. Also Ron Schaffner, The Ohio Valley Hominids. Quoting Patrick Poling, Davis Road, West Mansfield, and Donald Mathys, West Mansfield. OH.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- turnedýwatched observerýgestured
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Additional Movement
- ranýentered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 17.0
- Greates Width
- 7.0
- Average Depth
- 2.00
- Number of Toes
- 4
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- farming
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Action on sighting
- studiedýapproached