Incident #991332
Newcomerstown, Tuscarawas Cty, Ohio
Jul 1982
Account
Unnamed woman was picking berries on the old railway tracks near the Post Boy Tunnel when a rock was thrown out of the woods. Her children were playing around but denied throwing it, then another came so she decided to leave the area. Heading back towards the power plant she saw the a half-man half-ape creature standing 10 feet away in the woods looking at them. Similar incident involving same family three years later. (1333)
When
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1982
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Ohio
- County
- Tuscarawas Cty
- Nearest Town
- Newcomerstown
- Latitude
- 4017
- Longitude
- 8136
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Near or/at
- railroad
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Don Keating, The Eastern Ohio Sasquatch, quoting unnamed woman
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- on face
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- watched observer
- Arms Used
- for throwing
- Object Handled
- rock
- Human Contact
- watch
- Reaction
- watched
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- berry picking
- Closest horizontal distance
- 10 feet
- Action on sighting
- fled