Incident #991336
Sharon, Noble Cty, Ohio
Jul 1984
Account
Anonymous woman took two little girls to playground, carrying baby. At merry-go-round, next to the woods, heard a noise in bushes, went to look and found herself face to face with "one of the biggest and hairiest creatures God ever made. Frozen with fright, studied it thoroughly before elder daughter came over, said "Mom, what is that, Bigfoot?" "Yes, I think it is". Called the younger daughter, the creature turned and watched her come over. Side view, no muzzle like an ape's. Face on looked similar to a gorilla. Hair on very top of head stuck up. Hair short around muzzle, long on slight ridge over eyes. Top of head pointed. Left hand hanging, fingers turned up. Right hand held limb to keep leaves out of its face. No one believed her, until husband found footprints in their garden on later day.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 02 1984
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1984
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- evening (light)
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Ohio
- County
- Noble Cty
- Nearest Town
- Sharon
- Latitude
- 3944
- Longitude
- 8134
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- bushes
- Near or/at
- park
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female and child
- No. of Track Witnesses
- 2
Setting
- Terrain
- farms and woods
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Don Keating, The Eastern Ohio Sasquatch, quoting anonymous woman from Sharon, Ohio.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- very large
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- near eyesýnear mouthýon palms
- Hair Length
- medium
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Hair Shorter On
- face
- Hair Longer on
- other
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Face Appeared
- apelike
- Expression
- friendly
- Nose
- no snout
- Torso Front
- wide
- Legs
- long
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- stopped stillýwatched observer
- Arms Action
- hangingýreaching
- Arms Used
- for spreading foliage
- Object Handled
- tree
- Human Contact
- watch
- Reaction
- watched
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Stride in Inches Average
- 42
- Track Condition
- just toes
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- playing outside
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- studiedýdeparted slowly