Incident #991349
Berlin Center, Mahoning Cty, Ohio
May 1986
Account
Anonymous woman was awakened at 2.26 a.m. by ducks squawking, looked out and saw a small animal like a possum run off, but then noticed a large dark creature standing by the fence looking at the ducks. It stayed about two minutes, half turned towards the woods, turned back and watched the ducks two or three minutes more, then walked off. It stood 2 or 3 feet above a 6-foot fence post. Did not look awfully muscular. As it watched the ducks it seemed to have "a bit of a grin on its face." She and her husband had found three 14" footprints on their farm about four years before.
When
- Observation Date
- MAY 19 1986
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1986
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- 3 to 5 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Ohio
- County
- Mahoning Cty
- Nearest Town
- Berlin Center
- Latitude
- 4102
- Longitude
- 8056
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- farm field
- Near or/at
- empty building
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
Setting
- Terrain
- farms and woods
Source
- Source
- Don Keating, The Eastern Ohio Bigfoot, quoting anonymous woman. (I talked to this woman myself while in Ohio in 1989.)
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected yellow
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- medium
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Expression
- friendly
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- turnedýwalked away
- Additional Movement
- entered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Action on sighting
- studied