Incident #991354
Conesville, Coshocton Cty, Ohio
Jul 1986
Account
Third-hand account of three boys going fishing in the Muskingum River near Conesville. Could smell a rotten smell as they walked through corn field, then in clearing near the river saw a Bigfoot-type creature, about 7 feet tall, black, standing there eating a fish.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 20 1986
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1986
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- day
Where
- State / province
- Ohio
- County
- Coshocton Cty
- Nearest Town
- Conesville
- Latitude
- 4011
- Longitude
- 8153
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- water
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 3
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Nearby Water
- river
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Don Keating letter, Dec. 8, 1986, quoting third-hand story about three boys who went fishing.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- staying still
- Object Handled
- animal matter
- Odour
- strong
- Eating
- fish
- Use of Water
- catch fish
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- fishing, shore