Incident #991369
Minerva, Stark Cty, Ohio
Aug 1987
Account
Unnamed man driving towards Minerva on Rte. 30 saw creature by the road and had good look as he approacheed at lower speed and it crossed the road then stood and watched him as he passed. (combining two dissimilar accounts of action) Location was right where Cayton family reported many incidents nine years earlier.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 22 1987
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1987
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Ohio
- County
- Stark Cty
- Nearest Town
- Minerva
- Latitude
- 4044
- Longitude
- 8106
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- road
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- Mark Francis in Bigfoot Co-op, Dec. '87, quoting unnamed man. Also Don Keating letter.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- crossed roadýstopped stillýwatched observer
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truck
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- kept going