Incident #991374
New Cumberland, Tuscarawas Cty, Ohio
Aug 1988
Account
Todd and Mike were mowing the side of a hill, each on a mowing machine, about 500 feet apart, right at the edge of the woods. Todd saw a large dark creature run past on two legs, very fast, in the trees. A minute later it ran past Mike. They were very close to it but could not see it well because of its speed and, presumably, the trees.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 22 1988
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1988
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Ohio
- County
- Tuscarawas Cty
- Nearest Town
- New Cumberland
- Latitude
- 4032
- Longitude
- 8117
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Near or/at
- field
- Super Human Action
- Running estimated 30 miles an hour
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- hillside
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Don Keating, Bigfoot News, Nov. 1988, also The Eastern Ohio Sasquatch, quoting Todd and Mike, 16 and 17, from New Cumberland, OH'
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Shoulders
- wide
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- ran
- Speed
- very fast
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Arms Used
- in locomotion
- Reaction
- ignored
- Estimated Top Speed (mph)
- 30 mph
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- machine work
- Closest horizontal distance
- 10 feet
- Action on sighting
- kept going