Incident #991391
Newcomerstown, Tuscarawas Cty, Ohio
Jul 1989
Account
11-year-old boy and 13-year-old cousin walking on hillside, heard breaking noises in the woods and split up looking for the source. Both saw, independently, a 7-foot creature covered with black hair that ran up the hill. It had a rounded head and did have a neck. One saw it from the back, the other from the front. It had some silver-coloured hair on its chest.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 23 1989
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1989
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
Where
- State / province
- Ohio
- County
- Tuscarawas Cty
- Nearest Town
- Newcomerstown
- Latitude
- 4017
- Longitude
- 8136
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- hillside
- Near or/at
- trees
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- hill
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Don Keating, Bigfoot News, Sept. 1989, quoting co-worker, quoting 11-year-old boy.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Neck Length
- normal
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- went up slope
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Second Colour
- silver
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- walking