Incident #991404
Otsego, Muskingum Cty, Ohio
Jun 1991
Account
Couple were fishing in a 'bottom' off a forest road along Wills Creek Lake, with two Coleman lanterns for light. About 1 a.m. they heard sounds across the water, like a crying baby, a man moaning in pain and a high-pitched wailling. They came closer, right up to the far side of the water, then stopped for a half hour, but when the man got a bite and jumped up to grab his fishing pole, a large, hair-covered creature, tall and slender with arms hanging below its knees jumped up from a thicket on the far bank and walked away on two legs.
When
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1991
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
Where
- State / province
- Ohio
- County
- Muskingum Cty
- Nearest Town
- Otsego
- Latitude
- 4007
- Longitude
- 8146
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- bushes
- Near or/at
- water
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Nearby Water
- pond
Weather and light
- Lighting
- lantern
Source
- Source
- N.A.B.I.N. Journal, Mark Francis, 1991, quoting couple from Newark, OH.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Build
- thin
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- getting up
- Later Movement
- went up slopeýwalked away
- Sound
- other
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- fishing, shore