Incident #991414
Deersville, Harrison Cty, Ohio
Aug 1993
Account
Fred was checking cattle in a hollow at 10.30 p.m., thought all accounted for but checked a corner in the fenced pasture where he heard heavy breathing. Approached dark upright creature that was looking at him. Went to get his father, about 100 feet away, when they came back it was gone.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 13 1993
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1993
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Ohio
- County
- Harrison Cty
- Nearest Town
- Deersville
- Latitude
- 4020
- Longitude
- 8107
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- meadow
- Near or/at
- livestock
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
Weather and light
- Lighting
- no obvious light
Source
- Source
- Don Keating, Monthly Bigfoot Report, Sep. 1993, quoting a man named Fred.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- watched observerýdisappeared
- Sound
- panting
- Human Contact
- watch
- Reaction
- watchedýavoided
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- farming
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- departed slowly