Incident #991445
Coshocton Cty, Ohio
Jul 1996
Account
Two friends of Joni and Todd a quarter mile south of state route 541 saw a dark brown, 8-foot creature standing by the side of the road, with several birds flying around it. They told friends and 7 people, including Joni and Todd, returned about 2.30 a.m., an hour after the first sighting. At a location a quarter mile away they all saw in an open field a similar creature, but appearing light brown. It held one hand, palm outwards, to shield its eyes from a spotlight, and retreated, walking backwards, then stopped briefly, then started walking towards them, at which time they got in their cars and left. Again there were birds flying around the creature, apparently dive-bombing it.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 31 1996
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1996
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- 6 to 10 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Ohio
- County
- Coshocton Cty
- Latitude
- 4015
- Longitude
- 8150
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- road
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 7
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlightsýspotlight
Source
- Source
- Don Keating, Monthly Bigfoot Report, Sept. 1996, quoting Joni Proffitt and Todd Wolff.
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected green
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- short
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Shoulders
- wide
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- walked awayýstopped stillýapproached
- Arms Used
- other
- Reaction
- avoidedýapproached
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Action on sighting
- harassed