Incident #992792
Newcomerstown, Tuscarawas Cty, Ohio
Sep 1992
Account
Jim Darovich and friends were squirrel hunting and looking for sasquatch in a wooded area where a friend had an encounter two weeks earlier, when they heard a howl, then saw an animal watching them from behind briar bushes. Darovich approached within 30 yards and it ran away. 7 feet, with a mix of red and dark brown hair. It left footprints 18 inches long with a span between prints of 6 feet.
When
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1992
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- early morning
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Ohio
- County
- Tuscarawas Cty
- Nearest Town
- Newcomerstown
- Latitude
- 4017
- Longitude
- 8139
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- bushes
- Tracks
- found immediately
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- several
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
- Nearby Water
- creek
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- BFRO Curators from Jim Darovich <[email protected]> 6407 Stratford Dr., Parma Heights Ohio 44130-3176, with friends.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- watched observerýran
- Sound
- howl
- Human Contact
- watch
- Reaction
- fled from
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Second Colour
- red
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 18.0
- Stride in Inches Average
- 72
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- sasq. hunting
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Action on sighting
- approachedýstudied