Incident #992805
Nellie, Coshocton Cty, Ohio
May 1997
Account
Mushroom hunting by a creek, something spooked deer, then he sw 50 yards away in the woods a 'giant gorilla', between 6 and 7 feet 'and likely taller', moving up the hill in the forest. It was covered with dark brown hair.
When
- Observation Date
- MAY 01 1997
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1997
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- noon
Where
- State / province
- Ohio
- County
- Coshocton Cty
- Nearest Town
- Nellie
- Latitude
- 4020
- Longitude
- 8204
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Near or/at
- hill
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
- Nearby Water
- creek
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Don Keating, Monthly Bigfoot Report, June, 1998, quoting phone call from 'Mike', 50.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- went up slope
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards