Incident #992808
St. Clairsville, Belmont Cty, Ohio
Oct 1997
Account
Woman said her daughter and a friend were returning from St. Clairsville on a state route in Belmont County when they saw an animal bigger than a deer walk on two legs across the road in front of them, in a bit of a hunched position. It was dark in colour, and disappeared in the woods on the other side of the road.
When
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1997
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- dusk
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Ohio
- County
- Belmont Cty
- Nearest Town
- St. Clairsville
- Latitude
- 4000
- Longitude
- 8100
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
Source
- Source
- Don Keating, MBR, Nov. 1997, quoting unnamed woman from New Philadelphia, OH, quoting her daughter and a friend.
Creature description
- Height
- large
- Posture
- slightly stooped
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- crossed roadýentered woods
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car