Incident #992850
Geneva, Ashtabula Cty, Ohio
Jul 1991
Account
Catherine Depoy, then 41, and son Chris, then 18, driving outside Geneva, Ohio, saw 8 ft., hair-covered animal cross Austin Road between Maple St. and State Rt. 84. No more than 150 feet away, could see left arm swinging.
When
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1991
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Ohio
- County
- Ashtabula Cty
- Nearest Town
- Geneva
- Latitude
- 4149
- Longitude
- 8056
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Super Human Action
- 2.5 steps to cross road, investigator took 9
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
- Nearby Water
- creek
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- BFRO Curators from Marc DeWerth, quoting Catherine and Chris Depoy, Harpersfield, OH.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- crossed road
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Action on sighting
- kept going