Incident #993028
Wintersville, Jefferson Cty, Ohio
1997
Account
Sitting on a log while squirrel hunting, grandson saw a dark hairy figure bigger than a person run out very fast from behind a tree and out of sight. Made a sound like a high pitched chain saw, and feet pounded on ground.
When
- Year
- 1997
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Ohio
- County
- Jefferson Cty
- Nearest Town
- Wintersville
- Latitude
- 4022
- Longitude
- 8041
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- at
- Terrain Object
- tree
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Child or children
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
- Nearby Water
- creek
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- BFRO from anonymous grandmother CIA, quoting 12-year-old grandson.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- running
- Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- away from observer
- Sound
- other
- Reaction
- fled from
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Action on sighting
- stayed still