1 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:07,160 Hello and welcome to the program UFO Warning. 2 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:11,200 In this episode we're taking a look at an Ohio Bigfoot roundup. 3 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:13,840 That's correct, an Ohio Bigfoot roundup. 4 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:18,200 Now this first case comes to us from January 5th, 2018. 5 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:23,960 State Ohio County, Knox County. It says state Route 36 Knox 6 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:27,560 County, Ohio nearest town Howard nearest Rd. 7 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:31,760 State Route 36 observed. I was driving to my fiance's 8 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:35,280 house with her in the car around 6:30 PM. 9 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:40,000 We were heading eastbound on Route 36 when we both saw in our 10 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:44,240 headlights a shadowy figure Sprint across the road from 11 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:47,440 north to South. When I say Sprint, I mean as 12 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:50,360 fast as 100 yard dash sprinter or faster. 13 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:54,560 It was about 30 yards in front of our car with another car 14 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:58,560 approaching from the opposite direction, probably 20 yards 15 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:01,400 from the figure. I asked her, did you see that? 16 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:04,760 I told her I saw a figure run across the road and could see 17 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:07,520 its legs. She responded that she saw a 18 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:11,000 shadowy figure too, but couldn't make out more details. 19 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:14,920 It all happened so quickly. I used to watch the show Finding 20 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:17,720 Bigfoot a lot, so we spent the rest of the drive asking 21 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:20,960 questions, discussing what we observed, and considering 22 00:01:20,960 --> 00:01:24,200 possibilities. The location was described as a 23 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:28,680 lot of parked cars surrounded by trees on the north side of the 24 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:31,160 road. The figure ran toward the South 25 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:34,520 side of the road near an old farmhouse, heading toward the 26 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:38,440 large fields and back. From my perspective, I saw the 27 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:41,360 figure because of the oncoming car's headlights. 28 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:44,240 It was a black shadowy human like figure. 29 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:48,400 I could clearly see two humanoid legs, and it definitely wasn't a 30 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:50,640 deer or any animal. On all fours. 31 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:54,200 It seemed rather tall, but I only saw its legs and part of 32 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:56,480 its body. If the car coming my way had 33 00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:58,520 been a truck, I might have seen more. 34 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:01,760 I believe across the road in about 3 steps. 35 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:05,840 Judging from the first two I saw, it seemed to be sprinting 36 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:09,080 extremely fast. It was dark and we were driving 37 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:12,040 55 mile per hour. It disappeared in the blink of 38 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:14,880 an eye. We didn't stop to investigate. 39 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:19,000 The next day when driving through the area I noticed A5 to 40 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,440 six foot ditch on the South side of the road. 41 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:24,760 I realized it's likely why the figure had to be spreading so 42 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:27,400 fast to jump over the embankment. 43 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:30,360 Wow, that's wild. Very perceptive. 44 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:34,080 It says this area seems to be the best spot within a mile for 45 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:36,440 something to cross the road during periods of heavier 46 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:38,960 traffic. My fiance, who was in the 47 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:40,560 passenger seat, was the other witness. 48 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:43,840 The time was around 6:30 PM, very dark with snow on the 49 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:47,560 ground for several days. The temperature was about 20°F. 50 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:51,080 They described the environment. It was a rural area with lots of 51 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:53,880 open land around. Houses were spread out along the 52 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:56,440 road. A5 foot ditch ran along the 53 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:59,680 South side of the road and there was a large Creek that flowed 54 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:04,360 into the Wauhunting River. That is really neat. 55 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:07,840 I'll take a look here and see what the investigator had to say 56 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:10,240 about this. Now, we do have the follow up 57 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:15,840 investigation here. And what I love about BFRO is 58 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:19,000 that they're so thorough. They've got an actual picture 59 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:21,480 here, right where the guy was at when he saw it. 60 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:25,600 And you can see a farmhouse on one side of the road, looks like 61 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:29,800 a barn and some outbuildings and maybe another small farmhouse on 62 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:32,680 the other side of the road. And they got a basically like 63 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:35,400 like a little parking lot there in front of their house with 64 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:37,160 four or five vehicles parked out front. 65 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:42,360 Definitely farm country, maybe kind of like a rolling hill 66 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:45,880 here, a very low grade rolling hill, but the place where this 67 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:48,960 creature Cross Road has fairly flat. 68 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:52,600 So it gives you a lot of detail and shows you pretty much what 69 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:56,080 the place looked like when this when this thing crossed this 70 00:03:56,280 --> 00:04:00,160 amazing work they've done here. It says follow up investigation 71 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:03,680 report by BFRO investigator Mark Dewarth. 72 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:08,080 After a lengthy on site interview with the witness with 73 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:12,960 a fellow BFRO O investigator present, we managed to pinpoint 74 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:15,360 the exact spot of the road crossing. 75 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:19,600 It's the state route with some decent traffic flow during the 76 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:22,920 daytime hours. It was obviously moving very 77 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:27,200 fast as it crossed the road in three steps and proceeded down 78 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:31,640 the West side of a farmhouse toward a big field that 79 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:34,320 eventually leads to some forested rolling hills. 80 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:38,720 The witness noticed how long a stride was crossing the road and 81 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:42,200 how long the legs were. He could only see it from the 82 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:45,280 waist down. The other car did slow down and 83 00:04:45,280 --> 00:04:48,240 he could see them hitting their brakes in his rear view mirror 84 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:51,840 after they passed by. He said the color of the legs 85 00:04:51,840 --> 00:04:55,200 were a very dark black. The landscape is quite typical 86 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:59,000 of East Central Ohio. Deer activity was noticed the 87 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:02,720 day of the investigation. The witness stated that the area 88 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:05,240 is flooded with deer during the evening hours. 89 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:07,360 Wow. Photos of the witness. 90 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:09,480 View from the vehicle. Yeah, it's got some pictures 91 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:12,600 here. You know, kind of one of these 92 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:18,640 rustic slash rough looking farming areas out there in this 93 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:21,440 rural area of Ohio. This thing would have had to 94 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:27,240 just go racing, maybe over a fence across this, you know, 2 95 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:31,360 lane Rd. pretty good, pretty good stretch and then into this 96 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:35,560 guy's yard or slash parking lot before it took off Really cool, 97 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:38,160 says BFR investigator Mark Dworth. 98 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:41,680 Mark has been a longtime investigator with over 25 years 99 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:44,800 of experience investigating alleged Ohio Bigfoot reports. 100 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:48,400 He is currently the organizer of the Ohio Bigfoot Conference that 101 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:52,280 takes place at Salt Fork State Park every year and has featured 102 00:05:52,280 --> 00:05:55,840 multiple BFRO investigators as speakers. 103 00:05:56,160 --> 00:06:00,400 He will be leading the BFR OS upcoming expedition in Ohio. 104 00:06:00,840 --> 00:06:02,760 Really neat stuff. Great report. 105 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:04,560 OK, we'll take a look at this next one here. 106 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:09,200 This next case goes all the way back to August of 1980, Lawrence 107 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:13,000 County, Ohio. It says County Road 22 near a 108 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:15,480 private drive. 2050 nearest town. 109 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:19,400 Iron Town nearest Rd. County Road 22. 110 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:23,600 I was at home when my brother called to say he had run out of 111 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:28,560 gas and needed me to bring a gas can to his location which was 112 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:32,600 about 3 blocks away. When I arrived he was staring 113 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:35,320 toward the Creek bed next to a sparked car. 114 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:38,120 He said he could hear something moving in the weeds and 115 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:41,040 complained about a foul smell coming from the area. 116 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:44,760 As soon as I got there, I noticed the smell he was talking 117 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:48,680 about, and for a short time I also heard something moving 118 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:52,120 around in the weeds. Suddenly my brother grabbed my 119 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:56,360 hand, he had seen the creature and he said let's get out of 120 00:06:56,360 --> 00:06:58,720 here. As soon as we headed back toward 121 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:03,240 our house, I turned around and saw a six to seven foot tall 122 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:08,400 upright walking animal covered in thick hair approaching us 123 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:10,840 quickly. I noticed the shoulders were 124 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:13,960 extremely wide and when it walked its strides were very 125 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:16,360 unnatural, unlike anything human. 126 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:20,600 We ran back to our house and although it followed us, it 127 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:23,960 never caught up. When we reached our driveway, a 128 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:26,000 car was approaching from the other direction. 129 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:29,160 My brother and I turned around to get another look at the 130 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:32,960 creature and we saw it running into the weeds on the north side 131 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:35,840 of the road. We didn't stuck around and 132 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:38,920 quickly made our way up the driveway into the safety of our 133 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:41,480 house. After this encounter, we 134 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:45,640 logically concluded that what we saw matched the description of a 135 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:49,000 creature known as Bigfoot. It couldn't have been a bear 136 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:50,800 because bears don't run on two legs. 137 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:53,280 I have no idea what else it could have been. 138 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:57,120 Well, since it happened about 1:30 in the morning, the weather 139 00:07:57,120 --> 00:07:59,600 was hot and dry. The environment was a hilly 140 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:03,640 forested area with abandoned rail tracks near Little Storm's 141 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:07,920 Creek and the only two witnesses were the witness and her 142 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:10,560 brother. Now if we go here and take a 143 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:14,440 look at what the investigator has to say, it says the witness 144 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:17,360 estimated that they were 50 feet away from the creature when they 145 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:19,520 saw it. Initially it appeared to be a 146 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:23,640 muddy brown and collar six to seven feet tall and probably 147 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:26,680 weighed over £400. Even though it followed them, it 148 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:29,720 never seemed to gain on them almost deliberately. 149 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:32,360 The area is less than a mile from the beginning of Wayne 150 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:35,000 National Forest and Lake Vesuvius. 151 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:36,200 Yeah. Sounds like there might have 152 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:38,159 been plenty of environment there for something like this to hang 153 00:08:38,159 --> 00:08:40,360 around. I find it interesting that this 154 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:42,760 thing, you know, obviously it could have caught these kids, 155 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:46,160 but maybe it was just just messing with them a little bit. 156 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:47,960 I don't know. Really weird. 157 00:08:48,680 --> 00:08:52,680 This sighting here is from July of 1997. 158 00:08:52,680 --> 00:08:56,440 Says July 3rd actually out of Holmes County, Ohio. 159 00:08:56,880 --> 00:09:00,400 Location details along a branch of the Mohican River while 160 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:03,200 canoeing outside the town of Londonville. 161 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:06,280 Loudonville. The nearest major Rd. is state 162 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:10,120 Route 3 nearest town Loudonville nearest Rd. 163 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:12,840 Wally Rd. I was on a canoe trip with some 164 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:15,840 friends from school. There were five canoes each with 165 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:18,880 two people. After canoeing about a mile, we 166 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:22,360 came to a fork in the river. According to the map, the two 167 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:25,600 branches would eventually reconnect about 1 to 1 1/2 miles 168 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:29,920 later, so we decided to race 3 canoes went down the fork on the 169 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:32,240 left, which had the road next to it. 170 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:35,800 My canoe and another went down the fork that passed through the 171 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:38,080 woods. As soon as we entered the wooded 172 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:41,400 fork, we noticed a strong, pungent smell of decaying 173 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:44,440 material. The trees became so dense that 174 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:47,920 they nearly blocked out the sky. We stopped for a bathroom break 175 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:51,400 along the river and on the opposite side we saw a shadow in 176 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:54,560 the trees, which we initially dismissed as a deer. 177 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:57,960 As we continued our trip, the smell grew strong. 178 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:01,640 A female companion glanced toward the source of the smell 179 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:05,720 and suddenly froze. She told us she saw a 6 1/2 to 7 180 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:08,000 foot tall black creature observing us. 181 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:11,600 We doubled our paddle speed and noticed that the creature was 182 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:14,040 following us, staying behind the tree line. 183 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:16,720 Soon we came to a bend in the river. 184 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:20,080 That's when the creature took off running toward the bend. 185 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:24,320 We slowed our pace, wading in the river and then heard a loud 186 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:27,680 splash. We paddled toward the bend and 187 00:10:27,680 --> 00:10:31,080 just in time saw the creature climbing onto the opposite bank. 188 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:35,840 It had covered over 200 yards in about 30 seconds. 189 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:39,080 We thought the encounter was over, but later we saw it 190 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:40,880 casually crossing an open clearing. 191 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:44,680 Wow. Also notice we heard shrieks 192 00:10:44,680 --> 00:10:48,200 that that changed from high to low pitch about 20 minutes after 193 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:51,160 our last visual sighting. So this thing, this thing seems 194 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:52,760 like it was really interesting. These people. 195 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:55,400 There were four witnesses. It was along a branch of the 196 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:59,160 Mohegan River. The area fell eerie with murky 197 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:03,440 water, a noticeable temperature change and an unsettling quiet. 198 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:06,960 That is really cool, man. I could just imagine a minute. 199 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:10,200 They're canoeing along the river with your friends and look up 200 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:13,120 and see one of these things. It says the witness was quite 201 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:15,760 shook up when talking to him. A person. 202 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:19,360 Not many people follow that part of the river when they canoe due 203 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:23,160 to lots of fallen trees and the possibility of it drying up in 204 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:25,600 the summer. I have extensively canoed the 205 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:27,680 Mohican. I must say that there are some 206 00:11:27,680 --> 00:11:31,920 areas that are very that are very remote and are extremely 207 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:33,840 rugged. Sounds like they found the 208 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:36,920 perfect habitat for Bigfoot. OK, we'll go ahead and take a 209 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:39,680 look at this next one here. Here's a sighting from June 210 00:11:39,680 --> 00:11:45,880 20th, 2008, Tuscarawas County, New Philadelphia University 211 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:49,200 Drive. It says it was June 2008, and I 212 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:52,120 was walking from my uncle's house back to a farm about a 213 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:55,440 half a mile away on University Drive in New Philadelphia. 214 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:59,800 OH, Tuscarawas County. As I was walking toward the 215 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:03,000 farm, I initially heard what sounded like coyotes, but then 216 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:07,080 it suddenly went quiet. Shortly after I heard a very 217 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:10,200 strange sound. It wasn't your usual animal 218 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:13,440 noise, it was a high pitched howl growl. 219 00:12:13,680 --> 00:12:17,920 Soon after that I noticed a strange musty earthy smell. 220 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:21,920 And then I saw it. Bigfoot came walking out of the 221 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:24,800 cornfield. I'd estimate it was between 7:00 222 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:26,840 to 8:00 feet tall with long shaggy hair. 223 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:30,080 It looked like an oversized man covered in hair. 224 00:12:30,560 --> 00:12:32,960 I was walking on the road in front of it. 225 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:36,360 I first noticed it when I heard the rustling of the corn as it 226 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:40,240 stepped out of the field, and I looked back to see what made the 227 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:43,160 noise. I started walking faster and 228 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:45,680 when I reached the farm driveway, my mom was there to 229 00:12:45,680 --> 00:12:47,800 pick me up. When she turned on the 230 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:51,520 headlights, the creature stopped following me, stood still for a 231 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:55,400 second, then quickly turned and moved back into the cornfield. 232 00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:59,760 It made that same strange noise again when my mom also heard it. 233 00:13:00,560 --> 00:13:06,680 Wow, now June 20th the corn should be, I don't know, it 234 00:13:06,680 --> 00:13:10,000 probably waist high, the chest high maybe they used to say knee 235 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:12,440 high by the 4th of July. Now I think some of this stuff 236 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:14,280 is getting tassels by the 4th of July. 237 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:16,120 So we're talking about the end of June. 238 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:19,200 The corns probably been in the ground for 3-4 weeks. 239 00:13:19,680 --> 00:13:24,760 So you can imagine the 78 foot tall creature walking through 240 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:27,760 that stuff just before the sight of the dogs were barking and it 241 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:31,480 sounded like a pack of coyotes howling, but they all suddenly 242 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:34,480 stopped before the creature made its call or sound. 243 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:38,440 There were three witnesses, me, my son who was walking with me, 244 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:43,440 my mom who heard the creature. My mom also recalled that when 245 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:48,240 she was a teenager or in her early 20s, her dog would bark 246 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:51,320 and then go silent. After that, she would hear 247 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:54,600 something big walking around her house making the same strange 248 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:58,520 noise. Around 9:30 PM was the time and 249 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:00,320 the weather was clear. It says it was dark with 250 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:02,320 streetlights, environment, cornfields. 251 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:06,600 That's really bizarre, this thing just walking around out 252 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:08,720 there in the cornfield. Like I said, I'm thinking this 253 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:12,400 corn would have been maybe waist high, chest high in a person's 254 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:14,000 tops. I would come up with about the 255 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:16,440 knees on this thing. It's out there just, I suppose, 256 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:19,400 for lack of any place else to go, just walking around doing 257 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:21,200 its thing. Very, very strange. 258 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:26,240 Take a look at another one here. Here's one from July 18th, 2002. 259 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:30,760 It says Hardin County, Ohio location details coming in from 260 00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:34,200 Lima on three O 9 E. When you enter Kitten on three O 261 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:36,840 9 E, turn right at the second traffic light. 262 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:40,640 After turning, go down a little way and you'll see the bridge 263 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:44,560 nearest town Keaton nearest Rd. South Layton St. 264 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:48,760 About 3 weeks ago, I was walking down South Layton St. on my way 265 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:53,920 home around 9:45 or 10:00 PM. As I was crossing the bridge, I 266 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:55,880 heard a splash in the water beneath it. 267 00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:59,520 I often go fishing under the bridge, so I wasn't afraid to go 268 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:02,680 down there. Curious, I decided to check who 269 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:05,000 might be there. I walked down the side of the 270 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:09,040 bridge, but when I got to the edge I didn't see anyone on the 271 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:12,520 bank and thought it might have just been fish splashing. 272 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:15,480 The river is shallow, about 3 or 4 feet deep. 273 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:19,480 As I walked directly under the bridge, I heard another splash. 274 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:23,920 Standing in the middle of the river was a large, hairy, ape 275 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:26,200 like creature. It didn't look like what I 276 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:29,120 imagined Bigfoot would look like, if that's what it was. 277 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:31,280 The moment I saw it I blurted out. 278 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:35,040 Holy expletive. The creature heard me turn it 279 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:38,520 around and began running through the water toward me, making a 280 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:41,720 strange gurgling noise. I immediately took off, 281 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:44,800 scrambling up the side of the bridge and running across the 282 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:47,600 railroad tracks. I tripped, fell, and cut my 283 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:51,080 elbow in the process. When I got home, I told my mom, 284 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:55,160 but she thought I was on drugs. Since that night, I've made 285 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:58,360 every effort to avoid walking across that bridge after dark. 286 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:01,600 Whoever says these things aren't dangerous is full of it. 287 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:04,000 I truly believe that that creature had caught me. 288 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:07,160 It would have torn me apart. Please take me seriously. 289 00:16:07,680 --> 00:16:10,200 Wow, now that's that's an interesting one. 290 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:13,120 It says the creature did not seem friendly at all. 291 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:15,600 I guess not. Other stories. 292 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:17,480 I've heard of something happening a long time ago 293 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:19,840 outside of Kenton, but I don't know any details. 294 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:22,160 Time and conditions. It was about 10:00 PM. 295 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:25,960 There was very little light. It was dry and hot as we had 296 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:29,640 experienced a little rain in the past few months under the bridge 297 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:33,400 at the Bank of the Skiota River. It says, man, that's really, 298 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:35,800 really an intense sighting there. 299 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:39,120 Now the investigator says the witness is currently in the Army 300 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:42,320 and called me back here at work after I left the voicemail on 301 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:44,600 the cell number his mother provided. 302 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:48,160 Here's what I learned. His mother recollected the 303 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:50,960 evening. Eric was adamant that the event 304 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:55,120 occurred as described. I was able to get him to fill in 305 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:58,720 the following information that the water level did not reach 306 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:03,080 the juncture of the creature's legs as it turned toward as it 307 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:06,079 turned to come toward him, which means that it was well in excess 308 00:17:06,079 --> 00:17:09,160 of 6 feet tall. He said it was very bulky, that 309 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:13,319 the creature was a dark color, and that the hair up to its 310 00:17:13,319 --> 00:17:15,640 chest, including the arms, was dripping wet. 311 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:20,000 He now thinks the gurgling sound was vocal, but it might have 312 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,839 been created by the creature walking through the water toward 313 00:17:22,839 --> 00:17:25,520 him. Once he decided to flee, he did 314 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:28,280 not look back, so he does not know what the creature did. 315 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:31,280 As he scrambled to get away, we discussed the possibility that 316 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:32,760 someone was playing a hoax on him. 317 00:17:33,120 --> 00:17:36,000 He said there are Three Bridges that he could have picked across 318 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:39,200 the river, so if someone was playing a hoax, it was just a 319 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:41,200 general hoax on someone passing by. 320 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:45,280 He said he felt it was a real situation because until he heard 321 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:48,520 something under the bridge, the creature was moving to the east 322 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:52,320 as he had come down behind it. It seemed intent staying in the 323 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:56,960 river and not on the shore area. He also said the size was well 324 00:17:56,960 --> 00:18:00,600 beyond even a large person and that there was no way a person 325 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:04,200 in a monkey suit could move in water like this thing did once 326 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:07,880 it turned toward him. Wow, that is really cool. 327 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:11,000 It says the follow up investigator interview was 328 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:14,160 conducted by Investigator SP of Ohio. 329 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:16,480 Very neat. OK, we'll take a look at a 330 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:18,040 couple more here before we wrap this up. 331 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:22,280 This sighting is from June 29th, 2000. 332 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:27,280 It says Fairfield County, Ohio location details Rock Mill area 333 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:32,360 off Lithopolis Rd. intersecting with Rock Mill Rd. very close to 334 00:18:32,360 --> 00:18:36,320 the covered bridge nearest town. Rock Mill nearest Rd. 335 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:40,280 Lithopolis Rd. Observed We were driving home to 336 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:44,360 the Lancaster, OH area of Lithopolis of Lithopolis Rd. 337 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:47,840 heading SE. As we approach the intersection 338 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:52,240 of Othopolis and Rock Mill Rd. we slowed down to 30 mile per 339 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:54,600 hour due to the dangerous intersection. 340 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:57,440 About 100 feet from the covered bridge. 341 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:02,080 My friend mentioned that he saw a pair of eyes reflecting from 342 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:04,360 the car lights on the left hand side of the road. 343 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:07,280 We quickly slowed down to take a closer look. 344 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:12,400 We all looked in the direction and saw a tall dark figure with 345 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:16,560 yellowish green eyes walking from the left side of a topless 346 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:20,560 Rd. into the tree line. It moved at a normal pace, 347 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:25,560 taking very large strides. Given the late hour, we 348 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:28,440 concluded it couldn't have been a person due to the lack of 349 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:30,640 nearby homes and how late it was. 350 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:35,200 We all agreed that the figure was too large and built to be a 351 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:37,080 human. Its limbs appeared more 352 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:40,480 elongated than a person's arms, and at no point did it go down 353 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:43,920 on all fours like a bear would. Other witnesses. 354 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:47,640 My fiance and her friend. It was 1:00 AM, very dark with 355 00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:50,720 no moon, and the temperature was around 65°. 356 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:53,360 The area was very wooded with many hills. 357 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:56,120 It eventually leads to hilly plains and farmland. 358 00:19:56,440 --> 00:20:00,480 The Rock Mill Dam wildlife area is also nearby. 359 00:20:01,320 --> 00:20:02,960 We see that with a lot of these things. 360 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:05,000 They seem to be near these wildlife areas. 361 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:08,040 It says the witness added that it was between 10 to 25 feet 362 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:09,520 from the car. It's pretty close. 363 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:14,200 It was 6 to 6 1/2 feet tall and dark or black and color. 364 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:17,000 What impressed them was this overall dimensions that were 365 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:18,960 much larger than that of an average person. 366 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:21,680 It had to weigh well over 300 lbs. 367 00:20:22,120 --> 00:20:23,720 Point. Doesn't sound like a person to 368 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:25,960 me, just a massive, massive creature. 369 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:27,840 OK, we'll take a look at one last one here. 370 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:32,840 This next one happened, it says, back on May 24th, 1998. 371 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:38,080 Defiance County, Ohio, the first small island West of State Route 372 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:41,760 66, Bridget says. Nearest town, Defiance State 373 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:45,440 Route 66. I live in Defiance, OH along the 374 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:48,560 Uglies River. One day while the river was 375 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:52,680 flooded, I took my rowboat with the motor upriver, as I often do 376 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:56,040 to spot deer. About a mile upriver, I rounded 377 00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:59,400 a bin where there are lots of trees piled up from floods. 378 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:02,640 I caught a glimpse of what looked like a small Bigfoot 379 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:06,520 around 3 or 4 feet in height. It walked up a log and 380 00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:08,320 disappeared over a pile of trees. 381 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:12,240 At that moment, I glanced to my right and saw three deer 382 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:15,920 standing there looking at me. Jokingly, I asked the deer, Did 383 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:18,800 you see that? As soon as I started speaking, I 384 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:20,640 heard a scream that could curdle milk. 385 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:23,960 I sat there fighting the current, watching the deer as 386 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:26,000 they began to look around, trying to figure out where the 387 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:29,520 noise came from. For fun, I started talking again 388 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:31,000 to see if the scream would repeat. 389 00:21:31,360 --> 00:21:34,400 It did, only this time it was louder and longer. 390 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:38,320 The deer bolted, and so did I. I've lived along the river my 391 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:41,520 whole life and have never heard anything like that before. 392 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:45,200 Since then I've spotted what seems to be the same creature 393 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:48,520 watching me while I was sitting in a lagoon off the river, a 394 00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:52,200 good spot to observe wildlife. The creature I've seen is small, 395 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:56,240 only about 3 to 4 feet tall and it always stays in the shadows 396 00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:58,160 where I can't get a clearview of it. 397 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:01,920 The time it says it was evening and the sun was very low, it was 398 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:05,840 getting dark but I could see it. Environment is swampy, rocky and 399 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:07,920 wooded. This area used to be part of the 400 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:11,400 Great Black Swamp. It's almost like these things 401 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:14,320 have been living there for all these generations and you know, 402 00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:18,040 now people have moved in, but the Bigfoot are still there, it 403 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:21,000 says. Follow up investigation by SP of 404 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:22,920 Ohio. The witness added that he 405 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:25,640 recollects the date so well because it was the day before 406 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:28,400 his birthday. While he only was able to 407 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:31,720 glimpse the creature, he was certain that it was not a human, 408 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:35,440 but that it did walk quickly up the log on 2 feet. 409 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:38,640 He was not able to describe a collar except that it was dark. 410 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:42,600 The distance during his first observation was approximately 30 411 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:45,000 yards. The other times he would catch a 412 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:48,440 glimpse of it that summer, looking at him, it would hide 413 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:51,520 well and always be in the shadows and deadfall along the 414 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:53,920 river. He never saw it after that short 415 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:57,280 period of a few months in 1998, though he still explores the 416 00:22:57,280 --> 00:22:59,520 river. It was a scream the witness 417 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:02,960 heard that had the greatest impact and caused him to flee. 418 00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:07,120 The second screen was loud and long, well in excess if anything 419 00:23:07,120 --> 00:23:10,600 a person could make. Well maybe he was seeing the 420 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:13,800 baby Bigfoot and maybe it was the parent Bigfoot that was in 421 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:16,680 the background and was starting to feel threatened by this guy. 422 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:19,000 Just letting him know, hey you stay in your boat. 423 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:22,520 Another example of these things acting in very territorial ways. 424 00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:24,240 I don't know what to make of him. 425 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:28,120 Really, really strange stuff. Until next time, this is UFO 426 00:23:28,120 --> 00:23:29,560 warning over and out.