Jack and Charlie, I apologize for not being there to answer your questions about Ohio. I wanted to put a little something together for you guys about our lovely state, and it’s Grassman sighting locations.
As far as a concentration of sightings, Portage County is number one. (of reported sightings, mind you) Following that, we have Ashtabula, Columbiana, Jefferson, and Coshocton. Those, as Wes mentioned spot on, are in the northeast part of the state. There is a little further south, Guernsey County, and that contains within it, Salt Fork State Park. I myself have heard an amazing whistle at Salt Fork, along with other pre-dawn tomfoolery by someone, or something, right outside my tent while camping there last summer. Was it Bigfoot tromping around? Can’t say for sure, but it was interesting at the very least.
As far as reports around your area guys, Butler and Preble County just north of you, and Clermont County to the East have all had reports of The Hairy Man. One of the Butler County reports from the BFRO reads as follows:
YEAR: 2002
SEASON: Summer
MONTH: July
DATE: SUNDAY
STATE: Ohio
COUNTY: Butler County
LOCATION DETAILS: WOODED AREA, COUNTRY WITH FARMS,FIELDS,CREEKS.
NEAREST TOWN: OKEANA, OHIO
NEAREST ROAD: Withheld per witness request
OBSERVED: My wife and I were out on our deck about 12:30am on July 14,2002. We often sit out on the deck until late at night and early morning. We enjoy watching the wildlife and listening to all the sounds of the night. We live out in the country with several wooded areas around us. While we were outside on this particular night, we heard a strange howling noise that neither of us had ever heard before. It was a very loud and deep howling. It lasted approximately two or three minutes. We had heard of sightings of Bigfoot in the area just a few days earlier. This prompted us to get on the internet and I found a tape of the howling from Columbiana County, Ohio. I played it, and it as the exact same thing we heard. We went back outside about 15 minutes later, and there was a very foul odor similar to that of a skunk with urine mixed.
ENVIRONMENT: Wooded farm area with creeks, ponds, and bridges. End report.
This is the audio the report mentions:
I also wanted to include a report from Clermont County, which is just East of you:
YEAR: 2009
SEASON: Summer
MONTH: June
DATE: 06/16/09
STATE: Ohio
COUNTY: Clermont County
LOCATION DETAILS: we were fishing on a sandy clearing just to the right of the floating dock at the Northshore boatramp,EastFork Lake State Park
NEAREST TOWN: Batavia,Ohio
NEAREST ROAD: old 32
OBSERVED: while fishing early in the morning at Eastfork Lake near batavia,ohio,my nephew and I heard first an owl hooting a couple of times and I told Cody that I’d never heard one there before.It was around 3 am,After a few more hoots all of a sudden a loud noise came from the woods.A noise that I’ve only heard in a jungle scene in a movie.The sound was of chimps in trees,warning of danger present,it was very strange.After about an hour had passed,we heard the owl noise again and then broke out in a loud low scream,over and over we heard this scream.then it went into what sounded like dogs barking,maybe a few dogs and then the barking went into yelping like they were being hurt.Then it stopped.We didn’t hear anything again.Occasionally we’d hear the sound of a large rock being thrown into the water about 100 yards away.We left a little later after all that went on. End report. BFRO.net
So guys, lots of places to look for for these things right in our own state. Below is a map of sightings and possible encounter locations as reported to the BFRO. Have fun in your search for answers, and never lose your fantastic curiosity.
Shannon LeGro
