LAKE COUNTY, OHIO SIGHTING - October 2016 - BFRO 56073

While cutting the grass on the back of his lot, a man had a sighting of something disappearing from view.

It was in October, around 4 pm, while the witness was cutting the grass, clearing the path that he used to go into the woods for target shooting. That was when he caught sight of something out of the corner of his eye. He stopped the mower and took a better look. There was a shape moving in the brush along the ravine, walking away from him. He saw only the back and not the face.

The witness thought at first that it might be a bear, but it was walking upright and continued to do until out of sight. That was perhaps longer than most bears would or could walk on its hind legs. He wondered if the sound of the mower had frightened whatever it was.


While talking to the BFRO investigator, he further described what he saw as being 7 to 8 foot tall and having longer hair than what a bear has. The witness said he watched it for a few minutes; it remained on only two feet the entire time.


The next day when the witness went back out to look, he could not find any tracks, but he did find "disturbed brush" and a game trail.


The witness also discussed how his neighbor's Guinea and turkeys had been taken, leaving only feathers scattered across the two properties. The neighbor put up trail cams trying to discover who or what was taking his birds, but has only gotten fox and coyote so far. [It is quite reasonable to consider that scattered feathers do lend to fox and coyote taking the birds.]


The neighbor added that he had noticed a drastic decrease in the deer population on both his acreage and in the general area during the past few years.


The witness spoke of getting the feeling of being watched. And that at the end of September he had put pumpkins at the back of the property for the deer. When he checked back there, he found the pumpkins had disappeared. Not eaten and picked at. Just totally gone.


The area where this sighting took place has a woods of maple and oak and is hilly and rugged. The ravine the figure disappeared into has a creek running through it. It is private property and has little to no human traffic.


Nancy


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