Personal encounter of a camper as well as a history of encounters concerning his family members, dating back 40 years. witnessed in Vinton County, Ohio

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Several things over many years. When my sister (now 46) was a little girl (5-6 years) growing up on my grandparents farm she was left to entertain herself quite a bit. This was (is) a very rural setting and no one thought twice about leaving her in the yard alone. She claims to have been within a few feet of a "bigfoot" in the yard and when she ran into the farm house she says the creature followed(?). She then hid behind a couch and watched the creature look around for a short moment then turn and leave. (no one was in the house at the time). She never spoke of this incident to anyone until she was in her 30's. We were back on the farm for a family reunion (1989) and went into the Zaleski State Forest for a drive on the fire roads. We heard this high pitched kind of roar, something none of us had ever heard before, except my sister. She got kind of panicky and asked if we could leave then. On the way back to the farm she looked at me and said she had heard that sound before. She told ...