Harrison County, Ohio

Near Scio, OH

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Harrison County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

September 2010

My cousin and I were leasing hunting land in Harrison County, near Scio, OH. It was on or about September 4, 2010. It was approximately 9 AM and we were clearing our four wheeler trails. The birds were chirping, squirrels were jumping, and wildlife was moving around. Suddenly, we noticed that all woodland sounds had stopped. It was very odd to us, so much so that we both stopped what we were doing and stood motionless. As we looked around, we saw a tall dark figure approximately 50 yards away standing behind a large tree. It was approximately 8' tall, with hair covering its body. It was standing upright and was looking out from around the tree. At first, we could only see about 1/2 of its face and part of its shoulder and left arm. We were both armed with pistols, which we quickly had in our hands. The stare down lasted approximately 30-45 seconds. I asked my cousin in a low voice... "are you seeing what I'm seeing?" He replied yes in a somewhat shaky voice. I said "what is it?" He sai...

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Harrison County Ohio (Class B) BFRO

While staying in cabins, sleepers awakened in early morning by strange sounds and notice unusual smell in Appalachian foothills

We have had sporadic, maybe a couple times a year, activity (sightings, tracks, screams, wood-on-wood, deer kills, bent and snapped trees) on our property in Harrison Co. for the last 25 years. We hav...

July 2004

Harrison County Ohio (Class B) BFRO

Campers have encounter at night close to Tappan Lake

We had built a new two story cabin and had some friends down to play music and camp overnight. We were playing music and one lady decided that she would go to a smaller cabin and retire for the night....

October 2000

Harrison County Ohio (Class B) BFRO

Sighting by camper in Harrison County near Tappan Lake

My wife was going to use the outhouse just before light on Memorial Weekend. She proceeded to go around the cabin to the north as the outhouse is in back of the cabin to the west. There is a group of ...

May 1998

Harrison County Ohio (Class B) BFRO

Fishermen describe nightime encounter at Clendening Lake near Buckeye Trail

I was at the back waters of Clendening lake near Cadiz, Ohio with my friend Cj and we heard a man-like scream. I know what coyotes, hoot owls, cows, raccoons, opossum, fox and most local animals s...

March 2012