Jefferson County Ohio (Class B) BFRO

Missing chickens lead to discovery of large footprints by chicken coop near Bloomingdale

On July 9th at approximately 10:00 A.M. I noticed my five chickens were missing. The chicken coop was full of feathers but no bodies or blood. I did a perimeter check and came across an extremely larg...

July 2021

Jefferson County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

Family has series of experiences north of Steubenville off of State Route 213

Hello, I live in Huntsville, Al. I have a friend who lives near Steubenville, Oh. She has told me that she has found large human-like footprints on her property several times over the past few yea...

May 2004

Jefferson County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

Two incidents, years apart, one auditory, one visual, near Smithfield

I have had 2 experiences the first was in hunting season of 1995. While hunting with my friend out of a double tree stand my friend and I was waiting for our dad's to drive out the woods to us. At the...

January 2003

Jefferson County Ohio (Class B) BFRO

Strange vocalizations heard near a ravine just outside of Steubenville.

My wife and I were newlyweds having just been married about six weeks prior to the incident. Likewise, we had only lived in this house for the same amount of time. The incident occurred on a dry, warm...

June 2001

Jefferson County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

Young hunter has sighting, accompanied by knocking sounds, near Wintersville

My grandson was squirrel hunting with his grandfather who had left him to sit on a log and moved to another area. He was 12 years old at the time. He saw a dark, hairy, figure run out from behind a tr...

January 1997

Jefferson County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

Evening sighting by ice fisherman near Friendship Lake

Two large white hairy creatures. The creatures where larger than man, both in build and height. The creatures were carrying a item which appeared to be the size of a pickup truck's bed. They were carr...

January 1988

Jefferson County Ohio (Class B) BFRO

Couple horseback riding catch a glimpse of unknown creature followed by a nasty smell and a loud moaning scream

My wife and I had saddled our horses on this day and we decided to take an afternoon ride on an old trail we had rode on many times before. The day was bright and clear. While on our way down this tra...

August 1987

Jefferson County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

Witness hears loud noise outside bedroom window, observes bipedal animal running away

I am curious how far back you keep records. I lived between Wintersville and Bloomingdale, Ohio, when I was growing up. One night when I was about 15 or 16 (around 1980 or 1981), I heard a cry and a l...

November 1981

Jefferson County Ohio (Class B) BFRO

Human-like footprints are found around a garage heading back into a remote hollow

In the late 70s a friend of my fathers had a garage that was back in the woods a hundred yards or so from the road. One winter morning, he contacted my father to tell him that he found something stran...

January 1970