Noble County, Ohio

Near Batesville

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Noble County Ohio (Class B) BFRO

August 1988

Im writing with a great deal of hesitation. I'm a police officer and married , family guy etc. and my credibility is sound . I don't want this to change!... I used to do a lot of groundhog hunting around Seneca Lake and had an very peculiar experience there in August of 1988 . I would not be writing this If I hadn't got a book from the library about Ohio Bigfoot by Chris Murphy and seen a website for BFRO.net . I was checking out the area when I heard a sound that chilled me to the bone . Allow me to continue. I was hunting a farm along SR 513 near Batesville and my friend dropped me off about 5:30 pm. I hiked up a steep hayfield and nestled myself in about 30' from the hedgerow ( thick brush/ woods beyond ) in the 6" hay and dressed in full camo proceeded to just be still & blend in for the next hour or so till the grounghogs became active . About an hour later I spotted the 1st groundhog and centered the crosshairs of my .243 win on him and gently squeezed the trigger . BLAM.. at tha...

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Noble County Ohio (Class B) BFRO

Night encounter near rural home outside Crooked Tree

My encounter was back in 1982. A friend and I were visiting a neighbor lady and were leaving to go home around 10pm. We had ridden our bikes there. We were pushing the bikes up the steep driveway ...

June 1982

Noble County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

Two women driving to work are surprised to see a very large hair covered biped running along the side of their car.

My sister Mary and I were heading to work at an early morning hour driving northeast on County Road 19 out of Calais, Ohio. My sister was lying back in the passenger seat when I noticed in my car head...

February 1977

Noble County Ohio (Class B) BFRO

A series of large, human-like footprints are found on a farm near Wayne National Forest

While during some yard chores, we noticed a series of tracks going into the hollow on our property. Upon examination, we realized these were very large barefoot human like tracks. They were close to 1...

January 1958

Montmorency County Michigan (Class A) BFE

Creature stares down young deer hunter near Lewiston, Michigan

I was 17 years old and bow hunting and had placed apples and Doe estruses [scent] near a stump and went back to sit 60-100 ft cant remember for sure anyway I do remember sitting up hill being heavil...

October 1985

Walker County Texas (Class A) BFE

Deer hunter observes bipedal creature crossing over pipeline near Huntsville, Texas

Me & my dad were deer hunting , myself & a few buddy's built a little camp house out of scrap materials from construction sites where we worked. Dad & I hunted for 2 days , realized we're weren't gonn...

November 1984