Mahoning County, Ohio

Near Austintown/Youngstown

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Mahoning County Ohio (Class B) BFRO

March 2012

I have never told this story to anyone besides my immediate family members because I tend to doubt myself. I believe there could be such things as Bigfoot, although I am not sure. I even went on an amateur investigation with my family last year in Salt Fork--we never saw anything but heard what we think were some other explorers whooping like us. I have hesitated to say anything because I don't want people to think I am making it up since I have been very vocal about my fascination with the subject to my students and friends. But seeing that someone else thinks they saw a Bigfoot near Meander Reservoir makes me want to tell my story too. Anyway, I am originally from the Youngstown area, although I live in Cleveland now. My husband, daughter, and I often travel to Youngstown to visit family in that area. On a drive home last year (it was in late March--the last time we went home before my father died) I swear I saw a huge figure standing flush with the treeline overlooking Meander. I wa...

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Mahoning County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

Woman recounts nighttime sighting of a small bigfoot outside her home near Beloit

I was woke up by pulling, yanking and scratching on our LOCKED shed doors. This creature was determined to get into the shed. I saw its hand was in between the crack of the shed doors while its thumb ...

August 2009

Mahoning County Ohio (Class B) BFRO

Possible sighting at dusk on family property outside Youngstown

I had fed deer out on our property for about 2 years. One day my girlfriend and I were back along the gas well road that brings you about 2000 feet off the main road. I was checking to see if the deer...

April 2006

Mahoning County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

Young man recalls encounter behind his house and close to the Meander Creek Reservoir

8 years ago my friend and I were bored one fall day and decided to hike through the forrest behind my house. The forrest was very deep but also very easy to see through because there was very little b...

October 2001

Mahoning County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

Large creature dragging a dead animal crosses road south of North Jackson

I live in Columbiana County in Ohio. My family alone has seen this creature 3 times in ten years. Once I saw him on my way home from work in North Jackson. It was a rainy night but I am POSITIVE about...

July 1998