(Name of witness) jim
(Telephone#)
(Occupation) self employed
(Date of incident) '88 or '89
(Time of incident) 12 - 3pm
(Location of incident) Streetsboro, Ohio
(Details of incident) I was 14 or 15 at the time living in a small trailer park. Behind the park is a very big field with many man-made paths. Behind the field is a Wildlife Preservation area with some clearings made by some of the residents of the trailer park, who used the area for some partying and shooting of firearms. One day I walked back to the field behind the park and was just looking at the tree line where the Wildlife protected area was. I noticed a shiny object that looked like a kite stuck in the trees. I walked back to the tree line and tried to find the string attached to the kite so I could try to get it down. In the middle of my search that eerie calm feeling came over me as everything seemed to get very quiet around me. This was soon followed by the worst smell one could ever imagine, almost worse than that of a dead animal. I glanced over to my left and saw something out of the corner of my eye which seemed to resemble a bear. I was very scared and I tried to ignore it, hoping that it really was not there and would just go away if I didn't look back in it's direction. I reluctantly looked at it-face to face. It stood about what seemed over 7 feet tall, very broad shoulders and covered with hair. What stood out was the facial features. It was a flat face with some hair and was very dirty. I do remember seeing some teeth which were large but not the same structure as in an animal, but in a human. I didn't see the entire body, only from the chest up because it was behind some thick brush. It stared at me with the same shock, fear, curiousness, and excitement that I stared at it with. I slowly began to walk backwards towards the field and away from the animal before breaking into an all out sprint for my safety. When I first saw it I was about 10 yards away. As I backed up to about 30 yards I must have startled it because it ran through the woods like a deer being chased by a hunter. As I ran back towards the trailer park, it let out a weird half-howl, half-scream that scared the you know
what out of me. I told some hunting friends of mine about my encounter and their father said it might have been a bear. Over ten years later, I know what I saw was not a bear. That was obvious by the facial features. It took me quite awhile to go back to those woods again and I never went back alone.
(Description of the creature) 6'7" -7'2", broad shoulders, thick hair covering it's body and thin hair over the face. Human-like teeth that were dark in color but very large, almost horse-like.
(How tall do you think it was?) 6'7" to 7'2"
(What color was it?) dark hair color
(How much do you think it weighed?) over 400 lbs.
(Did it leave any footprints, hair, droppings, or any other evidence?) Didn't check...too scared
(Please describe other evidence and its location.) Don't know...
(Did the creature make any sounds?) yes
(Describe the sounds.) A howl like scream
(Did the creature have an odor?) yes
(Describe the odor.) worse than a dead animal
(Please describe the landscape where the incident occured.) 50 yards from a very large swamp, in thick woods that had some clearings for a party area
(Have you heard of other incidents of this nature in the same area?) no
(Do you have any other comments to add?) I am convinced that it was a bigfoot.
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