The Monthly Bigfoot Report Newsletter
The Monthly Bigfoot Report is a
newsletter dealing with Bigfoot type
activities across North America as well
as Internationaly, whenever that
information is available.
I have created this page to let you
know what the newsletter is all about.
It is being created on Saturday December
19, 1998. (Artwork was added December 23'rd, 1998.)
The Monthly Bigfoot Report is available
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$10/1 year or $18/2 years. It is
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or $25/2 years. Payment should be mailed
to P.O. Box 205 Newcomerstown, Ohio,
U.S.A. 43832-0205. Checks or money
orders must be made payable to Don
Keating. Upon receipt of your payment,
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And now, for your reading pleasure, the
December 1998 issue of the Monthly
Bigfoot Report.
(Newcomerstown, Ohio)-----Greetings. I
trust you all had a great Thanksgiving
holiday and here's wishing you all a
Merry Christmas and happy new year. May
the new year bring many answers and many
new friends.
Marc DeWerth once asked me why there
hadn't been many sightings in the recent
past. I told him that Bigfoot sightings
are like the weather; you never know
what pattern will emerge next or how
long it will last. For example, in the
November issue of this publication we
had three sightings from 1998 in Ohio.
This month we have three sightings from
Ohio but they are no newer than 1991.
That's the way it goes in the Bigfoot
phenomenon. We also have a report from
the woodlands of Arkansas as well as a
preview of the 11'th Annual Bigfoot
Conference scheduled for March 6'th,
1999. On to the sightings from Ohio.
I received a letter from one of my Ohio
newsletter subscribers. The letter was
accompanied by a drawing the size of
8½x11" (which I had reduced in size for
inclusion in this newsletter). The
letter reads....
Here is a drawing of Bigfoot that you
may put in your monthly paper. The
drawing is by Wendell B., my nephew. I
saw a white albino Bigfoot back in 1974
of October. He was about 6 foot or more
and 350 pounds. Redish pink eyes and
white hair about two inches long, some
of it was curly. It has hooked finger
nails. They curl up under about 1½".
It's teeth on top and bottom were like
fangs. It was eating a cow in a field.
Thank you. Angie M. of Mowrystown,
Ohio."
The description of the teeth would
indicate teeth like canine teeth. This
was reported quite often in the Rome,
Ohio incidents of 1981. Below you see
the drawing the witness' nephew drew
upon her description, of which she sent
me a copy for inclusion in the
newsletter.
I was invited to speak to a group of
young adults for the Ohio Farm Bureau in
Mahoning County, Ohio towards the end of
November. During the presentation a
woman told me about an encounter she and
a friend had at a location five miles
due south of Canfield, Ohio. The report
went like this....
"Me and a friend were riding ATV's down
the old railroad tracks five miles south
of Canfield. They had already removed
the rails and nearly all of the railroad
ties. We got to a point where about 75
to 125 yards away we spotted this thing
that at first was on all fours. It was
pitch black in color. At first we
thought it was a bear. Then it got up on
two legs and walked away but in a bit of
a hunched position. We weren't quite
sure what to make of it and to this day
don't know if it was a bear walking away
on two legs or something else, possibly
Bigfoot".
That incident took place in July of 1984
or 1985. The lady appeared quite open
and quite honest about her encounter. Of
course, when she started telling her
story in front of between 50 and 60
younger people, they started to snicker.
But soon the snickers turned to looks of
interest on their faces. I gave the lady
a copy of my 1993 booklet The Buckeye
Bigfoot in exchange for her report,
AFTER she told me about the
sighting.
Marc DeWerth recently investigated a
sighting from the summer of 1991.
Originally Ray Crowe of the Western
Bigfoot Society received the call.
However, seeing as how the sighting took
place in Ohio, he suggested the witness
call me and tell me her report. She did
and then I requested DeWerth to go
interview her and her son since he lived
much closer. DeWerth e-mailed me the
following questions and answers that
were asked of the witnesses. Some
information will be left out for obvious
reasons.
Time of Year---Summer
Date and Time---July 1991 around 10:30
p.m.
Circumstances of which the sighting took
place---Driving son home from friends
house. Driving down Austin RD between SR
84 and Maple ST when a creature of
unknown origin walked across the road
from the right side to the left side as
we drove in a southern direction down
Austin road. The headlights on our car
illuminated the individual from the
shoulders down to the feet. Both
witnesses reacted in silence, not
believing what they saw.
By whom and their age---Catherine D. age
41 and son Chris D. age 18 (at the time
of the sighting).
Describe the creature---Very big and
bulky even for a side profile. Did not
see the head because the headlights were
too low. Could see the right arm
swinging as it walked. Crossed road in
2½ steps. Upright at all times. (Took
the investigator 9 steps to cross the
road).
Height---Really tall. At least 7 to 8
feet.
Color---Catherine said dark. Chris said
brown.
How far were you from it---150' or less
by estimate.
As I said Marc DeWerth investigated this
incident for me and took many pictures.
However, at this time, I do not have any
of those photos to publish. I'll make an
attempt to do so next month.
Mr. Cliff Crook of Bothell, Washington
forwarded the following report to me via
e-mail.
"Hello. My name is Chance D. and I live
in Arkansas. I continually hear about
sightings in the extreme northern parts
of the United States such as Washington
and Oregon. While I'm sure those
sightings aren't all false, I think they
should pay more attention to the other
areas that have sightings. I'm sure you
know about the "Legend of Boggy Creek"
in southern Arkansas. Well, I'm just
about convinced that this is not any
mere legend. I don't want to sound like
some fanatic on finding strange and
falsified animals, but I have to say
that I did have an encounter right here
where I live in a small southern town
right next to Russellville called
Dardanelle. I live outside of the city
and I have 22 acres here. A few years
ago during the summer I was taking a
walk through my woods out behind my
house. I usually took walks through
there on days that weren't quite so hot.
Anyways I was following a trail that was
made a long time ago by four wheelers
and I was about to the top of a small
hill when I heard something that was, I
guess walking. I topped the hill and
looked through the trees and there was
an upright creature standing there. I'm
guessing it heard me topping the hill
although I was tryng to be quiet, and
when it saw me it turned and ran through
the woods. This animal wasn't very tall,
probably 5'-5" or 6' and was black in
color.
I only hope more people will become
aware that there are more sighting areas
of the Bigfoot in areas of the U.S. that
aren't so far north. Signed Chance
D."
IN CLOSING...
And finally, three speakers have
confirmed for the 11'th Annual Bigfoot
Conference to be held in Newcomerstown,
Ohio on March 6'th, 1999. One speaker
wishes to remain anonymous at this time.
The second speaker is Mr. Daniel Perez
from the Center for Bigfoot Studies in
Norwalk, CA.
The third speaker will be the one, the
only, Mr. Legend of Boggy Creek himself,
Mr. J.E. "Smokey" Crabtree. Smokey will
bring with him copies of his book
"Smokey and the Fouke Monster" and sign
them if you so wish. He'll also bring
along with him many stories of the Fouke
monster. We are looking forward to
meeting this living legend and hope many
of you make the trip to see him IN
PERSON.
Mr. Loren Coleman of Portland, Maine has
joined in to become one of our main
speakers at the Conference as well. He
will have a slide presentation and will
speak about his two books which will be
available in the spring and summer of
1999. We look forward to his
presentation
greatly!
Additional Conference details
can be obtained on the internet at
https://www.angelfire.com/oh/yeti1. Be
sure to click on to the Directions link
for additional photos from the 10'th
Annual Bigfoot Conference. And as I sit
here writing, I guess there IS something
else to announce!!
During the first weekend of October 1998
John Horrigan and I produced a new video
documentary titled "Sasquatch...The
Evidence Mounts". It is a 40 minute film
documentary which deals with recent
sightings and activities in Ohio.
Richard J. LaMonica is featured as is
Richard Myers and Marc DeWerth. The tape
is now available at the cost of $22.50
including postage. Make check or money
order out to Don Keating and send to the
address on the front of the newsletter.
Til January of 1999 best wishes for a
safe and happy holiday season.
ABOVE....You see a drawing Mr. Rob
Butler of Milwaukie, Oregon sent to me
for the newsletter.
Email: eobic@webtv.net
