Every few years, the internet finds a new reason to panic. Sometimes it’s aliens, sometimes it’s killer clowns, and this week? Apparently it’s giant hairy roommates wandering around the woods. Yes, you guessed it. The legendary Bigfoot is trending again.
This time the excitement is happening in Ohio, where people claim they’ve spotted not one, not two, but eight mysterious creatures in just four days. According to reports, these beasts are around 10 feet tall, very hairy, and enjoy walking around while making loud grunting noises. Basically imagine a massive gym bro who skipped leg day but doubled down on fur.
An expert with the Bigfoot Society podcast, hosted by Jeremiah Byron, said a possible ‘flap’ – a sudden cluster of Sasquatch sightings within a short time span – may be unfolding across Ohio.
Each witness, Byron said, is a local familiar with rural Ohio wildlife, and all described similar sightings: large, black-haired creatures with long arms, walking upright and making ‘grunting noises.’
‘The current generation of Bigfoot enthusiasts, including myself, have never lived through a sighting flap like this, and we are extremely excited to potentially to get substantial evidence through this,’ he told Newsweek.
Although no physical evidence has been found and all sightings are based on eyewitness reports – there are no new photos or video shared so far, encounters have been reported in Mantua, Garrettsville, Streetsboro, Windham, Newton Township and Lake Milton.
‘I do have a local Bigfoot researcher, Glenn Adkins, and his research group, Ohio Sasquatch Project, following up on reports, and hopefully there will be something found eventually, such as tracks,’ he added.
The researcher, who reported the sighting to the Bigfoot Mapping Project, said he was hiking when he spotted the large creature standing about 120 yards away – and that the beast appeared to know he was there.
He shared: ‘It started moving away. It left fast and I left just as fast.’
Byron stressed that Ohio’s surge in Bigfoot reports owes much to Scott Tompkins of the Bigfoot Mapping Project, designed to centralize reported sightings instead of leaving data scattered online.
‘His database captured the initial Bigfoot report on March 6, which made me aware of the area more,’ he explained.
On March 7, in the same village, an individual identifying himself as Dylan Obney reported seeing an 8ft tall brown figure just before 11pm in the forest.
Wildlife experts, meanwhile, are trying to calm everyone down. A calm scientific explanation is far less exciting than a 10-foot hairy mystery monster stomping around Ohio.
Until someone gets clear video, the legend of Bigfoot will keep growing. And who knows? Maybe the creatures just wanted a quiet walk through the woods.
