YEAR: 2006

SEASON: Spring

MONTH: April

DATE: April

STATE: Ohio

COUNTY: Mahoning County

LOCATION DETAILS: Near the Intersection of Route 45 and Gladstone Road

NEAREST TOWN: North Jackson

NEAREST ROAD: State Route 45

OBSERVED: 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 had been eating the cracked corn I left them. Most of the corn had been eaten. I turned around to look back towards my truck and next to the gas well road was a large tree that was about 30 feet off the road. Next to the tree was a very tall, wide shouldered, very built, dark brown, hairy creature standing next to it. The creature had pushed a fairly large branch away from its face so that he could watch us. All I could do was stand there for a few seconds which seemed like hours staring back at the creature. My girlfriend finally asked what are you looking at which made me quit staring. All I could say was get in the truck.

ALSO NOTICED: none that i can recall

OTHER WITNESSES: no

OTHER STORIES: About 6 years earlier my Aunt had seen a large creature in Meander Reservoir about 3 miles from where I saw the creature. She had the same description as me and she told me it was down on one knee drinking water from a small inlet in the reservoir. She saw it from Mahoning Avenue West in Austintown Ohio.

TIME AND CONDITIONS: It was dusk. The sun was beginning to drop below the tree line. The skys were clear, it had just got done raining

ENVIRONMENT: Decidious Forest. lots of hard woods very little undergrowth

Follow-up investigation report by BFRO Investigator Joanna Cuva:

I spoke to the witness, with his father nearby while referencing property details and I found them to be credible. The area is rural, a lot of new growth, not very dense with open fields.

About BFRO Investigator Joanna Cuva:

Joanna AKA Joee, has worked as a veterinarian technician for over 11 years. She lives in the Green Swamp of central Florida area with her husband and her three children. She is very knowledgeable of the local wildlife, spending a lot of her time in the outdoors. Joanna has a special interest in wildlife and conservation. She attended South Florida Expedition 2008, North Florida Expedition 2009, Central Florida Expedition 2009, Pennsylvania Expedition 2009, Georgia Expedition 2010 and assisted with the organization of several Florida expeditions.