BFRO #2450: While hiking with friends, eleven year old girl almost runs into 6' hairy creature

📍 Location

📝 Description

This took place in the summer of 1978 at a place called Clouse Lake in Perry County, Ohio. I was ten years old at the time, about to turn eleven. I was in the woods playing explorer with three other kids. All of a sudden, it got very quiet in the woods. We also got very quiet, but continued to walk through the woods. I was in front and we were walking single-file. We were following a deer trace. It went around a large tree in the distance. I started to smell something very malodorous. I rounded the tree and I almost ran into it. It was a huge, hairy creature, very smelly, over six feet in height and dark brown in color. It was NOT a bear. It had an almost human face. The creature spun around and I screamed at the other kids to go back, now, as fast as they could. We ran back to the parking lot of the lake as fast as we could.

🔍 Circumstances

The other kids didn't see it. We were walking through the woods, I was leading and prevented the other kids from seeing it. There view was obstructed by the large tree.

🌤️ Weather Conditions

It was mid-afternoon, clear and sunny and we were in the middle of dense woods.

ℹ️ Additional Details

It was mid-afternoon, clear and sunny and we were in the middle of dense woods.

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