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Mystery surrounds Bigfoot sightings surge in Portage County, Ohio

By T.K. Randall
March 11, 2026 ·  82 comments

Image: AI-generated (Midjourney) Despite a lack of definitive evidence of its existence, Bigfoot continues to remain a fascinating phenomenon, with witnesses continuing to report encounters with large, hairy, bipedal creatures roaming the wilds and woodlands of the United States on a regular basis.

While such sightings are certainly nothing new or unusual, a particularly concentrated spate of such reports in Portage County, Ohio this month has been raising eyebrows.

According to Jeremiah Byron, host of the Bigfoot Society Podcast, the strangeness began with two sightings on March 6th followed by two more on March 9th.

"A guy and his friend were hiking on the Headwaters Trail and they saw a 10-foot sasquatch," Byron told FOX 8's Suzanne Stratford.

"When it was grunting at them, it turned its head at the shoulders, not neck, which is an important detail that's crazy."In another incident, a woman saw a large, bipedal animal covered in hair running out of the woods.

There was also a report by a man in Newton Township who had been taking his dog for a walk in the early hours of the morning on March 10th when he spotted a 10ft-tall creature at the tree line.

Unfortunately, no photographic evidence of these encounters has been forthcoming, but the sheer number of sightings in such a small area over a few days is certainly unusual.

The question of exactly what could account for all these reports remains unanswered.

Could someone have been pulling a prank, or did the witnesses genuinely see something anomalous ?

Sadly, we may never know for sure.

Source: Fox8.com | Comments (82)

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