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Thursday, January 29, 2026 12:50

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It’s been close to 20 years now that I had an experience with what potentially was a white Bigfoot near Ironton, Ohio. You can read my full encounter here (Ohio White Bigfoot Experience), but in short, a friend and I were out researching a small family cemetery between Ironton and Southpoint when we were interrupted by something large, white and hairy. It disappeared into the weeds and presumably continued up the hill from us, where an old logging road ran.

That incident is pretty significant for me, because it’s the only time I think I ever SAW anything that could be considered a Bigfoot-type creature, although I’d later have an encounter where I may have heard one telepathically. It was also significant that I wasn’t the only witness—my fellow researcher saw and experienced the exact same thing, and we still don’t really know what to make of it. Is there a white Bigfoot running around southern Ohio?

There may be precedent for such a sighting, although the incident in question is, itself, questionable. Awhile back, my friend and awesome Fortean researcher, Tony Breeden, sent me the following article found in the Morgantown Dominion News on 30 November 1972.

After a witness had reported that a large, white, ape-like creature with bloodstained arms had shaken his taxicab, then made off dragging a deer or large dog, authorities actually went and investigated. And they found white fur, seemingly corroborating the cabbie’s story. But analysis proved that the white hair was a synthetic material. The local sheriff’s deputy claimed it was probably just some local who hadn’t gotten over his Thanksgiving hangover yet.

So, we have a few possibilities. There could be a deer hunter out during hunting season, trading in the camo and blaze orange for a fabulous (fake) fur coat. Or there could be someone out there hoaxing the community with a Bigfoot-like costume. But, based on my own experience, I’d like to think that maybe, just maybe, there is a white Bigfoot out there in southern Ohio and that the synthetic fur that was found was not related to the creature. I’ll let you decide.

Morgantown Dominion News
30 November 1972

Source: http://theresashauntedhistoryofthetri-state.blogspot.com/2026/01/ironton-monster-stymies-authorities.html

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