Minerva Monster
Names: Ohio Bigfoot, Boggy Creek Monster
Habitat: Ohio; generally northeastern
Size: up to 7 - 8ft tall; up to 300 lbs
Diet: omnivorous; wild game, fish, insects, vegetation, fruits, roots, etc.
Reproduction: polygamous; no courtship display
Society: usually solitary
Lifespan: up to 35 years; interspecies violence greatly decreases lifespan
The Minerva Monster is a large bigfoot with an aggressive personality; not afraid of human presences or activities, they dare to dwell close to homes, peer through windows, and disturb active campsites. While many bigfeet avoid or even fear humans, these cannot be easily scared off during a violent encounter. Identifiable by their strong musk and gorilla-ish features, Minerva Monsters are known for their generally destructive nature and brutality—especially their frequent murder of outdoor pets. They are one of the few bigfoot species that include humans as sources of meat.
Hunting during the day or night, these bigfeet spend most of their day grazing; consuming swaths of vegetation and other edibles, game is only sought a few times a week. Those living in areas with active Minerva Monsters can expect properties to be tampered with, including windows tapped or broken, structures hit, and objects moved and broken. Woodknockers, family members may communicate after dark.
field notes to be sorted: MINERVA MONSTER (YAHOO KIND/RELATIVE?)
-animals get quiet when it nears humans, why?
-strong/repulsing/lingering odor
-not afraid of human activity, looks in windows, forages, peers through property
-matted, dark hair (brown)
-ape-ish
- ~7-8ft tall, 300lbs
-can be aggressive (killed german shepherd, twisted head)
- out in day + night
-strip mines
-wood knocking
-shine red at night (eyes)
BOGGY CREEK MONSTER (VARIANT)
- less odorous, except nesting sites
-brown hair, dark skin, thick brow, hair longer on shoulders
-less likely to attack groups of 3+, unless sleeping
-violent
-killed group of teenagers camping outside Kettering (alongside creek at the far end of a large field)
brown | Tall, 8.5 ft, covered in hair | Yes, looked afraid of man (saw man in tree) | Defiance Night In ditch near woods |
12.5 in print | Norwalk | ||||||||
Site of dog kill in bog | Edinburgh | ||||||||
Communication, wood-knocking, taps occurred in series of three at a time | Nelsonville | ||||||||
pungent, musty smell, strong and nauseating | high pitched kind of roar, deep growling grunt | Followed child | Prattsville | ||||||
big and robust scream, low gutteral moaning which quickly escalated up the scale into a full blown scream, series of 3 low and gruff woofing noises, woofing noises at the end were very similar to those I have heard bears make when the are agitated - cheek puffing blast of air | Nelsonville | ||||||||
18.5 footprint | Rockbridge | ||||||||
huge | Cry, scream | spout had been twisted around and then folded in half (steel) | Wintersville | ||||||
"bird calls", babbling, infant crying, higher pitched human-like sounding voice to escalating screaming/screeching with an unbelievable volume, screams | Scared of light Feeling as if being watched, dread | Steubenville |
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Sick cow sound, animals get quiet/dogs bark Wails + screams | Fostoria Creek bottom, reservoir Summer 5/6AM |
Saw prints + became scared | Mechanicsburg Fall, night |
Case # | Head shape | Face | Color | Size | Odor | Sound | Aggressive? | Fearful? | Location |
"caploosh Gloomp" like through knee deep water, angry roar like lion | Clendening Lake | ||||||||
whooping | Tappan Lake | ||||||||
16 in long track | Footprint, dog uneased, wood knocking, vocalizations | Rock throwing | Cincinnati | ||||||
loud, distant-sounding groan | Clearfork Reservoir | ||||||||
Footprints ~16 in | Piketon | ||||||||
Footprints, tracks in line (one foot directly in front of other) | Like woman screaming in trouble, howls | St. Clairsville |
black | 6-8ft+ robust build, not human gait, arms too long | Mt. Gilead |
brownish black | 8-9 | Loveland |
8ft broad bodied | Ravenna Arsenal |