Bigfoot Society - Years Before the Ohio Bigfoot Flap: Repeated Encounters in Mantua & Streetsboro

Episode Date: April 10, 2026

In this episode, we hear from Rob, a lifelong resident of Portage County, Ohio, who shares a series of encounters that began years before the recent headlines ever reached his area.Driving late at night through the backroads near Mantua, he comes face to face with something massive standing just off the roadside. Tall, broad, covered in dark fur, and gone within seconds, the moment sticks with him long after he tries to move on.Time passes, and the experiences continue. A quiet night on a deck overlooking farmland turns into something else entirely as branches snap in the distance, a strange scream cuts through the air, and a towering figure moves along the tree line under moonlight. This time, he isn’t the only one who sees it.As more conversations unfold, a pattern begins to emerge. Others in the same area have seen similar figures. Similar builds. Similar behavior. Reports that stayed quiet for years begin to line up in ways that are hard to ignore.From the wetlands around Mantua to the developing edges of Streetsboro, Rob describes the sounds, the movement, and the unsettling reactions from wildlife that seem to signal something just out of sight.These are the encounters that happened before anyone was calling it a flap.🗣️ Share Your StoryHad a Bigfoot encounter or strange experience?Send it to [e-mail] – your story might be featured on the show!🎥 Watch & Subscribe on YouTube🔴 Subscribe here → Bigfoot Society YouTube💬 Leave a comment & let us know your thoughts!📞 Leave a voicemail with your story → Speakpipe (Use multiple voicemails if needed)👥 Share this episode → Watch & Share🎧 More episodes → Podcast Playlist🌲 Recommended: New Jersey Bigfoot Encounters💥 Support the Show & Get Perks✅ Join the community on Supercast – Become a Member✅ Listen ad-free & early on YouTube – Join Here📱 Let’s ConnectInstagram: @bigfootsocietyTwitter: @bigfoot_societyTikTok: @bigfoot.society🧰 Tools & Partners I Use (Affiliate Links)These help support the show at no extra cost to you:Beam (Better Sleep): Try BeamWildgrain (Better Bread): Join HereSeed (Probiotics): Get SeedMedi-Share (Healthcare): Learn MoreLMNT (Electrolytes) Free Sample Pack with your first purchase! : Get LMNTOrganic and non-GMO groceries delivered for lesshttp://thrv.me/uarEhS🎙️ Podcasting Tools:Repurpose.io: Try ItDescript: Sign UpStreamyard: Start RecordingRiverside.fm: Try Riverside🎧 My Audio Interface: View on Amazon☕ Buy Me a Coffee – Support Here🛍️ Grab Some Merch – Shop on Etsy📬 Mailing Address:Bigfoot Society125 E 1st St. #233Earlham, IA 50072

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Visit your nearby Lowe's on West Pico Boulevard in Los Angeles. You're listening to Bigfoot Society and I'm Jeremiah Byron. In this show we go beyond the campfire stories to bring you first-hand encounters from people who say they've seen something impossible. From backwoods trails and remote mountain haulers to quiet farms and crowded highways, the stories come from everywhere. And each one leaves us with more questions than answers. These are the voices of the people who've lived it. So settle in because today you'll hear another account that just might change the way.

you see the woods forever. So stay with us. All right. Welcome back to another episode of the Bigfoot Society podcast. I've got the privilege of talking to individual. His name is Rob today.

And Rob is a local to Portage County, Ohio. Contacted me after the events of March 6th through March 10th. So the events of the Ohio Bigfoot flap is what we're calling it. But welcome to the show, Rob. How are you doing today, sir?

Well, how are you, Jeremiah? We're having a great time. You know, it's always a great day when I'm able to just, you know, sit back at the desk and talk to someone about their big foot encounters. And it sounds like you have had some interesting things happen over the years. So I'm glad we can get you on the show and give you the space to, so you can share what you've experienced over the years in an incredibly active county as we've all found out really over the years and especially last week. So anything else that the listeners would need to know about you for context before you get started, Rob? Yeah, so I actually live in the Portis County area. I've lived here for a good portion of my adult life after I graduated high school,

went to a university around here, Kent State, and just lived here ever since I graduated. I love the area. Everybody's so friendly around here. and it's a place that I love to, I can see myself living for the rest of my life. So this story that broke over the past week or so really resonated with me because the encounters I'm going to explain to you as we go on through this. It really hit home. I think it's great that we're getting some attention here and maybe we'll get some questions

answered over time as researchers come out here or people that know far more than I do or anybody else. in this area that can look into this. Can maybe further some of this. Thank you for having me once again. Absolutely. Yeah. And it's great to hear you have that viewpoint of things for sure. I know there's been a lot of eyes on this area,

and there's been a lot of Bigfoot researchers that have come to the area. And again, I've said this publicly multiple times. There is a local group in, researcher. So Glenn Adkins from the Ohio Squatch project I've been working with for doing boots on the ground investigation. So in case listeners haven't heard that before, that is another time that I will be saying that that Glenn Adkins is helping out a ton with this. So thank you to Glenn. But, Rob, let's make sure you have the time to share what you have experienced. And it sounds like you have a few things that you've experienced over the years. Yeah. Absolutely. So it's, wherever the start is quite a while back, actually about five or six years ago. I used to frequently drive through Mannaway because I actually knew a few people. Some of my really good friends over the years grew up in Mannaway. A lot of them moved out, did their own things.

But one in particular lives right near in between the Mannaway Center and downtown Mannaway area. So I'd always take the back roads there after work if I went over to his house. say during a weeknight or weekends. And something that's important for the listeners to know is the Manway area is very rural. And it's, I guess maybe this isn't the most accurate representation. It's very swampier. It's a high water table.

So everything's very, it's like a wetland basically in a lot of the areas. So no straight lights, very rural. It's probably as many of you would imagine, a perfect area for this type of encounter. And my first encounter, probably around 2020, if I had to guess, late 2020, early 2021, that really stuck out to me was when I was driving to my friend's house and made away. When I say there's people there, or not that many people there, it's probably about a thousand or less.

You got the whole area. It's very spread out, no lights, and it was just after a rainstorm. It wasn't raining anymore, but it was very moist. Wow, you could smell it in the air. And I was driving around the bend, and right before I hit that intersection, about a thousand feet before I hit it, there's these woods on the right hand side. What I thought was perhaps a bear, and I only say a bear because I just saw something with fur in the corner of my eyes as I was driving late at night. I turned my head to look at it, and I only got a glimpse of it for about two seconds or two seconds or seven passing. but it was very clear

this was not a bear standing on two legs and it had its back to me and when it turned it turned the look at me because I was driving towards its direction it turned, looked, I could see the glare in its eyes and then it turned to scatter

and then all within two or three seconds that occurred but I got enough of a glimpse of it that I knew this was something that was not normal. We see bears sometimes around the area. That's not super uncommon, less if you're in the more populated areas, you're not really going to see them. Something like Manaway, that wouldn't surprise me. But this was clearly a taller figure that had broad shoulders and had longer fur that were standing on two feet.

I saw a bit of its face, but it wasn't detailed. And again, this was the first encounter. So I freaked out when I saw that. and I told my friends when I arrived to his house. We all kind of freaked out about it, thought it was weird. They were on the lookout for the following weeks. Nothing was made of it. And we just kind of moved on with our lives.

That was my first encounter. And that seems very light and mild in passing. But it's going to be important what I say next. Can I ask you a few questions about that real quick, sorry? Oh, yeah, of course. Sorry, if I'm rambling, just interact with that question. No, you're doing great. Can you, so what was the color that you had noticed?

It's okay. So again, I understand this is like the equivalent of you driving on the highway and passing something within a few seconds. So I guess details I could pick up on and somewhere a little bit more vague. The fur I noticed was a little bit more greasy and kind of like a brown if you know it maybe. Brownish black. But it was definitely thick enough. It wasn't like some mangy fron. you would see on an animal that's how that's fact or something.

It wasn't like that. It was long and it kind of blew around. It was very noticeable. It wasn't something that stood out. So it was like a longer brownish fur that had some kind of, I don't know if it was oily or greasy. What would you estimate the height of it to be if you could? Easily eight feet.

I would say eight and a half beat. Gotcha. And I can't, I can't say 100%. how tall it was. It might even have been taller because it was, it seemed like it was lurking forward. Like it was standing up, but lurking forward a little bit.

Absolutely. You said that it had kind of turned to look at you. Did it have a certain way of turning? Yeah. So when it turned to me, it just kind of turned its whole bun. It's almost like it pivoted around at me all at once. Like it freaked out.

or something. It didn't just like turn its head and look at me. It just swung around as if I startled it or I don't know what the case was. But obviously a car is coming at that direction. So it wouldn't surprise me. Okay. So 20, either 2020 or 2021. And what was the time of year, the month on this again? Oh, this was definitely later of the year, but it wasn't in winter and all. It was more so it had to be. I'm thinking, late 2020 because it was not winter time. Okay. So fall time and let's see. Oh, you'd mention, so this was near an intersection, you said? Yeah, so, if you look at Google Maps or anything,

basically you have to take back roads, get a man away. There's no real other than the interstate. That's the only other way you can get there. One of the back roads, Pioneer Trail, it cuts through. There's a few roads there. Dude, that's the one I would always cut through.

It goes to Main Street, which is in between Manoway Center, which was where one of those sightings was that you mentioned earlier in the week. And then downtown Manoway, which is Salverette. So it's in between the two. Okay, so it's like you took Pioneer Trail over to 44 then? Yeah, if that's the main road. I always called Main Street. And so that intersection there, that area. Okay.

Yeah. Okay. Yeah, well, definitely feel free to resume. Thank you for answering those questions. Yeah, of course. And I know that one, people could kind of dismiss as something that was inexplicable, but not Bigfoot or Swatch or whatever. And I kind of dismissed it for a while, too,

as maybe I saw something and I wanted to believe it was something that wasn't. That wasn't really sure. It wasn't passing, to be fair, and I was open-minded yet doubting myself of what I saw. But I didn't see anything for a while. Nothing stood out until a year and a half or so later. It's been a while, so forgive me if my dates aren't precise. It's about a year and a half or so. I was over at that St. Friends house.

I was already over there, and he actually, at the time, he doesn't anymore, but live near a farm. They're always working a lot of nights or early mornings. Very common for farmers, obviously. And nothing was unusual. You'd see people out there periodically in the night. Or sometimes teenagers who cut through the neighborhoods and run through the fields or whatever. And I've seen all of that. So nothing like that would stand out to me. But there was one night we were out late in about approximately 1.30 in the morning out on his deck. We were out late at night on the deck talking and just sitting out. It was a nice, breezy night, nothing crazy.

And all of a sudden, we heard a bunch of branches breaking along a tree line at the end of the farm. And we dismissed it as maybe it's the farmer out there or maybe it's kids walking through because once again, like I said, sometimes kids have to do that area or they goof around. They're teenagers. And that's kind of what we thought of it initially. About five minutes later, we heard a large snap and then something collapsed. Almost like a large branch off of a tree. It was very loud.

So we looked at each other and thought, okay, well, that is unusual. But again, maybe they're working on trees late at night. Who knows? It would be weird because it's pitch blackout, but I don't know what else to make of it. suddenly, about three to five minutes after that, we heard a large, or like a loud, excuse me, a loud sound, like a, it wasn't even like a growling or anything. It was like a screech.

That's the odd part. And that's what stood out to us. So when we looked over, there actually was moonlight kind of shining down on the farm. And I could see, my friend and I could see the silhouette of a taller figure that almost identically represented the figure I saw a year and a half or two years prior. And we're standing there walking the tree line. And it ran through the tree line away from us, but I could see its back end. And it was clear that it was very defined, like it was muscular.

I couldn't get a glimpse of its face or anything. But I could definitely see the tone of its body, some of the characteristics. Like the muscles on his back or arms. and the arms are definitely hanging a lot lower than the normal human being or something else so it stood out to us

it freaked us out, we went inside and um needless to say my friend is horrified to that area because he doesn't know

what he saw that night and neither do I but I'm glad I'm validated to him at least because he saw what I saw a couple years prior wow oh my goodness

Okay, so what was the distance away from where you guys were at on the porch to the tree line where you see this? Oh, I would say probably about 120 to 150 yards. That would be, I guess, maybe 100, but yeah, 100 to 150 would be my safe. It stood out from that far away. That's my point. I can see it clear as day from 100 to 150 yards. standing way taller than everything else growing around the area. What would you estimate the height was of what you guys saw?

My estimation would be similar to the one I saw initially about a deep and a half feet, maybe even a little bit taller. But again, it was just far enough a way where I couldn't get a pretty good approximation to that, but I would say about eight and a half to 19. It's a similar height to the one I saw initially. Yeah, and definitely not sure is a okay answer. I'd rather be safe to say I'm not entirely sure because it was a fair distance, but it clearly stood out.

It wasn't a normal height of a human being. Is this the first time that your friend had experienced things out of the ordinary? And you don't have to get into detail because, you know, if you don't feel comfortably answering that, that's fine. But I'm just kind of curious about that. first that he encountered. Okay. And it's what's funny about this,

which kind of slowly develops this feeling of I wish we can have a platform to explain some of this stuff to people was since he saw that, we've brought it up to other people and he has family that lives all around the area. How are we really kind of knows each other in that city. It's very tight net. And the more and more people that we've discussed that with over the few years, it was we started to really. realized that we weren't alone. Other people had experiences that they just either didn't speak up about or, you know, they, I don't know if there was a stigma of like saying, hey, I saw this and they didn't want people to believe them or whatever. I don't know if the case might be, but I totally get what they were feeling because I felt the same thing. You know, how do you explain that to somebody who hasn't seen anything like that before and, you know, expect them to treat you in a rational manner? So I get it, but we've had discussion.

with these people quite frequently about this stuff. And we realize we are not alone. It's just people haven't spoken up about it. Wow. Okay. So that's very interesting. So you've got a small rural community where everyone seems to have something going on, but they don't talk about it.

The reason why I reached out, and I emphasized on this earlier when we initially started, this podcast, when Ness report broke out, my eyes lit up because of the area all circling around exactly. I know every single area that was pointed out. And it brought, I don't know if I don't know the accurate description of how I felt when I saw it. Part of me felt validated as an, okay, I'm not alone. There's others and they're spread out enough where I don't think this is like some organized effort or something in my opinion. But I also think, well, now is the time to come forward with, you know, people's experiences.

in this area and I really think there's a lot more going on than people realize. This is the perfect type of, perfect type of environment for some creature like that to Roman, I would think. Definitely, definitely agree with you on that, Rob. It is a thing where I think things like this have happened in the area for years. And as we go, as things get weirder in the world, I think people feel more and more comfortable with stepping up and sharing what they have. experienced and like it's it's okay to do so for some reason so which is great i think the truth needs to get out there but you know uh so you've got a few interests really interesting things

that have happened so far some some visual sightings and and so we are up to either 2021 or 2022 then yeah it's again if if it sounds sketchy on the dates i i it's because it's been so many years been four or five years that I don't know the exact date, but it was definitely around late 20, 21, 20, 22 range. Both occasions were not in the winter time, so I know that much. Okay. Good to know. Late year, or late in the year, yeah.

Okay. Yeah. All right. Okay. Well, yeah, feel free to, uh, to continue with, with, uh, what you have experienced over the years. Yeah, of course. So, um, I actually will give you, um, and I don't know if he may feel comfortable reaching

now, I'll have to ask him about it, but one of my friends' relatives, when I explain this to them, they actually live. I won't give exact areas, obviously, but they live in an area, not in that same area, but within a few miles away where it's a lot of farmland, very open, wet. And they, when we explain this to them, I felt embarrassed almost explaining it because my friend had me explain it to them because he wanted me to kind of like back him up. And when I explained it, I thought I was going to receive a reaction where they thought I was nuts, that I was just making up something just for entertainment or whatever case might be, which I've had.

That's why I don't explain it enough to people. However, they countered that and they said, you saw something too. and then what they described they've seen in their backyard was very similar to what I've seen. So they didn't tell me height or anything, but when I explained the fur, the look, the bull,

the, the, the, I'm not bold, broad shoulders and how it kind of had like a block, a blocky test where there was, I don't even know if there was a neck,

quite frankly. If there was, I couldn't really notice. It was just had on a block. that's what it kind of seemed like so and it was a very fit tone of this figure and they were explaining the same stuff

and they had sightings in their backyard more than once because their dog their dog would actually flip out when they'd go in the backyard and when they'd go out to get their dog that's when they'd have their currencies okay well so that is there is definitely a lot

going on in this town what's the what would you say the approximate population of manoea is don't quote me on this I'm just kind of spitball and so if somebody finds a different number sorry but I would say it's around thousand people maybe

that might have changed a little bit over the past yeah I guess 1,500 something okay okay so now you're at the point where it's not just you and your buddies that has something happen

now you have another another individual outside of your buddy group where it's like, yeah, there's definitely stuff going on here, which that kind of changes things for you, I would think. Yes, because then it turned my opinion from doubtful of my own experiences to now I need to know more. And the hard part is it's hard to learn more about what happened other than getting some of these

experiences from locals over years. You might get a few if you're lucky. but having this kind of exposure in the area, not even just manned away, but whether it's Gerritsville, Arizona, Streetsboro, any of those areas,

I think it's really good for people to speak up because for those listening that have had experiences, just know that you aren't alone. There's just a lot of people that don't know the proper outlet to go to and be taken seriously. So I think this is really beneficial.

I do have a question for you, Jeremiah. So are there active researchers out in the area right now, or at least during this time period of this past week or so? Yeah, 100%. So the individual that reached out to me really quickly, actually, was an individual who he's a Bigfoot researcher named Glenn Adkins with the Ohio Squatch Project and local gentlemen And so that individual who's okay with me putting that information out publicly, he is the one where, you know, he is able to talk to witnesses over the last week and follow up with them and go to areas.

And so I've been partnering with Glenn and his team. Well, that's wonderful to hear this. I think I would emphasize too that if anybody does live nearby, and they're curious and they want to scope out the area or do whatever. Just please make sure that you're doing so under the premise of you're not bothering people or going against the permission and going on the property or doing anything like that. You know, if people reach out and they want you to come to their place or do something like that, that's one thing, but I don't want to promote that message. And I'm sure you kind of stand in the same frame as I do with that.

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That's freedom to be. Use as directed. I could tell you there's another area that people don't talk about a lot. So I noticed Tankers Creek was mentioned as one of those sightings that was observed. Tankers Creek is very common for a lot of wildlife because it's a nature preserve. So it has a lot of open land and it's not really tampered with too much. a lot of ponds or I think there's even a lake in there too I actually go to Tinker's Creek or I used to actually

so I don't really do it anymore but I used to go late at night to take long walks and just kind of decompress and I really think there's it does not start I have never had an experience out there myself but I've definitely I've always wondered while walking out there you know, what is going on out here, like, if there is anything out here, based on some of the stories that I've heard over the years. It definitely would be, it was not shocking for me to hear that Tankers Creek was mentioned. The only thing that's weird about it is when I was looking at your map, that one stood out to me because it's actually northwest of Streetsboro, where it seems like the patterns that you're observing are traveling more eastbound, if I'm not mistaken.

Yeah, and so that's interesting because the way that the witness described it to me is so they were actually driving down 303 from Streetsboro to Hudson. So the area there, even though they said Tinker's Creek, I think if you look at a map, they're talking about how it actually crosses 303. And you're right, there's also the Tinkers Creek State Nature Preserve. if you go further north, but they're talking about an area where it crosses right next to that 303 on streets. Oh, the main road. Okay. I got you. Exactly.

It makes a lot more sense. Definitely. Yeah, so that area is of answers to me. I'd like to hear more about that. For me, I would, and a guy urged people to be careful with this information. There's a lot of areas in North Streetsboro that are very swampy. That's where their high school is located at. So that means there's a lot of open areas.

They're developing over the years, they've developed and built housing and stuff, but it's still very open and swampy terrain. And I have had some experience. I've had some unusual encounters. I had one in particular that I could bring up to you, but I've also had people that I know around the area that I've encountered here, because I actually go to that area. There's a lot of, there's a lot of walkways around.

I used to go around the high school a lot, and then I also used to go through the woods as well and hike. And there's a lot of, there's a lot of activity in that area. I just want to say that's, that's a possible site to take cancer stuff. So just to clarify, so you're saying the actual nature preserve or the area I was talking about? Oh, no, my apologies. So say if you're looking at a map on the overhead, looking down on Streetsboro, and you go on, I'm sorry, you go south and you go to the high school. Okay.

If you go to the high school, like not exactly to the high school, but that area next to it, it's all swampy terrain. And as up until a few years ago, there was nothing really around that. There were no houses. There was nothing. They just started developing over the past few years there. but that area has had a lot of unusual experiences as well that I think is worth, you know, at least noting or looking into, including myself. Yeah, that makes total sense when you have an area where it gets developed pretty quickly.

Yeah, that can really lead to some interesting experiences, as you've alluded to. I've explained the Manaway experiences, and that made me open-minded to the discussion. and it wasn't until not that long ago. I didn't experience that was unusual on Streetsboro that I think is you put out there. So people, and again, it goes to that area where we discussed near the Streethbro, kind of near the Streetboro High School behind it. It gets very swampy. So there's a neighborhood that was developed there recently.

People walk through there all the time. It's not, it's not uncommon to walk through the woods or people walk through the neighborhood. And maybe other people have had experience. experiences there. I don't know. Like I know what I've been told of in the woods, but I don't know about the neighborhood. But those woods are very active of unusual occurrences, such as sounds or sightings, something they can't explain. And in fact, I've even spotted things that I can't really explain there and where animals act

weird because something is nearby. So, yeah, something with that streetsboro area, I cannot explain, but I don't want to hitch on to it because I don't know enough about it. I only know my main experiences of man away where I've had an up close, at least driving by encounter where that really freaked me out, where I don't even take the road anymore because I just don't want to encounter that. Sure. Something that I've noticed is when people explain something,

they, like some experience they've had. and maybe you could tell me if you feel similar about this. I've noticed I have doubts when they are just kind of rolling it off the tongue like, oh, yeah, it was, you know, it was really neat to see it or whatever. Like they kind of explained it like, oh, that was cool. Well, I could tell you firsthand that was not cool. And in fact, for years, I can't take that road. I'm horrified of it.

And I don't get rattled easily. so I don't know they may be different or how they handle things but I just know somebody seems a little more genuine when they seem a little bit more terrified of the experience

you can definitely tell that and that's where it gets tricky to because I mean you have different that you have some people where like they are so stoic that they could have they could have a T-Rex in their backyard and they'd be like

yep well I saw it to you Rex and I didn't know what to like in but I get it. Usually like when I've talked to people in Oregon face to face, it's like man, they experience something and you know that they don't want to live with what they have to live with now and they didn't choose to experience it. You know what I mean? So I do get what you're saying. Exactly. And forgive me for my lack of knowledge of this. It's just I'm still learning more over the past week or so as I become more familiar with your content. Did you have any experiences throughout your life that really put you into this passion of solving or like sitting out through sightings and tracking these people down these witnesses?

Was there like a main event and that happened to you in particular or somebody you know? What led you to this? I would say, you know, the story for myself is it's more like, you know, I grew up watching a lot of weird stuff like unsolved mysteries. And then I discovered the joy of interviewing through a documentary as involved with in central Iowa. And then, you know, during the pandemic, started a podcast. And then that transitioned over to being fully Bigfoot focused as I realized that the individuals that have had these experiences really need a solid outlet where they can be able to share their experiences and work through them and not have to worry about being. made fun of and just be able to really get it off their chest. So I wouldn't say that there was a actual, maybe a few trigger experiences for me along the way. But, you know, I have definitely,

you know, the subject to me is fascinating as well. You know, I'm trying to figure it out for myself as I'm talking to individuals that I interview so that, you know, they and listeners can figure it out for themselves too. So that's kind of the way that I try to describe it. It's, it's been an interesting journey along the way, I would say. Well, and I really am thankful, along with a lot of your viewers that you do this because I wish I came across you a lot earlier. I wish you didn't take this to figure out about you and your work. And I think it is, I don't know, I think it's very satisfying to get it off my test to explain to people that would understand me in a certain chance. And it feels refreshing for once where normally I feel very reserved about explaining any of those experiences.

Because like I said, the stigma that comes with it. Oh, yeah, I'm sure you saw something. Well, if somebody has an experience, they're going to think you're full of it. So I am very glad that you gave me that opportunity. So I thank you once again for that. yeah absolutely i'm i'm glad that that uh we were able to to get you on as well uh have you so that that so you have uh so talking making sure you know we're talking about streets bro you have had some some really unusual occurrences when you've been walking around there you've

seen animals acting weird herd weird things things like that absolutely so um my encounters in Streisboro were not clear sightings, so to say, where I could go, saw a tall, tone, defined figure with, you know, clear's day. It was nighttime usually because I, I usually go out late at night. I'm a night owl, so. But I've, the experiences I've had of walking through those trails or in the woods or even in the neighborhoods, since they are developing a lot of those areas, there's a lot of those areas. There's a lot of open areas of those developments where they just don't have houses and it's just not lit. It's very open. And I've had occurrences where I've seen, I've seen animals such as deer just standing

out in the middle of the road, just packs of them. And they look terrified. I've seen, I've been in the woods and I've seen, I've seen animals scatter in all directions. They heard weird noises. And the noises that are similar to what I heard in that farm. So for me, it stuck with me, because I remember that experience of seeing my both occurrences in Manaway. I had similar experiences where I've heard the same things. And to see animals freaking out like that is just inexplicable. I can't really explain it because, you know, if you come up to a deer, sometimes a family of deer sitting there and you come close them,

they might scatter and run away. And that's normal. it's not normal when they're running towards you because they're afraid of whatever's in the opposite direction. That's something that's unusual for me and I've had that happen. And I don't know if anybody else out there's had that experience. And please do tell because I would like to not be the only one that has dealt with something like that. But you see true fear and animals like that and you don't know what's around and you hear noises. And they would rather run by you because they're more afraid of what's in the opposite direction.

then yes that is I would say that's in line with possible possible big for activity now again in the streetsboro area I haven't really sound like I came face to face the one that saw it and I knew for sure the big but I heard noises that resembled the ones I've heard before it's fascinating it's it's you know as you go through this and you talk to individuals about certain areas and you just get you keep on getting you know pieces of the puzzle and you you put it together and try to figure things out and the more you hear about an area, the more it kind of comes more clear into focus. And this has just been incredibly fascinating. I think you're the first individual that I've actually been able to get to come on the show from the area. So again, Rob, thank you so much for coming on the show and sharing what you've experienced over in, you know, Manaway and the Streetsboro area. Well, thank you. Once again, thank you for everything you do and thank you for having me Jeremiah. It was a pleasure speaking with you and I hope more people, once again, I'll emphasize it again. I hope more people feel more comfortable

speak up and reach out to you with their real experiences. I'm sure you're kind of sifting through you know, what is real, what isn't. It's pretty difficult. So understand that I'm speaking to the viewers here that Jeremiah, I'm sure you're overwhelmed right now. So, but rest assured, I'd sure you're in good hands because he took the time out of his date so you'd reach out to me and make me feel at a better place to explain this. So I really thank you. Thank you, Rob. Have you ever heard all the accounts of Bigfoot activity around Oak Ridge, Oregon? And you think to yourself, man, I would love to get out in those woods and experience it for myself. Well, guess what? This year, you can. If this is interesting to you, stay tuned because it's pretty cool. Sasquatch Summerfest is coming up July 10th through the 11th, 2026. It's going to be even better than the previous year's reason number one. I'll be one of the speakers.

It's going to be wild. I'll probably, I'll say this. There may be stuff you haven't heard anywhere else because let's just say sometimes it's, well, you just got to be there. We'll leave it that. More about looking for Bigfoot in the Oak Ridge Woods. Now check this out. You may know Jason Kenzie from his documentary series searching for Sasquatch.

Well, this year, you can not only go to the festival, but you can also sign up for a trek deep in the wild forest outside of Oak Ridge with Jason Kenzie to the Bigfoot spots to look for Bigfoot. there's only eight spots to sign up for this and yes this will also be filmed for the next chapter in his documentary series which is searching for Sasquatch. This is a once in a lifetime deal. It's just, trust me, it's going to be a wild, wild experience. To get a ticket, head on over to Sasquatch Summerfest.com and listeners can use the code BSP like Bigfoot Society podcast in order to a two-day pass for the price of a one-day pass. So thanks to Priscilla for giving me that code so that you guys can get a little help with the cost there. Appreciate that, Priscilla.

I hope to see you at the booth in Oak Ridge this year. We can talk about your encounter. I was able to talk to so many people last year and the year before. it is an incredible time. You're not going to want to miss it, and I'll see you there. Before we wrap this episode, I want to say something directly to a very specific group of listeners. If you're in the military, any branch, or forces, and if you've seen something that no one can explain, or if you're a National Park Ranger or Forestry worker who's been told to stay quiet,

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or if you work in the shadows, CIA, NSA, or anything with clearance, and you've seen what the public hasn't, then I want to talk to you. Even if it's anonymous, you can reach me at Bigfoot Society at gmail.com. The world needs to hear what you've been forced to carry a, alone and you're not alone you've got the story we've got the mic see you in the woods thank you for listening to this episode of the bigfoot society podcast every encounter we share

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