On Sunday after church, we made a trip up to our local Family Dollar store. While there I ran into a local person from our area, a person that I know, who had something they wanted to share with me.

What follows is the story he told me, along with some of my thoughts. 

Kelly Air Force Base, Texas - The summer of 1976 brought fear to the community near the Kelly Air Force Base. A few people were brave enough to report their encounters and even talk to the newspaper.

It seemed to start one morning when Ed Olivarri was getting ready to head to his job around 7 am. Hearing his dog barking, he ventured outside to see what was going on. Ed walked slowly and cautiously through his yard down to the fence, looking out towards the wooded area. A train whistle blew from the nearby tracks and a large animal about 40 yards away rose out of the grass.

They say that  bigfoot roams the Miami Valley area, into Champaign County, outside Urbana, Ohio, and that he dwells in the nature preserve called Cedar Bog.
In 1942 Cedar Bog was officially made a nature preserve. The area is home to nearly 1/4 of the plant species native to Ohio and over 100 species of birds. Rare reptiles and fishes also can be found here. And some people say, so does sasquatch.

Around the time Cedar Bog was officially opened to the public, stories began to circulate of people seeing a huge, ape-like creature walking along Woodburn Road, which runs along the Bog.

Some people said it was white, or grey, or an albino. Everyone agreed that it was too big to be a man and that it looked like no other creature that they had ever seen.

Woodburn Rd. and fence

At some point a long, metal fence was put up down both sides of the road. It was topped with barbed wire. It is assumed that the fence was put up to either keep people out of the area, or to keep the deer and other animals from the bog from getting out into the road. Others add that the deer aren't the only creatures that the fence was installed to keep off the road.

One story is told by a witness who parked his car near the Bog one early morning. He and his girlfriend got into the backseat for a little fun. The witness heard a noise coming from the nearby brush and sat up, looking out the back window. He was startled to see a large, white figure about 10 feet from the car, starring at them. It made no sound, but gave off a horrible smell. The witness scrambled into the front seat, managed to get it started and drove off at great speed. He drove several miles before he felt it safe enough to stop the car and get dressed. "I have never returned to the Bog area at night."

Another story tells of a group of people who saw a large, hairy creature with glowing red eyes in the early morning. As it ran off through the woods, they could hear the sound of snapping and breaking twigs. They called the Sherriff's Department who came to investigate. After they were finished, they told the young people that they had seen and heard a deer.

[Please Note: Sadly Nancy passed away at the first of January, 2022. We will continue to honor her and her research by sharing her work. RIP Nancy. -Thomas]

Nancy

This Post By TCC Team Member Nancy Marietta. Nancy has had a lifelong interest in the paranormal and cryptids. Nancy is also a published author and her book, The Price of war, has been met with great reviews.

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