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5 min readIn the first week of March 2026, a cluster of Bigfoot sightings erupted across northeast Ohio, starting in the small town of Manawa Center and moving east-southeast at roughly three miles per day. By March 10, six separate reports had come in, and Jeremiah Byron of the Bigfoot Society podcast found himself on the phone with shaken witnesses, trying to separate legitimate encounters from the inevitable troll accounts. The episode is a real-time dispatch from the middle of a sighting flap—a concentrated burst of reports in a small geographic area that Byron compares to nothing seen since the 1970s.
The First Reports: Manawa Center
The sequence began on Friday, March 6, 2026, at 12:23 PM, when a researcher from an organization called MTCR reported seeing a nine-foot brown male sasquatch in broad daylight on Manawa Center. The creature was stationary, then retreated at high speed. The next night, March 7 at 10:52 PM, a witness named Dylan Obney contacted Byron through TikTok. Obney described hearing heavy, slow footsteps while walking a trail near the woods, then seeing something seven to eight feet tall, covered in dark brown hair, with long arms hanging low. The creature turned its head toward him, let out a deep grunt that echoed, and stepped back behind the trees. After that, the forest went completely quiet. Obney found large footprints in the mud that looked "way bigger
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:30) **Episode Introduction & Context** - Jeremiah Byron introduces a special report on a Bigfoot sighting flap in Northeast Ohio, beginning March 6, 2026.
- 2 (02:32) **First Sighting: Manawa Center (March 6)** - A researcher from MTCR reports a nine-foot brown male Sasquatch at 12:23 PM, seen stationary before retreating at high speed.
- 3 (03:21) **Second Sighting: Manawa Center (March 7)** - Dylan Obney reports an eight-foot brown figure at 10:52 PM, with heavy footsteps, a deep grunt, and the forest going quiet.
- 4 (05:12) **Sightings Move East to Garrettsville (March 9)** - Two reports come in from Garrettsville, marking an escalation in intensity.
- 5 (07:47) **Phone Verification of Garrettsville Witness** - Jeremiah calls the anonymous witness from the 11:47 AM sighting and gets additional details.
- 6 (08:45) **Windham Sighting (March 9, 6 PM)** - An older female skeptic sees a six-foot brown figure running with a long stride from her living room window.
- 7 (11:30) **Newton Township Sighting (March 10, 4 AM)** - A man taking his German Shepherd out at 4 AM sees a large black shadowy figure; the dog lunges and later shakes uncontrollably.
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Show Notes
In this episode, we break down six primary sighting reports, including:
- The Researcher's Encounter: A nine-foot brown male Sasquatch spotted in broad daylight by an MTCR researcher.
- The Headwaters Trail Incident: A harrowing account from Garrettsville where witnesses observed an 8-to-10-foot figure with a "stilts-like" gait and a powerful musky odor.
- The Skeptic's Story: A first-hand report from a homeowner in Windham who witnessed a six-foot figure with a massive stride running across her neighbor’s property.
- The Newton Township Shadow: A very recent 4:00 AM encounter involving a terrified German Shepherd and a large, black shadowy figure estimated at 10 feet tall.
Important Note for Researchers: We urge everyone to remain cautious and avoid "overlapping evidence reports" by refraining from excessive call-blasting or tree-knocking in the active areas.
Have you seen something? If you have had a sighting in Portage County, Trumbull County, or the surrounding areas, please contact [email protected].
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