Have You Heard the “Ohio Howl”?

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I recently came across an article on 92.9 NIN’s website (a Wichita Falls radio station) about the “Ohio Howl” and found it kind of fascinating that someone collated various audio footage of this howl from various spots in Ohio over the years. 

Go ahead and listen to them yourself over here. (Byline: Eric Meier, April 24, 2021.)

According to the video, the initial footage was taken by Matt Moneymaker of Finding Bigfoot fame and he holds the copyright. The BRFO lists the audio footage as being from 1994 in Columbiana County, Ohio, near the Columbiana River.

If you Google this term, it would seem this footage is experiencing a resurgence of reporting on regional radio station websites and other sites. But I don’t know why that is...do you?  If I find out, I’ll update this post, or if you know, let us know in the comments! 

Bigfoot by State

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What’s the status of Bigfoot in your state?

You know, I don’t know that I’ve ever asked myself that before, but based on an article I saw on 95.7 KEZJ’s website, now I’m curious.

According to the article, the creature is alive and well in Idaho. Using a study that dove into BFRO data, the author (byline: Nate Bird, April 21, 2021) reports there were only two sightings in Idaho in 2020, the second one being in August, with 98 sightings in total over time.

I don’t know, that seems...kind of low? I guess I assumed Idaho would have more sightings, but I can’t really tell you why I say that. Insert something here about inherent bias and a complete lack of knowledge about Idaho. (Something else I didn’t know about Idaho: the author of the article claims UFOs are a bigger phenomenon than bigfoot. Huh. I wonder what else they have going on over there? Where are they on dogmen, for instance?) 

The author links to a study done by Satellite Internet entitled “States with the Most Bigfoot Sightings in 2020” (using BFRO data). According to their findings for states overall, Washington tops the list with 676, followed by California with 445. I was a little surprised at Florida sliding into third place with 328, though, because if I had to guess, I would’ve said Pennsylvania or Oregon, but those two aren’t anywhere near the top of the list! (Again with the inherent bias. I am definitely no expert.)

It’s interesting to note they also break the data down by population numbers in another chart.

Anyway, give it a look-see and let us know where your state stacks up. 

(Pennsylvania came in at 118 sightings overall for 2020, and my home state of Connecticut came in with one of the fewest at 18.)

Have you seen bigfoot in your area? Let us know by submitting a report here.

Keep it squatchy, folks! 👣

On the Trail of Bigfoot: The Journey

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Have you seen the new movie entitled On the Trail of Bigfoot: the Journey by Small Town Monsters, yet? 

There were two ways to see it when it premiered on April 17, 2021:

• You live in or near Canton, Ohio and viewed the premiere live at Canton Palace Theatre
• You were a kickstarter backer at various levels

I fell into the second category, and it was also my first Kickstarter experience, and so far, it’s a good one! 

Just recently, the first perk of being a backer for STM’s 2021 production schedule released on the same day as the live premiere, and I got to view the digital version of On the Trail of Bigfoot: the Journey while sipping my morning coffee on my comfy couch on April 17th. It was a great way to start the day!

I don’t want to give too much away, but in short: the film crew, led by Seth Breedlove and in conjunction with several researchers into the bigfoot phenomenon (such as Steve Kulls, Paul Bartholomew, Mike Anne, and Alexander Petakov) went into the Adirondack mountains in search of the elusive, mythical beast. They revisited the scene of some of their past research in Whitehall, New York.

As always, gorgeous scenery, interesting conversations, and satisfying filmmaking rule the day. I have enjoyed all of their productions so far.

On the Trail of Bigfoot: the Journey is available now for preorder for DVD and Blu-ray (if you didn’t fall into those two categories I mentioned above). The film is available for streaming platforms (rental and purchase) on 6/8/21 per their announcement on Facebook. Squatch it up with this movie when you can; I really enjoyed it! 👣