Historical Witness

Champaign County property witness

Ohio1983
Location archiveOhio
Profile overview

At a glance

Encounter period1983
RegionOhio
Direct visualYes
Repeat / ongoingRepeat property activity
Co-witness / corroborationNot stated
Primary sourceBFRO county archive
Exact locators0
Media / transcript records0
Encounter & observations

The encounter

Context

Property resident; outdoor experience: Moderate.

1983 · Ohio

1983 reported encounter

large hairy creature; footprint activity along fence line

What the witness reported

  • large hairy creature
  • footprint activity along fence line

Original source ↗

Sources & changes

Source chronology

1983

Reported encounter period

Ohio. large hairy creature; footprint activity along fence line

Later BFRO archive

May 1983 property sighting

Source supporting this witness profile: BFRO county archive

Open source/record ↗
Research assessment

Research assessment

Corroboration & evidence

Independent corroboration not established in this profile

No independently recovered co-witness statement is currently linked at the profile level.

Evidence mentioned in source matrix

Footprints reported; BFRO Class A. Evidence authenticity and testimony are evaluated separately.

Documentary strengths

  • Already qualified for the Observatory's public baseline witness corpus.
  • Recoverable source URL is preserved.
  • The source matrix codes a reported direct visual.

Limitations / controls

  • No exact source locator has yet been entered for this profile.
  • Current profile is primarily dependent on one entered source layer.

What would improve the record

  • Recover an exact timestamp/page/paragraph locator.
  • Search for earlier or independent firsthand source layers.
  • A dedicated case record may be added if the event details can be resolved from public sources.