Historical Witness

Herbert Burke Jr.

Stark County, Ohio1979
Location archiveOhio
Profile overview

At a glance

Encounter period1979
RegionStark County, Ohio
Direct visualNot stated
Repeat / ongoingNot stated
Co-witness / corroborationNot stated
Primary sourceAkron Beacon Journal — Minerva’s monster is almost like a pet
Exact locators1
Media / transcript records0
Encounter & observations

The encounter

Context

direct newspaper interview / reproduced clipping.

1978–1980 · Stark County, Ohio

Minerva-area 1978–1980

A local sighting flap with contemporaneous newspaper coverage and multiple named witnesses; events remain separately coded.

Open case →

What the witness reported

LOC-0006

Source-linked observations — LOC-0006

  • 7-8 ft
  • over 400 lb estimate
  • dark matted hair
  • ran on two legs
  • arm-pumping locomotion

Original source ↗ Open locator →

Sources & changes

Key source passages

LOC-0006

Akron Beacon Journal - Minerva's monster is almost like a pet

Burke described a subject 7-8 ft tall, over 400 lb, with dark matted hair; he said it ran on two legs while pumping its arms.

Exact locator → Original source ↗

Source chronology

1979

Reported encounter period

Stark County, Ohio. Burke described a large dark hair-covered subject running bipedally and pumping its arms. The account is valuable as an independent visual within the broader Minerva-area flap.

Open source/record →
Recovered source

Akron Beacon Journal — Minerva’s monster is almost like a pet

Source supporting this witness profile: Akron Beacon Journal — Minerva’s monster is almost like a pet

Open source/record ↗

Changes over time

Unresolved

  • Single direct account
  • Search for later firsthand interview
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.

Documentary strengths

  • Already qualified for the Observatory's public baseline witness corpus.
  • Recoverable source URL is preserved.
  • 1 exact source locator record(s) currently recovered.

Limitations / controls

  • Current profile is primarily dependent on one entered source layer.

What would improve the record

  • Search for earlier or independent firsthand source layers.