Historical Witness

Preble County boy #1

Ohio1977
Location archiveOhio
Profile overview

At a glance

Encounter period1977
RegionOhio
Direct visualYes
Repeat / ongoingNo
Co-witness / corroborationYes – second boy
Primary sourceBFRO county archive
Exact locators0
Media / transcript records0
Encounter & observations

The encounter

Context

Teen rural resident; outdoor experience: Moderate.

1977 · Ohio

1977 reported encounter

~9 ft hairy creature; strong odor

What the witness reported

  • ~9 ft hairy creature
  • strong odor

Original source ↗

Sources & changes

Source chronology

1977

Reported encounter period

Ohio. ~9 ft hairy creature; strong odor

Later BFRO archive

May 1977 sighting

Source supporting this witness profile: BFRO county archive

Open source/record ↗
Research assessment

Research assessment

Corroboration & evidence

Reported co-witness / corroboration

Yes – second boy. This is not coded as independent testimony unless the co-witness's own source is recovered.

Evidence mentioned in source matrix

BFRO Class A; investigator follow-up. 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.
  • Reported co-witness information is not automatically independent corroboration.

What would improve the record

  • Recover an exact timestamp/page/paragraph locator.
  • Search for earlier or independent firsthand source layers.
  • Recover the co-witness's own statement where possible.
  • A dedicated case record may be added if the event details can be resolved from public sources.